His father, Zebedayo Ngaraba Ndonho, or Ngw'ana Sengule, was a farmer and an Africa Inland Church Tanzania (AICT) evangelist in several places until his retirement in Nyashimba in Magu district of Mwanza, in 1956.[3] He is remembered by some for being very strict about his church members tithing their harvests, but also as being one of the generous givers to the church.
Baba yake, Zebedayo Ngaraba Ndonho, au Ngw’ana Sengule, alikuwa mkulima na mwinjilisti katika kanisa la Africa Inland Church Tanzania (AICT) katika sehemu mbalimbali mpaka kustafu kwake katika Nyashimba, wilaya wa Magu, Mwanza.[3] Anakumbukwa kwa utoaji mzuri kwa kanisa lakini pia kuwa mkari kuhusu waumini wa kanisa lake kutoa moja ya kumi ya mavuno yao.