The Tete

With Dishon Vwavwa at Wangeyo village near Igunga

Kitayi begot Tete. Tete begot Lusala, Lwangu, Imbai and Vihenda who was married Ivutwa. Lusala's people are on the right side of the road coming from Igunga. Imbai's on the left. Lwangu's migrated to Kigumba as others went to Senende by the name Kubano.

Muhindi was the only son of Lusala. He had only gotten one son and three girls when he died - Musimbi, Mwenderani, Muhonja and Muhindi. He died in 1941 leaving also an only son called Dishon Vwavu, born 1929.

It is Dishon that I sat with, at his home in Wangeyo. A cheerful, heavy worded old man who opens up depending on one's understanding with a common saying, 'nuduchi ahene yaho umanye kuri usira.' So he assisted a great in filling the Saniaga Oral Genealogy form.

He went to Kiambu young and from there learnt Masonry. Back, he worked under John Muhali (a grade 1 Saniaga mason from Bugina) in building places as Chavakali, Musingu Kigama and others. He built the house of Moses Mudavadi and Amalemba. When head teachers adopted a grade 8 building format he became a common mason, with a common house map.

Now his children and grandchildren, like in all other Saniaga families are spread far and wide.

More about the findings will keep being shared here as we search for other families and locations.

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