Dennis Webala

Photo : Vincent Kerre  The icon of the family that is well known was called Webala. Webala belonged to the bameme clan, neala cluster, bukusu subtribe of the abaluhya tribe. The late Webala Murandafu was born around 1875 to the late Murandafu Mukhobe and Nayoma. He was married to 3 wives that is Silonyo , Maruti and Sitoko.  Webala had several sons and daughters. The sons of Webala included: Marauni, Norati, Daniel, Apota, Kerre , Edward, Elijah, Peter, John, Patrick, Fred and Bedford. His daughters included: Mukowa, Nasipwondi, Nayembe, Khainja and Manea. Webala had brothers namely Kunusia and Wefwafwa. Webala Wa Murandafu died in 1954, at the age of 79 years, while his wife Silonyo died in 1956 and were all buried in Sang'alo near Bungoma town. Vincent Kerre was among Webala's most vocal children. Kerre and his brother Apota were the most ruthless in the household of Webala. The late Vincent Kerre Webala was born in 1917. He was the son of Webala and Silonyo. Kerre relocate...

While his mother had the privilege of choosing the name Liam, the surname was reserved for me and I had to name after my grandfather whose name was Vincent Kerre. Just as his father who was named after his paternal great grandfather Webala, Liam was named after his paternal great grandfather Kerre. The name Liam had been ratified by both of us, after his mother proposed the name and after going through popular baby names in the United States in 2021, Liam topped the list. I hadn’t planned to name him after my grandfather Kerre, but the instinct of doing so occurred at the time when the hospital birth registry demanded that we submit the child’s name. My wife Phoebe and I had not discussed about the surname Kerre, but she finally obliged my proposal. Back to the Roots My grandfather Vincent Kerre was born in 1917 to the Late Webala Murandafu of the bameme clan and a luo woman named Silonyo . Kerre died on 21/10/1993 at the age of 76 years in a grisly road accident near Kimilili town....