Resource

Use

Lower Mngeta

catchment

Upper Zigi Catchment

Water

Purification, believed to have misfortune

Domestic use

Swimming

Transportation/Navigation

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Irrigation

Hydropower generation

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Welcoming baby out after 40 days

(rituals for newborn babies)

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As demo on how to do sex for teenagers

(site for demonstrating sex education for teenager)

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Baptism

Calling ghost during rituals

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Fish

Food

Fish oil for treating ears

Fish oil for energy provision to sick people

Tilapia for sacrifices

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Catfish for making some on slippery during fighting

“Mkunga” fish for making someone slippery during fighting

Catfish for treating ovulation disorder

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Shells of catfish are used to treat convulsion

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Small fish used as bait

Tilapia for making medicine for cleverness

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Crocodile

Eggs as a source of food

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Tail part as a source of food

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Fat oils for treating ulcers

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Skins were used to make drums

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Bile were used as strong poison

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For witching

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Monitoring Lizards

Eggs as a source of food

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Its skin for making drums

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Oil to treat ears pain

Business (as a live animal trade)

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Hippopotamus

Food

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Making hard stick “Ndomondo”

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Symbol of heroism

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