The Kadasia

Paul Kivisi on left and Henry Ayodi on right at Chatamilu village

The larger Busali /ivuSari/ area is dominated by vaSaniaga, they occupying more than half of the inhabitants of Busali West, and parts of Busali East. Though all are but immigrants to Busali in the past 4 and 5 generations, they are not new to the land, just as other clans as vaKevembe who also, by history terms, are recent migrants. And the vaSaniaga in Busali are mainly of Magavira and Mweremi sub identities.

The Magavira identified happens to have settled around Chatamilu, Vohovole, Wangulu and WiIriva. Though there are no clear hierarchical narrations or documentation to their births and movements.

The Kadasia of an ancestor Magavira occupied a huge stretch of land just after the Kemoli's and where Olindo would buy a parcel of land. Suggestively, one old Kemoli occupied the larger chunk of Chatamilu land from Keseve on Wangulu-Vokoli road downwards to the valley bottem, wiIriva. There is a recent migrant who sold to Kadasia's grandson called Kemoli and migrated to Nandi.

And Kadasia had land at Chatamilu and another parcel at Wangulu. It is not clear whose son Kadasia was and the informants to this suggested he was a migrant to the area from South, where all came from. Kadasia begot two sons. The elder Gunyari and the junior Munyangane by a woman called Siradwari of a forgotten clan.

Gunyari was settled at the Chatamilu land, where he begot three sons. Kadasia, Atumbwa and Ngusare. Riabede and Saranwa were his daughters, who were married evoKevembe and ivuKirima respectively. The wife of Gunyari was called Udenyi /Rodenyi, ludenyi/, mukana muGihayo. The three sons would be subdivided the land Ndasia had first acquired and as it was, to the death of Gunyali in 1970, sizeably enough.

Munyangane, brother to Gunyali would also have stressed his love for iChatamiriru village but he was quickly pointed to Wangulu, near the present Idunya PAG church to take Kadasia's second piece of land. Or else he would have asserted himself at the upper part of Chatamilu where Kadasia II was alocated. Munyangane begot Adenasi, Kinajidera, Roboti and Mariko. Bereda, Matiya and Kazarina were his daughters (I do not edit pronunciation to fit the suggested name for the joy of oral record).

By the death of Ngusare Javan in 1986, Kadasia's parcel of land had shrunk, his sons already buying and seeking for new ones. Not all moved. Kadasia, the first son of Ngusare begot Idara, Mwandihi, Gamahero, Madero, Igadwa and Mwandihi B. The first two from an elder wife. Atumbwa, the second son of Ngusare, placed at the middle of the land, begot Ziganyu, Rizwa, Imbuga, Kemori, Gunyari and Kidiga. He had four daughters too. Kamuga, Angotera, Gladys and Keran. He also had a second wife by whom he did not sire a child. Atumbwa would extend his land, buying an extra parcel at Chatamilu and another at wiIriva where he would settle some of his sons.

Ngusare married twice as his brothers. Rosa Iravonga, mukana muNyore being the eldest and Irene Ebwoyere, muSari muVuzuzu /mBuzuzu/, the younger.  But the younger would get a son first as the first wife was still getting daughters, making Henry Ayodi, of Ebwoyere, the elder son of Ngusare. His brothers include Rung'azo, Aziaya, and  Igamahero.  Kangotera, Kamuga, Rodenyi, Rumanye and Muyoma are Ayodi's sister. By mother Iravonga, Ngusare begot Kivisi, Gunyari and Aswani. With two daughters, Trufena and Agneda. People who are presently grandfathers and grandmothers, some with great great grandchildren, filled to the brim what Kadasia thought was enough. Calling for migrations that a good number have indeed migrated. Four of Ayodi's sons, for instance, have bought lands away.

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