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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 Ziganyu

A picture of Peter Idagwa at Wanadanya village near Demesi. 

Found at Nadanya, down waDemesi, the people of Idagwa occupy the land bordering the upcoming Nadanya Dispensary. The Idagwa are brothers to Mongoi and Murida of Vohovole.

The earliest known ancestor is Savaru, as Peter Idagwa, 80, reported. Savaru begot Ziganyu. Ziganyu begot Idagwa and Iravuna with the first woman, Mongoi and Murida with the second.

It happened that Ziganyu's first wife was mukana wa Asembe, muMuku from Nadanya. Her name, Midarimo. She left marriage and came back home, with a son called Idagwa who grew there and was given land by his grandfather in law. She would also conceive Iravuna later with Ziganyu still but between the two, with an Idakho woman called Ruyayi, Ziganyo begot Mussa Mongoi and Murida, people of Vohovole. 

Iravuna would later 'die' in war and his children at Nadanya were raised by Idagwa.

Idagwa would then buy the land up, where the dispensary is coming, below neighbors who have now been displaced due to the upcoming facility. Down where the father in law gave him land, it is Tito, his son who has children there. Up, Peter Idagwa and Juma Jumba went. Of all these, Peter Idagwa is alive.

Interested with all the family's genealogy is the wife of Peter Idagwa, a Nyore woman who has often paid homage eVohovore. She was often with Idagwa when Peter was away, a pump service man in KNIB.

And she had gotten pregnant with her first child, and was born. Idagwa then used to attend baraza meetings iSavatia. And he heard of a kin called Lumadede who had died. Coming back, and the daughter in law with a child, he named him Lumadede.

This Nyore woman, Miriam Reso, reported that her people, vaMuri, are also found in Maragori, ivuSachi. Not far from Nadanya, after crossing a stream called embogo, the Nyore land starts, Westwards.
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I would also capture another genealogy of Chimiywi who begot Chahenza of Nadanya and another brother who is said to have gone to Munzazi. Chahenza begot Erasto Okombo, Jamin Otwere, Elisia Ahaza, Adidi, Muteve, Mudembeke and Vidoro, all of waDemesi.

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