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Luanda Reggae Defenders - what is your long term agenda?

Luanda Reggae Defenders is a now a popular movement with roots in Vihiga and border Siaya and Kakamega counties Attention is brought to the manner and conduct the movement has gained fame and followers, mainly the Youths. The movement capitalizes on funerals. With a poor culture of putting the dead to rest, the Reggae Defenders have taken it by storm and rebranded the infamous ‘Disco Matanga’ – disco at funeral. Reggae Defenders on move. Pic: Charles Rankings: Facebook They mobilize quickly on the day the dead will be discharged from the mortuary. They have this huge old school sound system that is over buzzing to no clear reggae song - that they hire a pickup to carry - and it has a young DJ mainly standing there than mixing anything. Often, against the rules, the casket is grabbed from a hearse vehicle and tied to a motorbike. There it will be swayed and jerk breaked between other motorbikes on the narrow roads. That, is, how a fellow soldier, often a young dead, is mourned. ...
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The Kirima

With Misoga at his home in Mbale
Found at Mbale, the Kirima occupy Mbale village, north (right) of Mbale-Muzuliu road. The road is an extension of Mpaka road, separating iVukirima and iMavi (Sabatia and Vihiga constituencies respectively.)

Kirima was the son of Muganda who lived and died at eRonyenya. Kirima would begot Gwarovega, Madongoro and Obimbo. Their mother was called Achagana.

At this time, the vaNgomba subclan of vaGamuguywa was endowed with leadership, thrift to lose it. The opposite side of the road, Zimbalo area, vaRungusia subclan of the very vaGamuguywa, ruled. VaRugiri, vaRwangare and vaRudanya, vaMakure, though of the very vaGamuguywa, could only come later to leadership positions. Chief Ayodi was muNgomba. The land where Alex Misoga is at, bordering vatiga Obimbo, was bought from vaMuku who went downwards, waDemesi.

Gwarovega's are the ones direct at Mbale-Kisumu bus stop. The others are down at Vusanga, in the valley bottom of Ezorori. Madongoro's and Obimbo's at Mbale village, before Muzuliu.

Matilda Makungu, muYonga was the wife of Obimbo. Her children worked in East African Railways and Harbours, Tanzania. They are said to have at least gotten children in Tanzania - no records however.

Munagi, muMakure, was the wife of Madongoro. One of his sons, Nathan Kirima is vosegwa of Nathan Luvai of Chango. She had six boys and two girls who are married at Chango. The elder finding a spouse for the young one.

Misoga, 67, a village elder and grandchild of Madongoro, is an uncle and grandfather to many.  He is a strikingly brown skinned man, and he says Madongoro was also that way. When he was young, he says, women would fear touching him for fear of making him dirty - they'd have to wash their hands first.

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With Muganda having come from eRonyenya and Musasia of Rikambaya (of a father from eRonyenya) closely related to him, what are the leads in drawing a family tree that joins them?

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

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