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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 Chifula (the Kivihiri*)

From left - Thomas Adura, Absalom, Lung'afa and Mrs Adura at Madzuu

The Chifula  includes the Susu, Madete, Odanga, Amadi and Jenyeka. It is a well extended family as documented hereby.

Chifula lived at iChambare, near the slopes of Maragori hills to the North. He begot four sons. Ngovoria, Kahunzuka, Mweseni and Ridundu.

Ngovoria migrated to Gisambai and begot Madete and another called Rinyonyi who had no son and was settled at Chango. Kahunzuka, the second son of Chifula, migrated to Chango and begot Musembe who begot Arwanda who begot Musembe, Marande, Odanga and Iramenya. Mweseni, the third son died before he could get a son. He had begotten two daughters, Ehenzo and Nyawera who were married to iMahanga and evoNyore respectively. Mweseni lived at iMusuzu (at Madzuu), a little North of ancestral Chambare. Him and the fourth son of Chifula, Ridundu. It is Ridundu who would customary inherit Mweseni's wife and sire three sons. Odanga, Jenyeka and Amadi.

Odanga begot five sons. Omari, Kidiga, Magomere, Kirumbi and Riayiya whom the first and second last went back to iChambare, the second further ahead to Kisiena /iruvuka/ as the third and the last remained at iMusunzu.

Omari had Nedi, mukana muRogovo and begot Festo Mbayagi. Second, he had Resiba, mukana muGihayo and with her begot Odanga. Kidiga, the brother at Ruvuka, married Dina Munyore, mukana muGihayo by her name and begot three sons. Absalom Odanga, Rodgers Rung'afa and Alex Misoga. This name Rung'afa was begotten from vaGihayo. Magomere the third son of Odanga begot Francis Odanga, Zakayo Gwendo and Hudson Omenda by Kezia Mwimari, mukana muMugezi. Kirumbi of iChambare married Jelda Mmbone, muSari muSweta and begot Samson Odanga, Samuel Amadi, Bearnard Misoga, Bramwel Sande and Aggrey Onyango. And the fourth son, Riayiya married muMavi muNondi, Deina Obiese and begot Herbert Gazemba, Gerishom Misoga, Sezu Kamadi and Fred Iravusa.

Jenyeka begot Ugwero. Ugwero of several houses at iMuhanda. By the first, muNondi named Andisi, Christopher and Misoga was born. By the second, mukana muRogovo,  there is Amadi Odanga, Isack, Ndaregwa and Marande. By the third wife there is Evans Mugusi and a girl* from a fourth house.

Amadi, the third son of Mweseni by Ridundu begot Fundi. A need to know if Fundi had brothers. Same as finding the sons of Nyonda and Chamunada as below for the first two sons of Ridundu.

For himself, Ridundu begot four sons. Nyoda, Chamunada, Marande and Susu. The first two migrated  NorthEast to Igakara. Marande migrated to Ereho in Kakamega and had Agoswa and Inyangu. Susu had two houses. James Adura by the first wife muRogovo. And Meja Ridundu by muFunami who migrated to iMusasa. The grandchildren of Susu by James Adura include Thomas Susu, Josephat Misoga, Bearnard Kamadi, Moses Vuhuru, Harun Ridundu and Johnstone Kahunzuka by the first wife, muYonga, Reba Sandere. Grandchildren by James Adura by his second house with mukana muMuku, Andisi Joyce, were Edward Susu, Dishon Iravusa, Kayere Bearnard, Alex Arenga and Magomere.

By Susu's second son, Meja Ridundu who migrated to iMusasa /iGerechi/, he had two grandchildren, Otwono Ridundu and Abisai Simura whose mother is Mirika Muhambe, muFunami. These grandchildren are now grandfathers and great grandfathers, their families extended alike.

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