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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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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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