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The Luhya (also Luyia, Luhia) are a Bantu languages speaking people residing in Western Province, Kenya between Lake Victoria, Uganda and Mount Elgon. They form the second largest ethnic group of Kenya, numbering about 5 million people. The area they live in is the most densely populated in Kenya. Luhya refers both to the people and the Luhya languages, a group of closely related languages spoken by Luhya sub-groups. The group is made up of about 16 sub-ethnic groups in Kenya with the most dominating groups being: Bukusu, Maragoli, Wanga, Banyore (who Ruled over the Bunyoro Kingdom in present day Uganda), Marama, Idakho, Kisa, Isukha, Abatsosto, Tiriki, Kabras, Abanyala Abatachoni, Abakhayo, Abamarachi and Abasamia. One subtribe is in northern Tanzania and four in Uganda. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ...
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Location of Western Province in Kenya Western Province is an administrative division of Kenya, bordering Uganda. ...
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Mount Elgon is an extinct volcano on the border of Uganda and Kenya. ...
Luhya (also Luyia, Luhia) is a group of Bantu languages spoken in the western part of Kenya by the Luhya people residing between Lake Victoria, Uganda and Mount Elgon. ...
Bukusu is one of the seventeen sub-tribes of the Luhya Bantu language and cultural group of East Africa. ...
Bunyoro flag The current Kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara and its districts Bunyoro is a region of Uganda, and from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century one of the most powerful kingdoms of East Africa. ...
Origins The Luhya oral literature of origin suggest a migration into their present-day locations from the north: virtually all sub-ethnic groups claim to have migrated first south from Misri (Egypt), before settling in Northern Kenya, their Ruler at the time was Kitanga. The Turkana later came to occupy this place and called it Lok-Kitang meaning the place of Kitang (Lokitang) they moved on to what is now Central Uganda. They then claim to have migrated further east, first settling around the Mount Elgon area before displacing a forest people to settle in their current homeland. Many anthropologists believe that the progenitors of the Luhya were part of the great Bantu migration out of East-Central Africa around 1000 BC. However, there are some who suggest that the Bantu speakers were part of a larger migration from Egypt commonly known as Misri in Africa that occurred between the years 500BC and 1000 Ad, after the Persian, Greek, Roman, and Arab invasions (into Egypt. Such evidence is based on linguistic, historical, scientific and cultural studies by such Egyptologists as Cheikh Anta Diop, Wilberforce Obenga and Moustafa Gadalla, but are not mainstream or widely accepted. The claims to have pushed out forest people are very similar to the oral traditions of the central Kenyan Kikuyu ethnic group, which tell of the Kikuyu displacing the Gumba people from the area around Mount Kenya. Compass rose with north highlighted and at top Look up North in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
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Mount Elgon is an extinct volcano on the border of Uganda and Kenya. ...
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Leadership The Luhya people call their leaders Mwami (Singular - Omwami, Plural - Bami or Abami) Luhya leadership was democratic in nature where power came from the people. The overall leader was called Nabongo with the second in hierachy called Lukongo and followed by Likuru or Amakuru. they ruled over a lage geographic area between present day Uganda, through lake Victoria Nyanza (over the present day Luo) to the present day Naivasha before being colonised by the British. title for the King of Rwanda or the King of Burundi This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
The Lwo (also Lwoo or Luo) are a family of linguistically-related ethnic groups (tribes) which live in an area that stretches from the south of Sudan, through Northern Uganda and Eastern Congo (DRC), into Western Kenya, and ending in the upper tip of Tanzania. ...
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Luhya leaders included Kitang'a, Maina wa Nalukale (believed to have died among the Kikuyu after being dejected by his son later known as Kintu), Mwanga, Muwanga, Shiundu, Nabongo Mumia, Hammtalla, Namutala, Namachanja and others This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...
Kinto may refer to: Kintu, the first person on the earth according a legend of the Baganda people of Uganda Kintu Kato, the first kabaka (king) of the Buganda kingdom Kintu Musoke, former Prime Minister of Uganda Category: ...
European contact The first European the Luhya had contact with was probably Henry Morton Stanley as he voyaged around Lake Victoria. In 1883 Joseph Thomson was the first European known to pass through Luhya territory on foot, and was influential in opening the region to Europeans after his meeting with King Mumia of the Wanga Kingdom. The Wanga kingdom was very similar to the Baganda kingdom and other monarchies in Uganda, an unusual form of government for Bantu speaking peoples. Mumia was the last king of the Wanga, and was recognised by the British as a chief. The European peoples are the various nations and ethnic groups of Europe. ...
Sir Henry Morton Stanley, also known in the Congo as Bula Matari (Breaker of Rocks or, alternatively, Sledge Hammer) , born John Rowlands (January 28, 1841 – May 10, 1904), was a journalist and explorer famous for his exploration of Africa and his search for David Livingstone. ...
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Joseph Thomson (February 14, 1858 - August 2, 1895) was a Scottish geologist and explorer who played an important part in the Scramble for Africa. ...
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Baganda, also called Ganda, are the largest ethnic group in Uganda. ...
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Reaction to colonialism The Bukusu strongly resisted British incursions into their territory in the 1890s. In 1895, they fought the British from a stronghold near Bungoma on the lower slopes of Mount Elgon called "Chetambe's Fort". But the British had machine guns and massacred over a hundred Bukusu warriors in the stronghold, who were armed only with spears and hide shields. In the 1940s and 1950s the Bukusu resisted the British under the leadership of Elijah Masinde, a religious leader and prophet who demanded return of their lands. During the Mau Mau rebellion (centered in the Kikuyu areas of Mount Kenya through most of the 1950s), Masinde was imprisoned, but was released to his home area at independence in 1963. Bukusu is one of the seventeen sub-tribes of the Luhya Bantu language and cultural group of East Africa. ...
The 1890s were sometimes referred to as the Mauve Decade, because William Henry Perkins aniline dye allowed the widespread use of that colour in fashion, and also as the Gay Nineties, under the then-current usage of the word gay which referred simply to merriment and frivolity, with no...
Year 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
Bungoma is a town in Western Province of Kenya, bordered by Uganda in the west. ...
Mount Elgon is an extinct volcano on the border of Uganda and Kenya. ...
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Bukusu is one of the seventeen sub-tribes of the Luhya Bantu language and cultural group of East Africa. ...
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Bukusu is one of the seventeen sub-tribes of the Luhya Bantu language and cultural group of East Africa. ...
Elijah Masinde was an anti-colonial religious leader believed to have been a prophet by the Bukusu people of Western Kenya. ...
The Mau Mau Uprising was an insurgency by Kenyan rebels against the British colonial administration from 1952 to 1960. ...
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The Kabras and the Wanga collaborated peacefully with the British: the Kabras formed the main Luhya ethnic group in the colonial-era police forces within the Luhya homeland. Nabongo Mumia, the King of the Luhya, was forced to sign treaties with the British after being defeated, this allowed the colonial authorities to subject his people to British rule. For other uses, see Monarch (disambiguation). ...
Significant numbers of the Luhya fought for the British in the Second World War, many as conscripts in the Kenya African Rifles. As with many African societies, the Luhya named their children after ancestors, the weather, or significant events. Consequently, many Luhya people born around the time of the Second World War were named "Keyah", a transliteration of "KAR", the acronym for the King's African Rifles. Other famous Chiefs during the colonial time included, Ndombi wa Namusia, Sudi Namachanja, and Namutala. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...
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The Kings African Rifles (KAR) was a British colonial regiment in East Africa from 1902 until the independence of the various colonies in the 1960s. ...
Culture
The family Luhya culture revolves around the extended family. Polygamy is allowed and, traditionally, was actually normal. Today, however, polygamy is only allowed in cases where the man marries under traditional African law or Muslim law. Civil marriages (conducted by government authorities) and Christian marriages preclude the possibility of polygamy. About 10 to 15 families traditionally made up a village, headed by a village headman ('Omukasa' or Oweliguru) who was elected by the male population in the village. In many cases, the village headman was also a shaman and healer. The shaman is an intellectual and spiritual figure who is regarded as possessing power and influence on other peoples in the tribe and performs several functions, primarily that of a healer ( medicine man). The shaman provides medical care, and serves other community needs during crisis times, via supernatural means (means...
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Within a family, hierarchy was strictly enforced. Among the men, the man of the home was the ultimate authority, followed by his first-born son. In a polygamous family, the first wife held the most prestigious position among women. The first-born son of the first wife was usually the main heir to his father, even if he happened to be younger than his half-brothers from his father's other wives. Daughters had virtually no permanent position in Luhya families: they were viewed as other men's future wives, and were brought up to fulfil this role. They did not inherit property, and were excluded from decision-making meetings within the family. Today, girls are allowed to inherit property, in accordance with Kenyan law.
Children are named after the clan's ancestors, or after their grandparents, or after events or the weather. The paternal grandparents take predence, so that the first-born son will usually be named after his paternal grandfather (kuka), while the first-born daughter will be named after her paternal grandmother (kukhu). Subsequent children may be named after maternal grandparents, after significant events, or even after the weather (for example, the name "Wafula" among the Bukusu is given to a boy born during the rainy season — this comes from the Bukusu word for rain, "efula"; and Simiyu among the Banyala was the name given to the child born during the dry season). Bukusu is one of the seventeen sub-tribes of the Luhya Bantu language and cultural group of East Africa. ...
Bukusu (or LuBukusu) is the Bantu language of the Bukusu people of western Kenya. ...
The clan Luhya people usually identified with a clan: this was a grouping of people with a common ancestry (usually up to about 3 or 4 generations). The clan underpinned social interaction and determined relationships such as marriage and custom subsets. Marriage within one's clan was taboo and was strictly forbidden. This custom persists even today: before young people get into serious relationships with members of the opposite sex, they will usually find out the clan of their would-be fiance / fiancee. If it is established that the two, in fact, belong to the same clan, the relationship is abandoned. With the adoption of a modern, town-based lifestyle by many Luhya people, the concept of the clan is dying out among most sub-groups (with the notable exception of the Bukusu, among whom tradition is revered and is still alive). Bukusu is one of the seventeen sub-tribes of the Luhya Bantu language and cultural group of East Africa. ...
The sub-groups The Luhya are divided into sub-groups, each speaking a certain Luhya language or dialect. Linguistically, these subdivisions can be grouped into four main categories: - The Wanga dialect, or variations of it, is spoken by the Wanga, Marama, Kisa, Watsotso, Kabras, Isukha, Idakho, Nyore and Tachoni.
- The Maragoli dialect is spoken by the Maragoli and the Tiriki.
- The Bukusu dialect, or variations of it, is spoken by the Bukusu, Gisu and Masaaba.
- The Nyala dialect is spoken by Abanyala of Busia and those who emigrated to Kakamenga popularly known as Abanyala ba Ndombi.
- The Saamia dialect is spoken by the Saamia, Nyala (Busia), Khayo, Tura and the Marachi.
Significant overlaps exist between these sub-groups, with mini-dialects that are composed of two or more dialects. The Tachoni of Lugari area, for example, speak a dialect that is mixture of the Kabras and Tachoni dialects. The sub-groups of the Luhya are Babukusu, Abatirichi (Tiriki), Maragoli (Balogoli), Abanyole (Banyore), Abakhayo (Khayo), Abanyala (Nyala), Abasamia, Abisukha, Abidakho, Abashisa, Abamarachi, Abatsotso, Abakabarasi (Kabras), Abatachoni (Tachoni), Abawanga (Wanga), and Abamarama (Marama), Khanye, Haya. A replica of a Bukusu hut at the Sarova White Sands Hotel in Mombasa, Kenya. ...
The Luhya (also Luyia, Luhia) are a Bantu people residing in Western Province, Kenya between Lake Victoria, Uganda and Mount Elgon. ...
Abanyala (descendants of Nyala) Physically Nyala is a region somewhere between Ethiopia and Sudan Abanyala is a Luhya sub-group which resides in two districts, Busia and Kakamega, Kenya in East Africa. It is believed that the Banyala of Kakamega originated from Busia with Mukhamba considered as their ancestral father. They are closely related with the Abanyala residing in Busia as they speak the same dialect, save for minor differences in pronunciation. The Banyala in Kakamega reside in Navakholo Division North of Kakamega forest. They are mostly known by their one time powerful colonial chief: Ndombi wa Namusia who was succeeded by his son Andrea Ndombi. Then came Paulo Udoto, Mukopi, Wanjala, Barasa Ongeti, Matayo Oyalo and Muterwa (the most recent) in that order. Nyala is the capital of South Darfur State in the western part of the Sudan. ...
Interestingly the Abanyala are a very diverse people with about thirty different clans which have intermarried forming a whole complicated network of relationships popularly called "Olwikho". The Abanyala clans include: Abaafu, Ababenge, Abachimba, Abadavani, Abaengere, Abakangala, Abakhubichi, Abakoye, Abakwangwachi, Abalanda, Abalecha, Abalindo, Abamani, Abamisoho, Abamuchuu, Abamugi, Abamwaya, Abasaacha,Abasakwa, Abasaya, Abasenya, Abasia, Abasiloli, Basonge (also found among Kabras, Abasumba, Abasuu, Batecho (also found among Bukusu, Abaucha, Abauma, Abaumwo, Abayaya, Bayirifuma (also found among Tachoni, Abayisa, Abayundo, Abasiondo. One is not allowed to marry from his/her own clan. Bukusu is one of the seventeen sub-tribes of the Luhya Bantu language and cultural group of East Africa. ...
Kabras The Kabras originally Banyala, which is a Luhya sub-group, resides principally in Malava, in what is called Kabras Division of Kakamega district of western Province. The Kabras are sandwiched by the Isukha, Banyala and the Tachoni.
The name "Kabras" comes from "Avalasi" which refers to warriors or Mighty Hunters as that's what the Kabras were. They were fierce warriors who fought with the neighbouring Nandi for cattle and were known to be fearless. This explains why generally they are few as compared to other sub-groups such as the Maragoli and Bukusu .
They claim to be discendants of Nangwiro associated with the Biblical Nimrod. The Kabras dialect sounds close to Tachoni though to the experienced ear, someone can detect some differences. Plus in all Luhya, there are different names for different things depending on the sub-dialect, so to speak.
Originally, the Kabras were few families which ended up as the head of the clans. The names of the fathers of the families also ended up as the names of the clans. The clans are Abamutama, Basonje, Abakhusia, Bamachina, Abashu, Abamutsembi, Baluu, Batobo, Bachetsi, Bamakangala and several others.
The Kabras were under Chief Nabongo Mumia of the Wanga and produced an elder in his council of elders. This was Soita Libukana Samaramarami of Lwichi village in Central Kabras, near Chegulo market.
The first church to spread to Kabras was the Friends Church (Quakers). This was through Arthur Chilson a quaker missionary, who had started the church in Kaimosi, Tiriki. He earned local name, Shikanga, and his children learned the language as they lived and interacted with the local children. Therefore Friends church still has a strong following among the Kabras though other churches have spread to the area.
Tachoni clans Saniak (also found among maragolis in Kenya and in Tanzania along Lake Victoria these include Former President Julius Nyereres Clan), Bangachi (also found among Bagishu of Uganda), Balugulu (also found in Uganda), Bailifuma (also found among the Abanyala) Julius Kambarage Nyerere (April 13, 1922 - October 14, 1999) was President of Tanzania, and previously Tanganyika, from the countrys founding in 1964 until his retirement in 1985. ...
The Bagisu, alternately referred to as Gisu, Gishu, Masaba, or Sokwia (people of Bugisu) are a sub-group of the Bamasaaba people of Eastern Uganda, closely related to the Bukusu people of Kenya. ...
The Luhya (also Luyia, Luhia) are a Bantu people residing in Western Province, Kenya between Lake Victoria, Uganda and Mount Elgon. ...
Bakhone, Balisa, Baemba, Balunda (also found in Congo), Baengele (originally Banyala), Bakimwei, Basombi, Baechale, Babutu (descendants of Mubutu also found in Congo), Bameme, Batecho, Basombi and Bayemba. Bukusu is one of the seventeen sub-tribes of the Luhya Bantu language and cultural group of East Africa. ...
The BaLunda (Balunda, Lunda also spelled Luunda and Ruund) arose in what is now DR Congo along the Kalanyi River and formed the Lunda Kingdom in the 17th century under their ruler, Mwata Yamvo or Mwaant Yav, with their capital at Musumba. ...
Initiation The Luhya, with the exception of the Marama and Saamia, practiced both male circumcision and female clitoridectomy. However, government campaigns have put an end to clitoridectomy in most places, with significant pockets of the practice still holding out among the Tachoni. Traditionally, circumcision was a period of training for adult responsibilities for the youth. Among the Kakamega Luhya, circumcision was carried out every four or five years, depending on the clan. This resulted into variuos age sets notably, Kolongolo, Kananachi, Kikwameti, Kinyikeu, Nyange, Maina, and Sawa in that order. Like the Abanyala living in Navakholo do the initiation of their young boys every other year and notably an even year. The initiates were about 8 to 13 years old, and the ceremony was followed by a period of seclusion for the initiates. On their coming out of seclusion, there would be a feast in the village, followed by a period of counselling by a group of elders. The newly-initiated youths would then build batchelor-huts for each other, where they would stay until they were old enough to become warriors. This kind of initiation is no longer practiced among the Kakamega Luhya, with the exception of the Tiriki. Nowadays, the initiates are usually circumcised in hospital, and there is no seclusion period. On healing, a party is held for the initiate — who then usually goes back to school to continue with his studies. Among the Bukusu, the Tachoni and (to a much lesser extent) the Nyala and the Kabras, the traditional methods of initiation persist. Circumcision is held every even year in August and December (the latter only among the Tachoni and the Kabras), and the initiates are typically 11 to 15 years old. This article is being rewritten at Circumcision/temp Circumcision is the removal of some or all of the prepuce or foreskin though often the frenulum is also excised. ...
Location of Kakamega in Kenya Kakamega is a town in western Kenya lying about 30 km north of the Equator. ...
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Marriage Traditionally, the Luhya practiced arranged marriage. The parents of a boy who was of marrying age (usually about 20 years old) would approach the parents of a girl who had the desired qualities (usually, about 16 years old, a reputation for being hard-working and a fine physique — facial beauty was not very important) to ask for her hand. If the girl agreed, negotiations for dowry would begin. Typically, this would be 12 cattle and similar numbers of sheep or goats, to be paid by the groom's parents to the bride's family. Once the dowry was delivered, the girl was fetched by the groom's sisters to begin her new life as a wife. A dowry (also known as trousseau) is a gift of money or valuables given by the family of the bride to the family of the groom at the time of their marriage. ...
Among the Bukusu, the custom was slightly different. Young men were allowed to elope with willing (or, sometimes, unwilling) girls, with negotiations for dowry to be conducted later. In such cases, the young man would also pay a fine to the parents of the girl. Bukusu is one of the seventeen sub-tribes of the Luhya Bantu language and cultural group of East Africa. ...
As polygamy was allowed, a middle-aged man would typically have 2 to 3 wives. When a man got very old and handed over the running of his homestead to his sons, the sons would sometimes find a young girl for the old man to marry. Such girls were normally those who could not find men to marry them, usually because they had children out of wedlock.
Wife inheritance was common: a widow would normally be inherited by her husband's brother or cousin. In some cases, the eldest son would also inherit his father's widows (though not his own mother).
Death The Luhya had extensive customs surrounding death. There would be a great celebration at the home of the deceased, with mourners staying at the funeral for up to forty days. If the deceased was a wealthy or influential man, a big tree would be uprooted and the deceased would be buried there, after the burial another tree Mutoto, Mukhuyu or Mukumu would be planted (This was a sacred tree and is found along most luhya migration paths it could only be planted By a rightious Lady mostly Virgin or a Very Old Lady). Nowadays, the mourners stay for shorter periods of time (about one week) and the celebrations are held at the time of burial, with a single closing ceremony again to end the forty days. The Luhya practised African Traditional Religion and considered funerals with high regard as a custom to please the ancestors. Sacrifices were made to please the spirits. There was great fear of the "Balosi" (witches) and "Babini" (wizards). These are often referred to as the "night-runners" who prowl in the nude running from one house to another casting spells. Today, most of the Luhya practice Christianity and they refer to God as "Nyasaye", a word borrowed from the neighbouring Luo people. The Bukusu believe in "Were" the God of Mount Elgon whom they worship. They are also said to practice African Traditional Religion and are extremely tied to their traditions. African traditional women and male priests, Togo, West Africa, 2006. ...
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Mount Elgon is an extinct volcano on the border of Uganda and Kenya. ...
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Seers Maina wa Nalukale, Mutonyi wa Nabukelembe (Died among the kabras in the Machina clan) Wachiye wa Namumo Elija Masinde wa Nameme Elijah Masinde (also spelt Elija Masinde) was a traditional leader of the Bukusu people of western Kenya. ...
Modern culture Luhya people that have moved to town to work are, as with most other Kenyans, unable to fully practice their culture. Many of them have turned to sports and clubs to maintain ties with their kinsmen. Most of them follow football, with the majority supporting the AFC club. The AFC Leopards football club is one of the most renowned football clubs in East and Central Africa. It was formed in 1964 under the name of Abaluhya Football club, to represent members of the Luhya community and to rival Luo Union Football club. Today, the club has a fan base spanning the entire nation, and is one of the best supported teams in the country. It has produced several stars, many of whom went on to gain national, regional and continental fame. Some of the sportsmen it produced include Wilberforce Mulamba, Joe Masiga (also a rugby player), Livingstone Madegwa, Joe Kadenge and John Shoto Lukoye. Staunch AFC Leopards fans are known to be very passionate. Matters pertaining to the club evoke high emotions among them especially against their arch rivals Gor Mahia. AFC Leopards is a football club based in Nairobi, Kenya. ...
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Economic activities The Luhya are, traditionally, agriculturalists, and they grow different crops depending on the region where they live. Close to Lake Victoria, the Saamia are mainly fishermen and traders, with their main agricultural activity being the raising of cassava. The Bukusu and the Wanga are mainly cash crop farmers, raising sugar cane in Bungoma and Mumias areas respectively. The Bukusu also farm wheat in the region around Kitale. The Isukha of Kakamega area and the Maragoli of Vihiga raise tea, while the rocky land of the Nyore is used to harvest stones and gravel for construction. In Bukura area, the Kisa are small scale and only subsisitance maize farmers. They also rear cattle, sheep, goats and chicken on a small scale. The Kabras of Malava area raise mainly maize at subsistence levels, with a few also farming sugar cane. For other places with the same name, see Lake Victoria (disambiguation). ...
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Bukusu is one of the seventeen sub-tribes of the Luhya Bantu language and cultural group of East Africa. ...
Species Ref: ITIS 42058 as of 2004-05-05 Sugarcane is one of six species of a tall tropical southeast Asian grass (Family Poaceae) having stout fibrous jointed stalks whose sap at one time was the primary source of sugar. ...
Bungoma is a town in Western Province of Kenya, bordered by Uganda in the west. ...
Mumias is a town in the Western Province of Kenya. ...
Bukusu is one of the seventeen sub-tribes of the Luhya Bantu language and cultural group of East Africa. ...
Kitale is an agricultural town in western Kenya situated between Mount Elgon and the Cherengani Hills at an elevation of around 7000 feet. ...
Location of Kakamega in Kenya Kakamega is a town in western Kenya lying about 30 km north of the Equator. ...
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Species Ref: ITIS 42058 as of 2004-05-05 Sugarcane is one of six species of a tall tropical southeast Asian grass (Family Poaceae) having stout fibrous jointed stalks whose sap at one time was the primary source of sugar. ...
With the rapid modernisation of Kenya, many young Luhya people have emigrated to Nairobi and other towns in search of work, and many of them are to be found residing in the south-western Nairobi areas of Kangemi and Kawangware. Nairobi (pronounced IPA: ) is the capital and largest city of Kenya. ...
Notable Luhya personalities Masinde Muliro Masinde Muliro (1922 - August 14, 1992) was a Kenyan politician, one of the central figures in the shaping of the political landscape in Kenya. ...
Hails from the Kabras sub tribe Bamachina clan close to chimoi area around webuye. ...
Michael Wamalwa Kijana Michael Wamalwa Kijana (25 November, 1944-23 August, 2003) was a Kenyan politician and, at the time of his death, Kenyas Vice-President. ...
Arthur Moody Awori, known as Uncle Moody (born 5 December 1927 in Butere[1][2]), has been the Vice President of Kenya since 25 September 2003. ...
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Ford-Kenya (Forum for the Restoration of Democracy Kenya) is a Kenyan political party currently part of the ruling NARC coalition in Kenya. ...
Musalia Mudavadi is the son of Moses Mudavadi and was the last Vice-President of Kenya under Daniel Arap Mois regime. ...
Joseph (Joe) Masiga (Commonly called JJ Masiga) is a former international Kenyan footballer and rugby player. ...
Elijah Masinde was an anti-colonial religious leader believed to have been a prophet by the Bukusu people of Western Kenya. ...
Burudi Nabwera is a Kenyan politician and former ambassador. ...
Maurice Michael Otunga (31 January 1923 in Chebukwa, Bungoma District. ...
The late Daudi Kabaka was a Kenyan-born singer. ...
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Was Robert Wangila the only person in olympic history to knockout 5 people??? If you have info please contact duemilascott@yahoo. ...
Violet Barasa (born June 21, 1975, Sikhendu village, Bungoma District, died February 12, 2007 in Webuye) was a volleyball player from Kenya. ...
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