Bukusu Self-introduction 1.               Omutilu:   Nekoye, Nabwami, bulicho, Nakhanu, Nabwayi, Nang’oma, Nakhabale, basinga bukhi, babatikitia likulu liamwenyamwenya Bamutilu came to the present Bukusu land by use of a rope across a large river. They are a leadership clan and also with vast wealth in cattle and livestock. They play a war drum, such as that which Mukite wa Nameme played to unite Bukusu land. They are skilled rainmakers and belong to Basilikwa group of clans; that is descendants of Silikwa, who was one of the sons of Mubukusu who led the people in Esengeli during their early migration.  Omuchemwile : Omukikayi, omusiandete, omusiang’oma, omusyanyungu, silimbakha Bachemwile are naturally very captivating conversationalists (silimbakha), thus they talk a lot. Their ancestors include Watambamala, Muchube and Situlungu who were tough and rough men. They belong Bakikayi cluster, group of clans who sojourned in Kikayi H...

  LUHYALAND Date(s) Item 1895 Kenya became a British protectorate. 1899 Land regulations enabled white settlers to expropriate much of the indigenous peoples' fertile land in the highlands. 1915 The British colonial administration instituted policies thwarting Africans from owning land in the Rift Valley area. The creation of the "White Highlands" displaced thousands of African nomadic groups (the Kalenjin, Maasai, Samburu, and Turkana) who had lived in the area. While the colonial settlers ousted these pastoralists who were unfit for providing agricultural labor, they recruited cheap labor from the neighboring areas (now Central, Nyanza and Western Provinces). Thousands of Kikuyu, Kisii, Luhya, and Luo squatters were brought into the Rift Valley area in the early 1900s. 1921 - 1930 European and Indian settlers made political claims. African political activity began to be organized, especially among the Kikuyu in Nairobi and among the Luo. 1923 The British colonia...