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Heavy responsibilities for elder aunt among the Logooli

With Seenge Fonesi. She is the elder grand daughter of Isagi and elder daughter of Amugasya. She is often present in functions involving the family of Amugasya. Pic taken on 18/4/2024. The elder sister soon becomes the elder aunt. It is this “seenge munene” (elder aunt) tag that she is tied to many cultural responsibilities – back home. To her marital family she may appear as any other woman, but she is not so in the eyes of her people. Marriage does not steal her away as it would happen with other daughters of the old man. To her, as days go and the old man and woman of the estate are dependents, she becomes increasingly present.  Her brothers also need her for almost all traditional markings. They are marrying, she needs to welcome the new wife. They are giving birth, she needs to come to midwife or “bless” the new born. They are paying dowry she needs to lead the women delegate. There is a conflict she needs to come for a hearing.  And many others. Traditions does not expect her to
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Where is Kivagala?

Victoria Ndanyi: Where is kivagala?

Ubaga: Winyu ni hayi zana mnya?

Lung'afa: I guess last year such a time the very Victoria asked where Kivagala is. And we explaaaained

Victoria Ndanyi: Erik, hata hujui huko...I know I asked on your behalf too..🙈

Neccy Flossy: 👆🏾Between Mudete junction on wsy to Sosa junction and Kegoye. The village famous lron lady Norega Salome was born. Hope we r old enough to know of her

Erick Author: My mum is actually from there.... Weneeyo ni mbiifwa 🤣🤣

Victoria Ndanyi: @⁨Neccy Flossy⁩ thanks. Waah! I thought ni  towards standkisa...😝wololo.

Hiyo iron lady naona hapa saa hii. Is she still alive? Who was she? A chief ama?

Lung'afa: 😂😂😂. Vwifwa vwumbotende. 🙈🙈🙈

Erick Author: Salome Nolega mentioned above is my maternal aunt actually.

Neccy Flossy: Pass Kiritu, pass Mulundu junction and there you are as you approach Sosa junction.. 😜😜😜USE the famius bypass,

Neccy Flossy: Yeah the Saniaga lady, tough, kamnara diivu

Erick Author: Umukizungu mudiidi mnyaa.

Victoria Ndanyi: We have a Selma Nolega here but bado hajakuwa iron lady.

Patrick Analo Akivaga: Weneyo ni Witu @⁨Lung'afa⁩ ,mangana ki?

Elizabeth Hasper: My sister neccy our mama family was Avamiviroongovo  AMA Avamavivanondi

Patrick Analo Akivaga: True.And did I hear someone says she was Saniaga British

Patrick Analo Akivaga: What are you sketching Engineer?

Patrick Analo Akivaga: Sketched location plan or map!

Lung'afa: Manyia Victoria izira. Agoti. Google map yitu

Victoria Ndanyi: 😛😝 thanks for the map

Patrick Analo Akivaga: wenoyo makonyeke mmba,mbitiziri mu inzira yu mumangonyia

Patrick Analo Akivaga: but suwambukira ha kivagara hara otonye Ekegoye ma uzii WA Mbari

Patrick Analo Akivaga: Nimegota👊

Lung'afa: Yee. Norondi mukivanda wa Gevera. Wa Yeso yasiena ku rigina. 😂😂😂

Harold Ndanyi: Fix Munzatsi on map. Have heard of proposed bypass from Mbale through kuruvanda izava to Mudete?

Victoria Ndanyi: Ekegoye ni hai kutanga?

‪+254 727 0607**‬: Waaah!😅😅😅

Lung'afa: It would be to the North west of Majengo. Towards Hamisi.

Harold Ndanyi: Noveye Wammbari ha Barclay's bank wanigiri kuzya st Clare's Girls uzizagili mpaka ku junction hanga Msedi nuvugura mkono mmosi uduchi Kegoye kusukuru

Lung'afa: Yes Milly. Welcome. Do not mind our often but sometimes discussions here. We are many and the talkative are also many. Yet importantly we are moving ahead. 😊

Neccy Flossy: She was Solome Nolega. Died in 1983 the year Nairobi West stadium Nyayo was opened. She looked like me, i have her features 😜😜😜and people thought she was my mama when she died 😝😝😝😝😝😝

Lung'afa: Alafu @⁨Neccy Flossy⁩, naona Anko ako paaale.  I guess they will be needing a secretariat! 

- I can do it soooo perfectly. Do we need a resume?

‪+254 727 0607**‬: Enzogu ni nyama mba,!😏😏😏,ni kuri yenguruve

Neccy Flossy: Leta vwangu kulimbiki ashimbi. Anything is possible. Can you imagine iyange daaa

Lung'afa: Ndakukava soon komorome mbong'el'le nu mbutambi!

Victoria Ndanyi: 😝🙈🙈 I didn't want to mention..🏃🏻‍♀🏃🏻‍♀

Victoria Ndanyi: Hahaaa!!😃 can we see your photo prisss

Dr Sidika: There were some friends of mine in USA from Kivagala who were willing to support a Library at kivagala and many on this forum objected to it!! Can I interest them to support and ship books. Sidika

Neccy Flossy: Former Nolega student also think so, vouch for tone of voice and authority👍🏾👍🏾

Milly Aseyo: Kindly organise for it

Lung'afa: Yes Dr.

We only need active people from Kivagala to necessitate it. Otherwise the Library at Wangulu has offered a number of lessons worth sharing to any other place with a similar aim.

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