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The struggle with many a rigid Logooli cultural practices

  The Logooli community is one of the deeply cultured societies – with near everything supposed to have been done as per custom – to allow another custom to follow. One example is that for a mature man (with a child or more) to be buried, there must be a house structure at home. Another is that a boy must be circumcised and nursed in father land. If maternal family decides to, the boy will have a hard time reconnecting with father people - a dent on his masculinity. There were two children who got burnt to death in a house in Nairobi. The single mother had left for night work. Elders were told that one of the children was Logooli. The other, the woman had sired with someone else. The Logooli family wanted to burry their little one and long discussed the do’s and don’ts. Of a man who died childless and the grave was placed as if he had died as a man with children. It should have been dug on the sides, the grave. A real thorn should have been thrust in his buttocks, his name go...
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S-CBO Profile

1.     About Saniaga Community Based Organization

 

Saniaga Community Based Organization (S-CBO) is an official umbrella organization for community groups with 'Saniaga' identity whose desire is to pull together ideas and resources for the well-being of the members and community.

 

       'Saniaga' is known to be a founding parent who existed circa 14th century.

 

Saniaga was registered as a community based organization in the year 2017 at Sabatia, Vihiga County (Kenya) by the ministry of Gender and Social Services with a core mandate to empower the community through collection, preservation and dissemination of pedigree knowledge that champions positive development.

 

Saniaga CBO has a functional office and a physical address at Wangulu market, a distance of two kilometers from Chavakali junction, Kisumu-Kakamega highway. The organization's outreach is beyond the original Vihiga County due to the location of members and common interests pursued by individuals and the community groups subscribing to it. At present members are distributed in various counties namely; Kakamega, Kisumu, Migori, Uasin Gishu, Nandi, Nairobi, Mombasa and Bungoma.

 

S-CBO operates as a membership organization, with members working on a volunteer basis to implement its activities at the community level. Membership is open to community members of all socio-economic categories and backgrounds as provided for in the constitution. As of January 2018 S-CBO membership was at two hundred.

 

 

At the governance level, S-CBO has an active board of members who offer guidance and support in line with each end year's AGM resolutions. There is an executive board made up of a chair person, treasurer, secretary and two community representatives who provide strategic leadership to the organization. This team makes all policy decisions in the organization. The organization is led by a Program Director (PD) who coordinates, provides technical support and supervision in the organization. The PD is supported by a team of Program Officers, (PO), Field Officers, (FO) and Accounts and Administrative officer - all who work on voluntary basis.  Presently the volunteer staff is of eight people.

 

S-CBO has wide experience working with community members in implementation of community development programs for it sources its expertise within the members. Within the one year that the organization has been in operation, it has partnered with organizations such as Family Search International, Africa 118, Saide Community Library, Wangulu Primary School, Debate Council of Kenya and Dala Adventures.

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