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My family starts from a gentleman named Kyabushaija Bikongoro Kabogo -- he is my Grand father. I'm not sure when was he born, but hostorical references shows that he might have been born between 1890-1900. In his family I was told that they were a couple of them, though I know two of the Ta Tibeshala,Ta Felix Karume na Ta Ngambeki, together with Ma Yuliana.Both are now dead.Kyabushaija was the second after Ngambeki and the last one was Ta Felix. I was no told this, but I think they are from two different mothers. Originally, they are from Kigarama, Kanyigo, that is were their father (Omwami Bikogoro) stopped from Southern Uganda, I think. I'm so conviced because one of the brother of Omwami Bikongoro stayed in Southern Uganda, a place known as Nyangoma. Most of the kids of Omwami Bikongoro were raised in Kigarama. In the process of looking for greener pastures, three sons (Kyabushaija,Felix and Tibeshara) were forced to migrate to Nkaka, south west 20km from Kanyigo. While in Nkaka, Kyabushaija got married to "Omukurwa kazi" Ma Tikakugaya Lwekiti from a nearby village called Kijunja. I know very little about their family.Felix was as well married to a woman who died later in their marriage.She left four children (Audax, Antony, Patricia and Fred.).Tibeshara went on a mission somewhere, and he was never back. Kyabushaija, the story says, was a very "rich" man in the family of three. I know little about his wealth and never was a polygamy. They manage to have four children (Theresa, Leonsia, Fidelis and Gaudios) alive, as many more passed away due to less medication of those days. Two of those four are girls and two are boys.The third child is my father.I will briefly touch each of the three children. Theresa, never went to school: she got married at a very tender age to a man himself Yosef Kashutula in Lushasha village and had a number of children (FirstBorn,SecondBorn,Abel, Lincton, Regina, Kasiri, Georgina, Anjelika, Pascal and Kazaura).Regina and Pascal are now living in Dar Es Salaam and both have got their families, we rarely visit each other.Some of these brothers and sisters are dead and some are in Bukoba surviving.Yosef is dead too. Leonsia, went to elementary school, where she did not stay long before getting married to Pastory Mayoa in Kijunja village, and the Mighty God gave them Melida, Gode, Filemon, Donida, Rose and Fred.Filemon and Rose are staying somewhere in Dar Es Salaam, the rest are in Bukoba attempting to live. Pastory is dead. Gaudios, the youngest of all, born in 1958, was softly raised (alidekezwa), but managed to make it to Form IV in Kahororo Secondary School.
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