The Chemenjo Clan

By Will Anthony, Jr

When are we the children of CHEMENJO and when are we the children of a woman? Again, we have to delve deeper to find out where our genes may have traversed the globe so that we are here today. There are questions that must be dealt with like “So who was Chemenjo and who was the unnamed woman?” Well, we cannot answer this question in one a simple manner, the only way for a memorial is to explain the name! I know that there is pride in being “...of the Chemenjo Clan.” However, pride can only be sustained when you can be able to explain yourself eloquently. It is not sufficient to pride oneself with simply a name, but a name can be made powerful through our actions, how we present ourselves in places and how our environs view us. In every generation of men, of course, there must be the black sheep that have made themselves black-sheep as though they are extra terrestrial viral software. A tree that can withstand gales must have deep roots as a tree that can withstand the elements of an arid environ, but then, even that tree has scars and blemishes, some self inflicted from bent branches

• Language: English
• Publisher: Will Anthony, Jr
• Release date: Dec 23, 2015
• ISBN: 9781310600548

Will Anthony, Jr

Will Anthony Jr. is currently the Chairman of the Uasin Gishu County Land Control Board which caters for over one million people. Before this stint, he worked in other capacities with the National government. He has also been lecturer in three religious institutions, a service to the youth to gather knowledge from the aging population. In his life time, Will Anthony Jr. says he has met a lot of people and can unflinchingly say that he loved most of them. Why most of them? Well, it is a tall order to love everyone you meet! Will Anthony Jr. has written several e-books touching on diverse subjects that relate to society. The books extensively cover human social and economic practices and this is so because expertise in one field in Africa can become a drudgery according to his practical view. His perception is that if you were born in Africa and the continent is your aboriginal home, you are likely to have English as your second language (ESL). Sometimes it could even be a third language. For him, he had to learn his mother tongue then learn both English and Swahili simultaneously. He went to his pre-primary bare foot, later he joined the local primary school 5 Km away and had to trek barefoot again not because his parents could not buy him shoes but because cobblers were a rare find. That journey was a daily toil of 10 Km, 5 days in a week or ~270 days yearly for 7 years. With a smirk he says that when you achieve a PhD in Africa, then You have done Plenty of hard Digging (PhD) or you have a Permanent head Damage (PhD) and you might end up in a ditch because your IQ cannot contain the booze like the local fellas! "Why did the English colonize Africa?" To keep the African languages in Czech (check), and he says that one must forgive this pun. But besides the pun, English has broken both social and economic barriers of the once "dark continent" whose forefathers slaved the white farms and firms to lace the pockets of their Lords. A PhD holder in Africa will still practice other 'trades' though they maybe 'very' learned because poverty is shameless, one has to draw bounds through plenty of smart work or else, it will be a shame to steal so as to maintain class. He published a book in 1992, but the publisher coned him , he took her to court and the case aged in judicial corridors for 12 years. He then made a decision to abandon the matter and to forget about writing books. However, Self publishing made him to change that decision. More than anything, He salutes Smashwords Inc. for the platform. In retrospect, He recalls a Dr. Alfred Sam, a friend of his from North America who was also a dean of studies in a local university, exposing his white ass in the university's auditorium to catch attention. The noise ceased as students and lecturers turned to look at the grown-up man on the podium doing the abominable. Well, the good Dr. in anthropology then simply pulled up his trousers buckled the belt and said, "Thank You, now I have your attention..." For the sake of simplicity, without much display of academia, Will Anthony Jr. is a writer in the global village market . For this, he Salutes all his readers and all lovers of written work. In a word of caution, he says that men and women alike must bear. In reference, there is an Ibo saying that every market place has it's mad people who will attempt to mar the business of the seemingly sane people. On the other hand, the English say everyone is mad, it's only the degree madness that is at variance. Salutes most profoundly!

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The Chemenjo

CLAN

Will Anthony, Jr.

Copyright 2015 Will Anthony, Jr.

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Table Of Contents

INTRODUCTION

BEFORE CHEMENJO

THE ENGAGEMENT/MARRIAGE

THE MARRIAGE

MIGRATION TO SOIN

FLIGHT TO UNKNOWN

TWO YEARS LATER

THE TERIK

RAKITA’S FAMILY

ANTHONY KIMAIYO TANGUI

INTRODUCTION

THE CHEMENJO CLAN

There has been a lot of misunderstanding when it comes to the gender of our progenitor due to the functional name, CHEMENJO. The question which always comes to the fore is that we are named after a woman. The answer is we are descended from a woman, but as for the name, we have to explain! When we say we are of the Chemenjo clan, then where is the genesis? When are we the children of CHEMENJO and when are we the children of a woman? Again, we have to delve deeper to find out where our genes may have traversed the globe so that we are here today. There are questions that must be dealt with like So who was Chemenjo and who was the unnamed woman? Well, we cannot answer this question in one a simple manner, the only way for a memorial is to explain the name! I know that there is pride in being …of the Chemenjo Clan. However, pride can only be sustained when you can be able to explain yourself eloquently. It is not sufficient to pride oneself with simply a name, but a name can be made powerful through our actions, how we present ourselves in places and how our environs view us. In every generation