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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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The Adaka

With Elisha Kivunira at Munugi village
Adaka is said to have been wi L'luma, from Chavakali, in or around the secondary school. His son, Kivunira migrated to Hamadira, Chagema to Mbale and Mugoyia at Idavaga, who later went to Nandi.

Kivunira begot Luvai with Kangu, muDidi. He bogot Jacob Migoze too at Chavakali, 'ivumasingira'. And one time when zisigi had come, Migoze climbed a tree in the evening to shake them down. He is said to have fallen and died. Musara gwamuruminda.

Chagema begot Akivaga only. Akivaga begot 8. They are found at Mbale, just behind the primary school.

From Mugoyia you will hear of Fanuel Mbohe.

Luvai of Kivunira would die early (early 40's) only leaving a son called Elisha Kivunira and a girl, Lena. One Saniaga from Lusui, wiIdambiza (Harun wa Ingasera) went to Hamadira to 'take care.' He would then have 9 children, Elisha's siblings. The muRogovo woman, Reba Endesia, in her wisdom, sold cattle to buy land at Munugi where she would settle with Harun. But Harun was a mover, sold a share and took off to Nandi.

Migoze, the one who later fell from the tree, would not come to 'take care' because of the church. It disallowed such associations among its members.
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Settling ivuKirima as Saniaga settled with other Maragori clans, it was a matter of providing women for one another. For instance, vaGamuguywa vaKirima, with their 5 or so subclans, would not intermarry. vaNgomba would not intermarry with vaRugiri for example. Saniaga women were the choice for them, those who married around. With majority of the homes having Saniaga women. And Saniaga men marrying from them.

-/With Thanks
Saniaga.org
Saniaga.blogspot.com

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