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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 Ngaira

With Abisai Marweyi at Losengeli village
Ngaira was the grandson of Rikong'ondi from Handidi, near Lubao. His father, Amugongo. Anihero was the father of Rikong'ondi.

It is Amugongo that is said to have come from Handidi and settled at Gavudia. The very land where Kesenwa, vaSaniaga are at. From Gavudia Primary School (And Friends Church) downwards.

Amugongo had three sons that would disperse as follows; Ngaira of Losengeli /eRosengeri/, Marweyi and Chahenza of Givoji (evojo) and Shamakhokho (Lwandoni) respectively.

Ngaira had the vast land where Losengeli shops stand, to the school fence and downwards where bamboo grew then. People from Gavudia and other places would come to cut and before makuvu grew, they used bamboo to make bathplaces. And also temporary fencing.

With a huge land, Ngaira had Kisaka and Indasi as farm assistants. MuKayere and mukaduyu respectively. Kisaka helped at farm while Indasi managed the granaries. They would then be given land by Ngaira, to keep them at farm when they had married. Or else they would have gone back to ancestral homes. That is why you will find the descendants of the two at Losengeli who settled alongside, given land by Ngaira.

Ngaira had several wives. Zipporah Agufana, mwiSukha was the youngest and she was the mother of George Amugango, Jasto Imbwana, Hoit Marekwa, Jonifer Esogoni, Eszeri Engefa, Roda Obaga and Imali. Jotham Ilabima, Amiri Ngaira and Musuruma were older before Zipporah's children.

Jotham Irabima, Amisi Ngaira and Musuruma are sons from different mothers.

Jonifer, elder daughter of Ngaira, was married at Lososi to muGisemba. They would then migrate to Nandi South, Chebara. When her brothers visited, they liked the land there. They would start organizing on a way of acquiring some there.

Musuruma would sell part of his land to George Amugongo and migrate to Kabras. Musuruma's land was right at the now main road, taking the shops and going to Losengeli secondary school. George kept it as he waited to migrate. Before he could find where to, his step brother, Jotham Irabima had already gotten land at Nandi, Mwein. George would later sell both what Musuruma had sold him and part his land to migrate to Chebara. Hoit followed him, all in liking of what they saw when they used to visit their elder sister. They are settled there, not far from each other.

Jasto Imbwaga and Norah Kavurani, mukana muKuzuzu,  begot Imari, Marweyi, Muhonja, Adema, Chahenza, Kaveza, Kavuhi and Ngaira; people who are presently called grandmothers and grandfathers. Chahenza the late was a sub-chief, Losengeli Sub-location.

It is well spread and extensive family tree that drawing it will be of great learning and reward in understanding more about Saniaga and migrations.

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Coming to Losengeli of Herman Ifeza, vaMbaisi and the Jibendi was courtesy of Ngaira, making people get from Kivagala, Gavudia and cross Eastwards to Losengeli and beyond.

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

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