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style="font-weight:normal;"><span data-sort-value="Kenya"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Kenya.svg/40px-Flag_of_Kenya.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Kenya.svg/60px-Flag_of_Kenya.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Kenya" title="Kenya">Kenya</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data">Over 1.2m (est.)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#b0c4de; color:inherit;">Languages</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Bukusu_dialect" title="Bukusu dialect">Bukusu dialect</a> <a href="/wiki/Swahili_language" title="Swahili language">Swahili</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#b0c4de; 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the</td></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-title-with-pretitle" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #aaa"><span class="wraplinks"><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Kenya" title="Culture of Kenya">Culture of Kenya</a></span></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-image photo"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Kenya.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Kenya.svg/250px-Flag_of_Kenya.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Kenya.svg/330px-Flag_of_Kenya.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><div class="sidebar-list-title-c"><a href="/wiki/History_of_Kenya" title="History of Kenya">History</a></div></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Kenya#Paleolithic" title="History of Kenya">Pleistocene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Kenya#Neolithic" title="History of Kenya">Neolithic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Kenya#Iron_Age" title="History of Kenya">African iron age</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Kenya#Swahili_culture_and_trade" title="History of Kenya">Swahili city states</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Kenya#Portuguese_and_Omani_influences" title="History of Kenya">Portuguese and Omani period</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Kenya#British_rule_(1895–1963)" title="History of Kenya">British Colonial Period</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Kenya#Independence" title="History of Kenya">Early post Independence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Kenya#Moi_regime_(1978–2002)" title="History of Kenya">Moi Era</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Kenya#Recent_history_(2002_to_present)" title="History of Kenya">Recent history</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><div class="sidebar-list-title-c"><a href="/wiki/Ethnic_groups_in_Kenya" class="mw-redirect" title="Ethnic groups in Kenya">People</a></div></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><u>Historic peoples</u> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Koobi_Fora" title="Koobi Fora">Koobi Fora Hominins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olorgesailie" title="Olorgesailie">Olorgesailie Aechulean hand axe culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Savanna_Pastoral_Neolithic" title="Savanna Pastoral Neolithic">Savanna Pastoral Neolithic Culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eburran_industry" title="Eburran industry">Eburran industry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elmenteitan" title="Elmenteitan">Elmenteitan culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sirikwa_culture" title="Sirikwa culture">Sirikwa culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urewe" title="Urewe">Urewe culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shungwaya" title="Shungwaya">Shungwaya</a></li></ul> <p><u>Modern ethnicities</u> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kikuyu_people" title="Kikuyu people">Kikuyu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luhya_people" title="Luhya people">Luhya</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Banyala" title="Banyala">Banyala</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Bukusu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gisu_people" title="Gisu people">Gisu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Idakho" title="Idakho">Idakho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isukha" title="Isukha">Isukha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khayo" title="Khayo">Khayo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kisa_tribe" title="Kisa tribe">Kisa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marachi" title="Marachi">Marachi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maragoli" title="Maragoli">Maragoli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marama_tribe" title="Marama tribe">Marama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tachoni" title="Tachoni">Tachoni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiriki" title="Tiriki">Tiriki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samia_tribe" title="Samia tribe">Samia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wanga" class="mw-redirect" title="Wanga">Wanga</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalenjin_people" title="Kalenjin people">Kalenjin</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nandi_people" title="Nandi people">Nandi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marakwet_people" title="Marakwet people">Marakwet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kipsigis_people" title="Kipsigis people">Kipsigis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elgeyo_people" title="Elgeyo people">Elgeyo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tugen_people" title="Tugen people">Tugen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terik_people" title="Terik people">Terik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pokot_people" title="Pokot people">Pokot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sabaot_people" title="Sabaot people">Sabaot</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luo_people" title="Luo people">Luo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suba_people_(Kenya)" title="Suba people (Kenya)">Suba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunta_people" title="Kunta people">Kunta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamba_people" title="Kamba people">Kamba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somalis_in_Kenya" title="Somalis in Kenya">Somali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kisii_people" title="Kisii people">Kisii</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuria_people" title="Kuria people">Kuria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meru_people" title="Meru people">Meru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mbeere_people" title="Mbeere people">Mbeere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Embu_people" title="Embu people">Embu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teso_people" title="Teso people">Teso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maasai_people" title="Maasai people">Maasai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samburu_people" title="Samburu people">Samburu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilchamus_people" title="Ilchamus people">Ilchamus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkana_people" title="Turkana people">Turkana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borana_Oromo_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Borana Oromo people">Borana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sakuye_people" title="Sakuye people">Sakuye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tana_Orma_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Tana Orma people">Orma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rendille_people" title="Rendille people">Rendille</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gabra_people" title="Gabra people">Gabra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sengwer_people" title="Sengwer people">Sengwer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mijikenda_peoples" title="Mijikenda peoples">Mijikenda</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jibana_people" title="Jibana people">Jibana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giriama_people" title="Giriama people">Giriama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duruma" class="mw-redirect" title="Duruma">Duruma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chonyi_people" title="Chonyi people">Chonyi</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swahili_people" title="Swahili people">Swahili</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taita_people" title="Taita people">Taita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taveta_people" title="Taveta people">Taveta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Okiek_people" title="Okiek people">Okiek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indians_in_Kenya" title="Indians in Kenya">Kenyan Asians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/White_people_in_Kenya" title="White people in Kenya">White Kenyans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Kenya#Arabs" title="Demographics of Kenya">Kenyan Arabs</a></li></ul> <p><u>Diaspora</u> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kenyan_Americans" title="Kenyan Americans">Kenyan Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenyan_Australians" title="Kenyan Australians">Kenyan Australians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenyan_migration_to_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Kenyan migration to the United Kingdom">Kenyan Britons</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: 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title="Kigiryama">Kigiryama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiembu" class="mw-redirect" title="Kiembu">Kiembu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bajuni" class="mw-redirect" title="Bajuni">bajuni</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nilo-Saharan_languages" title="Nilo-Saharan languages">Nilo-Saharan</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nilotic_languages" title="Nilotic languages">Nilotic</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dholuo" title="Dholuo">Dholuo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalenjin_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Kalenjin language">Kalenjin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maasai_language" title="Maasai language">Maa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkana_language" title="Turkana language">Turkana</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Afroasiatic_languages" title="Afroasiatic languages">Afroasiatic</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cushitic_languages" title="Cushitic languages">Cushitic</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rendille_language" title="Rendille language">Rendille</a></li> 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mythology">Kalenjin mythology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kit-Mikayi" title="Kit-Mikayi">Kit-Mikayi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luanda_Magere" title="Luanda Magere">Luanda Magere</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="font-size:105%;line-height:1.6;"> <a href="/wiki/Cuisine_of_Kenya" class="mw-redirect" title="Cuisine of Kenya">Cuisine</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><div class="sidebar-list-title-c"><a href="/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Kenya" title="Public holidays in Kenya">Festivals</a></div></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/New_Year%27s_Day" title="New Year's Day">New Year's Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mawlid" title="Mawlid">Mawlid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Good_Friday" title="Good Friday">Good Friday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Easter_Monday" title="Easter Monday">Easter Monday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lamu#Culture" title="Lamu">Lamu Cultural Festival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Workers%27_Day" title="International Workers' Day">Labour day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madaraka_Day" title="Madaraka Day">Madaraka Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eid_al-Fitr" title="Eid al-Fitr">Eid al-Fitr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eid_al-Adha" title="Eid al-Adha">Eid al-Adha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moi_Day" title="Moi Day">Huduma Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diwali" title="Diwali">Diwali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mashujaa_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="Mashujaa Day">Mashujaa Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamhuri_Day" title="Jamhuri Day">Jamhuri Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rusinga_(Cultural)_Festival" title="Rusinga (Cultural) Festival">Rusinga (Cultural) Festival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="Christmas Day">Christmas Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boxing_Day" title="Boxing 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Institute of Puppet Theatre (KIPT)">Kenya Institute of Puppet Theatre (KIPT)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Kenya_Schools_and_Colleges_Drama_Festival" title="The Kenya Schools and Colleges Drama Festival">The Kenya Schools and Colleges Drama Festival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Too_Early_for_Birds" title="Too Early for Birds">Too Early for Birds</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><div class="sidebar-list-title-c"><a href="/wiki/Media_in_Kenya" class="mw-redirect" title="Media in Kenya">Media</a></div></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Television_in_Kenya" class="mw-redirect" title="Television in Kenya">Television</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Kenya" title="Cinema of Kenya">Cinema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nation_Media_Group" title="Nation Media Group">Nation Media 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title="Tinga Tinga Tales">Tinga Tinga Tales</a></li></ul> <p><u>Radio</u> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/98.4_Capital_FM" title="98.4 Capital FM">98.4 Capital FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CRI_Nairobi_91.9_FM" title="CRI Nairobi 91.9 FM">CRI Nairobi 91.9 FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pamoja_FM" title="Pamoja FM">Pamoja FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radio_Maria" title="Radio Maria">Radio Maria</a></li></ul> <p><u>Newspapers</u> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_African_Executive" title="The African Executive">The African Executive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Business_Daily_Africa" title="Business Daily Africa">Business Daily Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daily_Nation" title="Daily Nation">Daily Nation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_EastAfrican" title="The EastAfrican">The EastAfrican</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenya_Gazette" title="Kenya Gazette">Kenya Gazette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenya_Times" title="Kenya Times">Kenya Times</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Standard_(Kenya)" 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href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Culture_of_Kenya" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Culture of Kenya"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Bukusu people</b> (<a href="/wiki/Bukusu_dialect" title="Bukusu dialect">Bukusu</a>: <i><b>Babukusu</b></i>) are one of the 17 Kenyan tribes of the <a href="/wiki/Luhya_people" title="Luhya people">Luhya</a> <a href="/wiki/Bantu_languages" title="Bantu languages">Bantu</a> people of <a href="/wiki/East_Africa" title="East Africa">East Africa</a> residing mainly in the counties of <a href="/wiki/Bungoma_County" title="Bungoma County">Bungoma</a> and <a href="/wiki/Trans-Nzoia_County" title="Trans-Nzoia County">Trans Nzoia</a>. They are the largest tribe of the <a href="/wiki/Luhya_people" title="Luhya people">Luhya</a> nation, with 1,188,963 identifying as Bukusu in the 2019 Kenyan census. They speak the <a href="/wiki/Bukusu_dialect_(Luhya)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bukusu dialect (Luhya)">Bukusu dialect</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Origins">Origins</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bukusu&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Origins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Bukusu myths of origin state that the first man, Mwambu (the discoverer or inventor), was made from mud by Wele Khakaba (meaning "<a href="/wiki/God_the_Creator" class="mw-redirect" title="God the Creator">God the Creator</a>") at a place called Mumbo (which translates to "west"). God then created a woman known as Sela to be his wife. Mwambu and his descendants moved out of Mumbo and settled on the foothills of <a href="/wiki/Mount_Elgon" title="Mount Elgon">Mount Elgon</a> (known to them as Masaba), from where their descendants grew to form the current Bukusu population.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Anthropologists" class="mw-redirect" title="Anthropologists">Anthropologists</a> believe that the Bukusu did not become distinct from the rest of the <a href="/wiki/Luhya_people#Origins_and_history" title="Luhya people">Luhya population</a> until the late 18th century at the very earliest. They moved into central <a href="/wiki/Uganda" title="Uganda">Uganda</a> as part of a much larger group of people, many forming the eastern extension of the great <a href="/wiki/Bantu_expansion" title="Bantu expansion">Bantu migration</a> out of central Africa.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The Bukusu word for a sub-tribe such as the Bukusu, as well as smaller clans (for example, Kitanga) or <a href="/wiki/Phratry" title="Phratry">phatries</a> (such as Kituika, within the Kitanga clan) within the Bukusu people, is <i>ekholo</i>. The Bukusu are one of the major sub-tribes of the Luhya people.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Settlement">Settlement</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bukusu&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Settlement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Together with other Luhya sub-nations, the Bukusu are thought to have first settled north of <a href="/wiki/Lake_Turkana" title="Lake Turkana">Lake Turkana</a> at a place called <a href="/w/index.php?title=Enambukutu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Enambukutu (page does not exist)">Enambukutu</a>. From there they settled in the <a href="/wiki/Cherangani_Hills" class="mw-redirect" title="Cherangani Hills">Cherangani Hills</a> at a place called Embayi, also known as <a href="/w/index.php?title=Silikwa-mbayi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Silikwa-mbayi (page does not exist)">Silikwa-mbayi</a>. After evil and bad omens befell them, they dispersed taking six routes: five going around the western side of Mount Elgon and one via the eastern side of Mount Elgon. Those who went via the western side of Mount Elgon included the Basilikwa, the Banabayi, the Baneala, the Bakikayi and the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Bamalaba&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bamalaba (page does not exist)">Bamalaba</a>. The Mwalie cluster took the eastern side route and settled at the Mwalie hills. This area was already inhabited by some <a href="/wiki/Kalenjin_people" title="Kalenjin people">Kalenjin</a> sub-nationalities like the Laku, the Sabiny( known by the bukusu as basawinja), the Bongomek, and the Sebei, who were hostile to their new neighbors. To protect themselves against these tribes the Bukusu built fortified villages, an ancient art from their origin in Misri. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BukusuHut.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/BukusuHut.jpg/220px-BukusuHut.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/BukusuHut.jpg/330px-BukusuHut.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/BukusuHut.jpg/440px-BukusuHut.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>A replica of a Bukusu hut</figcaption></figure> <p>Currently, the Bukusu mainly inhabit <a href="/wiki/Bungoma_County" title="Bungoma County">Bungoma</a>, <a href="/wiki/Trans-Nzoia_County" title="Trans-Nzoia County">Trans Nzoia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Uasin_Gishu_County" title="Uasin Gishu County">Uasin Gishu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kakamega_County" title="Kakamega County">Kakamega</a> and <a href="/wiki/Busia_County" title="Busia County">Busia</a> Counties of <a href="/wiki/Western_Kenya" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Kenya">Western region</a> of Kenya.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Bamasaba" class="mw-redirect" title="Bamasaba">Bamasaba</a> of <a href="/wiki/Uganda" title="Uganda">Uganda</a> are very closely related to the Babukusu, with many shared customs and closely related dialects. Previously, the Bukusu were referred to as the <i>Kitosh</i> by the colonialists; this was a word derived from the Nandi and Kwavi who used the word derogatively to describe the Babukusu. <i>Kitosh</i> means 'the terrible ones'; they called them this because the Bukusu warriors were ruthless and decisive in battlefields. Following vigorous campaigns, the name Kitosh was eventually substituted by Bukusu in the mid-1950s.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Oral_tradition">Oral tradition</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bukusu&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Oral tradition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Kintu" title="Kintu">Kintu</a></div> <p>The Bukusu trace their origin from Muntu we Entebbe, who lived in Tabasya of Misri. Muntu was a great warrior who was later deified by the people of Misri. His son Mwambu married Sela, the granddaughter Samba Ambarani, who is believed to be <a href="/wiki/Abraham" title="Abraham">Abraham</a> the Hebrew. Mwambu founded the cities of Kush, Nabibia (Nubia), Namelu (<a href="/wiki/Mero%C3%AB" title="Meroë">Meroe</a>), Rwa (Alwa) and others including Soba and Balana.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mwambu became the father of Mwaabini the inventor and discoverer. Mwaabini was the father of Kongolo and Saba. </p><p>Masaba, the father of Bukusu and Kisu, led the people to Embayi which was later to become Sirikwa, or the fallen kingdom. It fell after the people disobeyed their God Khakaba, so he sent a giant boulder from the sky which hit the land of Mbayi, causing an <a href="/wiki/Earthquake" title="Earthquake">earthquake</a> followed by swarms of stinging insects, epidemics and other calamities which forced the subjects of Sirikwa to scatter. They dispersed and settled among the <a href="/wiki/Kipsigis_people" title="Kipsigis people">Kipsigis</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Nandi_people" title="Nandi people">Nandi</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Samburu_people" title="Samburu people">Samburu</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Marakwet" class="mw-redirect" title="Marakwet">Marakwet</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Borana_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Borana people">Borana</a> and further beyond. The main body of the population headed south east and west under the banners of Basirikwa, Banabayi, Bakikayi, Baneala, Bamalaba and Bamwalie.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Traditional_life">Traditional life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bukusu&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Traditional life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Bukusu lived in fortified villages, and did not have a structure of central authority. The highest authority was the village headman, called <i>Omukasa</i>, who was usually elected by the men of the village. There were also healers and prophets who acquired great status through their knowledge of tribal tradition, medicines, and religion. <a href="/wiki/Elijah_Masinde" title="Elijah Masinde">Elijah Masinde</a>, a resistance leader and traditional <a href="/wiki/Medicine_man" title="Medicine man">medicine man</a>, was revered as a healer in the early 1980s. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Family">Family</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bukusu&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bukusu family structure was traditionally modeled on the Luhya structure, it was and still is modeled on Bukusus culture itself. Families were usually polygamous, with the first wife accorded a special status among her co-wives. Society was entirely patriarchal: women were present not only as child-bearers but also as an indication of status. In addition, the practice of polygamy meant more hands to work the fields, an advantage in a society founded on agriculture. </p><p>Children inherited the clan of their father, and were not allowed to marry from either their own clan or their mother's clan. The first son of the first wife was usually the main heir to his father, and he had a special name denoting this status: <i>Simakulu</i>. At birth, children were usually named after grandparents or famous people, or after the weather. Male and female names were different: male names frequently began with 'W', while female names usually began with 'N'. Thus, for example, a boy born during a famine could be named 'Wanjala', while a girl could be named 'Nanjala'. Both names share the same root word, 'njala', from 'eNjala', the <a href="/wiki/Bukusu_dialect_(Luhya)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bukusu dialect (Luhya)">Bukusu</a> word for hunger. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Initiation">Initiation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bukusu&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Initiation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Bukusu practice male circumcision. It is thought that they adopted the practice from contact with the <a href="/wiki/Kalenjin_people" title="Kalenjin people">Kalenjin</a> at <a href="/wiki/Mount_Elgon" title="Mount Elgon">Mount Elgon</a>. Others argue, however, that the presence of the practice in the other <a href="/wiki/Luhya_people#Initiation" title="Luhya people">Luhya</a> tribes indicates an earlier adoption, before the Bukusu settled at <a href="/wiki/Mount_Elgon" title="Mount Elgon">Mount Elgon</a>. </p><p>In ceremonies that were spaced about two years apart, young boys of a particular age (usually about 15 years) would, on getting the go-ahead from their parents, invite relatives and friends to their initiation. </p><p>The initiation was a public event, witnessed by all. Going through the operation without showing any sign of pain is thought to be an indicator of bravery. Once circumcised, an initiate became a member of an <a href="/wiki/Generation" title="Generation">age group</a>. </p><p>There are eight age-groups known as 'Bibingilo'. These are (<i>Bakolongolo (2000-2010), Bakikwameti (2012-2022), Bakananachi (2024-2034), Bakinyikeu (2036-1946), Banyange (1948-1958), Bamaina (1960-1970), Bachuma (1972-1986)</i>, <i>Basawa (1988-1998)</i>), forming a cyclical system spanning over 100 years, with each age-group lasting for 12 years(composed of 6 sub-sets of 2 years each) apart from <i>Bachuma</i> which lasts for 16 years (made up of 8 sub-sets of 2-years each), one of which lasted from 1872–1886. The reason for this was the tradition that there was an old man of the age group of <i>Basawa</i> from the previous cycle who was still alive and he was not meant to live and see the next <i>Basawa.</i> Eventually the old man died in 1884 and the <i>Basawa</i> ensued the next initiation period in 1888. It was then agreed to avoid such delays, and that any man who lives long enough to appear reaching the second cycle would be killed. This has been the tradition since then. Once the last age-group has been reached, the first is restarted, and so on. For example, the <i>Bachuma</i> age-group lasted from 1872 to 1886: every Bukusu circumcised within this period (that is, in 1872 through to 1886) belongs to that age-group. In 1888, the <i>Basawa</i> age group began, and lasted until 1898. Each age group is represented once every century. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Female_genital_mutilation" title="Female genital mutilation">Female circumcision</a> is not a traditional Bukusu practice, though some clans are said to have practiced it. This is especially the case around <a href="/wiki/Mount_Elgon" title="Mount Elgon">Mount Elgon</a>, where the neighbouring <a href="/wiki/Kalenjin_people" title="Kalenjin people">Kalenjin</a> tribes also practice a form of female circumcision. </p><p>Although circumcision was universal among the Bukusu, the form of the ceremony varied according to the clan. In particular, the festivities and ceremonies accompanying the final stage of initiation, when the now-healed initiates came out of seclusion to rejoin their families as 'men', were specific to clans, and have been handed down largely intact to the present day.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Much was taught to these young initiates during this time which enabled them to face marriage with information.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Marriage">Marriage</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bukusu&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Marriage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>First marriages are typically between men aged 18–20, and women about age 16. There were two types of first-time marriage: arranged marriages and enforced eloping. If a young man came from a well-to-do family, he would ask his sisters to find a girl for him to marry. The ability of a girl to cook well, bear children and work in the fields were the main attractions of a potential wife. Once a girl was identified, an emissary was sent to her parents to ask for her hand. The girl had no say whatsoever in the whole matter: <a href="/wiki/Bride_price" title="Bride price">bride price</a> would be discussed, and once paid she would be sent to live with her new husband. This form of marriage is common in traditional households. </p><p>In some cases, the potential groom would be from a poor family and could not afford to pay the likely bride price. Traditional society allowed such boys to abduct the girls they intended to marry. (The girl had to present an opportunity to be 'abducted', so her cooperation was essential.) The couple would then leave their home to live with a far-off relative for a while, until the boy acquired enough wealth to pay the original bride price, as well as a fine, to the parents of the girl. This practice has since died out. </p><p>The Bukusu highly approve of intermarriages between themselves and the <a href="/wiki/BaMasaaba" class="mw-redirect" title="BaMasaaba">BaMasaaba</a>; they have similarities in codes of conduct, marriage customs, <a href="/wiki/Circumcision" title="Circumcision">circumcision</a> traditions and folklore. Among the most famous of Bukusu marriage customs is the immense respect accorded to in-laws. A lady, for example, treats her father-in-law with much deference, and they are not allowed to make physical contact in any way. The same is true of a man and his mother-in-law. </p><p>In marriage, duties were strictly segregated. Housework and agricultural duties were performed by the women and children. The older boys looked after cattle. Young, newly married men formed the community's warriors, while middle-aged men did little. Older men formed the village's council of elders, and resolved disputes. Punishment for crimes was usually on an eye-for-an-eye basis, while petty crimes like theft were punished by the perpetrators being expelled from the village, and their property confiscated and redistributed to the wronged party. </p><p>Cattle were very important as the main means of exchange, alongside <a href="/wiki/Cowry" class="mw-redirect" title="Cowry">cowrie</a> shells (known as chisimbi). Most values, from the beauty of a girl to the price of a field of land, were expressed in terms of heads of cattle. Possessing cattle, wealth, and prosperous agriculture, the Bukusu were sometimes not only admired but also envied by neighboring communities. Occasionally intermarriages would take place between them and the other communities and it was common practice for Kalenjin neighbors to give the Bukusu their sons to look after their herds of cattle. In times of <a href="/wiki/Famine" title="Famine">famine</a>, which are said to have been frequent among their <a href="/wiki/Kalenjin_people" title="Kalenjin people">Kalenjin</a> neighbors, the latter used to even sell their children to the Bukusu. The Bukusu also used to send their own young boys to grow up with Kalenjin or <a href="/wiki/Maasai_people" title="Maasai people">Maasai</a> families, in some cases for espionage purposes.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Death">Death</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bukusu&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Being sedentary <a href="/wiki/Pastoralism" title="Pastoralism">pastoralists</a>, they had time to care for their sick and bury their dead. A sick person was looked after until he recuperated or died. When a person died, he was buried in a grave with a warrior's weapons if he was an elder. Several functions were performed during and after the funeral ceremony. Ordinarily, burial pits were 3–4 feet (0.91–1.22 m) deep, much shallower than today's. People were buried facing east, the direction in which the sun rises. There are two known clans amongst the Bukusu who bury their people in a sitting position. </p><p> Wild animals like <a href="/wiki/Hyena" title="Hyena">hyenas</a> would sometimes exhume corpses from graves and eat them. In such an incident, people recovered the skull of the desecrated body and hanged it in a leafy tree. When the family of the deceased migrated, they brewed beer (<span title="Bantu languages romanization"><i lang="bnt-Latn">kamalwa ke khuukhalanga</i></span>) for the ceremony of transferring the skull with them to the new home or settlement. An elder woman was entrusted with the responsibility of conveying the skull to the new site. Burial of the dead was ingrained in the Bukusu traditions.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><div class="mw-kartographer-container thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width: 221px;"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme" style="width: 221px; height: 216px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="221" data-height="216" data-zoom="8" data-lat="0.730571" data-lon="34.736023" data-overlays="["_fbe0b9cbd5e9f1e38bdadc79a9f8d8a8b3ebbf25"]" href="/wiki/Special:Map/8/0.730571/34.736023/en"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,8,0.730571,34.736023,221x216.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Bukusu&revid=1272492759&groups=_fbe0b9cbd5e9f1e38bdadc79a9f8d8a8b3ebbf25" width="221" height="216" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,8,0.730571,34.736023,221x216@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Bukusu&revid=1272492759&groups=_fbe0b9cbd5e9f1e38bdadc79a9f8d8a8b3ebbf25 2x" alt="Map" /></a></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bukusu&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Bukusu people are the largest sub-tribe of the Luhya people in Kenya, residing mainly in the counties of Bungoma and Trans Nzoia. In the 2019 Kenyan census, the total number of Luhyas was estimated at 6,823,842. Of these, 3, 944, 257 volunteered information about their sub-tribes, with Bukusu being named by 1,188,963 people.<sup id="cite_ref-Roberto_2020_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Roberto_2020-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economic_activities">Economic activities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bukusu&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Economic activities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bukusu accounts indicate that both agricultural and pastoral economies have been practiced by the tribe for as long as can be remembered.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This is authenticated by the vast amount of knowledge regarding farming practices, their rich pastoral vocabulary and the variety of legends connected with pastoral life. Today, they farm mainly <a href="/wiki/Maize" title="Maize">maize</a> for subsistence and <a href="/wiki/Sugar_cane" class="mw-redirect" title="Sugar cane">sugar cane</a> as a cash crop in the <a href="/wiki/Bungoma" title="Bungoma">Bungoma</a> area, as well as <a href="/wiki/Wheat" title="Wheat">wheat</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Kitale" title="Kitale">Kitale</a> area. Cattle and sheep are universally kept: cattle for milk, and sheep for meat and ceremonial functions (e.g.: offers for sacrifice). Larger or polygamous families will usually have a team of oxen for ploughing and haulage. Chicken, a traditional delicacy, are now kept for commercial egg production. The Bukusu also practiced craftsmanship skills in pottery, weaving, and blacksmithing.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bukusu&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Resistance and Nationalism</b> </p><p>The Bukusu were known for their fierce opposition to colonial rule. Early in the colonial period, the community resisted British encroachment, including notable conflicts such as the 1895 revolt at Lumboka and Chetambe forts. These uprisings were some of the earliest organized acts of defiance against colonial forces in the region, as the Bukusu fought to preserve their autonomy and land from European control.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 20th century, the Bukusu's resistance evolved into broader nationalist movements. A key figure during this period was <a href="/wiki/Elijah_Masinde" title="Elijah Masinde">Elijah Masinde</a>, a healer and spiritual leader who founded the <a href="/wiki/Dini_Ya_Msambwa" title="Dini Ya Msambwa">Dini ya Msambwa</a> movement in the 1940s. This religious sect combined anti-colonial activism with a revival of traditional Bukusu spirituality and called for the end of British rule. Despite repeated imprisonments, Masinde remained a symbol of defiance and is remembered as a pivotal leader in the struggle for Kenyan independence,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Bukusu currently form one of the main support bases of the governing coalition in Kenya, through the <a href="/wiki/Forum_for_the_Restoration_of_Democracy_%E2%80%93_Kenya" title="Forum for the Restoration of Democracy – Kenya">Forum for the Restoration of Democracy – Kenya</a> (FORD–Kenya) political party led by Moses Wetangula and the <a href="/wiki/New_Ford_Kenya" class="mw-redirect" title="New Ford Kenya">New Ford Kenya</a> party led by Eugene Wamalwa. Previously, they were associated with opposition to the <a href="/wiki/Kalenjin_people" title="Kalenjin people">Kalenjin</a>-dominated reign of former President <a href="/wiki/Daniel_arap_Moi" title="Daniel arap Moi">Daniel arap Moi</a>. Their political leaders have included Michael Christopher Wamalwa Kijana, Masinde Muliro, George Welime Kapten, Musikari Nazi Kombo and Moses Masika Wetangula, Peter Kisuya, Wakoli Bifwoli, Wafula Wamunyiyi, David Eseli Simiyu, and Lawrence Sifuna. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bukusu&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Bukusu play a traditional seven-stringed <a href="/wiki/Lyre" title="Lyre">lyre</a> known as the <i><a href="/wiki/Litungu" title="Litungu">litungu</a></i> and the <i>silili</i>. <a href="/wiki/Elijah_Masinde" title="Elijah Masinde">Elijah Masinde</a>, who formalised the traditional faith through <a href="/wiki/Dini_ya_Msambwa" class="mw-redirect" title="Dini ya Msambwa">Dini ya Msambwa</a>, was a Bukusu elder; he promoted the culture and faith of the Bukusu and hence <a href="/wiki/Luhya_people" title="Luhya people">Luhya</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ethnic_groups_of_Africa" class="mw-redirect" title="Ethnic groups of Africa">African</a> peoples. In Dini Ya Msambwa, Elijah Masinde resisted colonialism and the extermination of the Luhya people's way of life.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Circumcision Bukusu circumcision is done to boys that are between 12–28 years. They play trading jingle bells "chinyimba" as they call, visit all there relatives to inform them the date of circumcision. The boy to be circumcised, will do everything and make sure, he has informed everyone. Third day to the d day, the boy will be smeared with millet flour, "khuchukhamo" which will be used to make alcohol taken on the day of circumcision. The second last day, He will visit his uncle where by the bull will be slaughtered (likhoni) to signify the connection to uncle's place. That will be the day of celebration and there after, the boy will be taken the following day to a place called "sitosi/silongo", to be smeared by mud before he brought back home, stand in the courtyard (etiang'i) and be circumcised. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bukusu&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Notable Bukusu people include: </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mukhisa_Kituyi_(29577297598).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Mukhisa_Kituyi_%2829577297598%29.jpg/250px-Mukhisa_Kituyi_%2829577297598%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Mukhisa_Kituyi_%2829577297598%29.jpg/330px-Mukhisa_Kituyi_%2829577297598%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Mukhisa_Kituyi_%2829577297598%29.jpg/500px-Mukhisa_Kituyi_%2829577297598%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4917" data-file-height="3270" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Mukhisa_Kituyi" title="Mukhisa Kituyi">Mukhisa Kituyi</a> Secretary General of <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Conference_on_Trade_and_Development" class="mw-redirect" title="United Nations Conference on Trade and Development">UNCTAD</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Eugene_Wamalwa.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Eugene_Wamalwa.jpg/170px-Eugene_Wamalwa.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Eugene_Wamalwa.jpg/255px-Eugene_Wamalwa.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Eugene_Wamalwa.jpg/340px-Eugene_Wamalwa.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="400" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Eugene_Wamalwa" title="Eugene Wamalwa">Eugene Wamalwa</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wamalwapotr.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Wamalwapotr.jpg/170px-Wamalwapotr.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Wamalwapotr.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="259" /></a><figcaption>Michael Kijana Wamalwa -Former Vice President</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Moses_Wetangula.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/Moses_Wetangula.png" decoding="async" width="147" height="170" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="147" data-file-height="170" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Moses_Wetangula" class="mw-redirect" title="Moses Wetangula">Moses Wetangula</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Barasa" title="Jonathan Barasa">Jonathan Barasa</a> (1916 – December 1996) was a Kenyan chief from Sirisia</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Makokha_Baraza" title="Nancy Makokha Baraza">Nancy Baraza</a> (born 1957 in Bungoma District, Western Kenya) First <a href="/wiki/Deputy_Chief_Justice_of_Kenya" title="Deputy Chief Justice of Kenya">Deputy Chief Justice of Kenya</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wakoli_Bifwoli" title="Wakoli Bifwoli">Wakoli Bifwoli</a>, Omuyemba, former MP Bumula constituency</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mukhisa_Kituyi" title="Mukhisa Kituyi">Mukhisa Kituyi</a>, Omutukwika Mukitang'a, former Kimilili MP, Trade Minister and current Secretary General of UNCTAD</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Musikari_Kombo" title="Musikari Kombo">Musikari Kombo</a>, Omulunda, former Minister and Chairman of <a href="/wiki/Forum_for_the_Restoration_of_Democracy_%E2%80%93_Kenya" title="Forum for the Restoration of Democracy – Kenya">FORD–Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Lusaka" title="Kenneth Lusaka">Kenneth Lusaka</a> (born 18 September 1963)The 2nd and current speaker of the <a href="/wiki/Kenyan_Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="Kenyan Senate">Kenyan Senate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elijah_Masinde" title="Elijah Masinde">Elijah Masinde</a>, Omubichachi, resistance leader and founder of Dini ya Musambwa</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eusebius_Juma_Mukhwana" title="Eusebius Juma Mukhwana">Eusebius Juma Mukhwana</a>, Omusakali, founder of the SACRED Africa</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masinde_Muliro" title="Masinde Muliro">Masinde Muliro</a>, 1922 - August 14, 1992) Omukokho, former minister and opposition leader</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Michael_Otunga" title="Maurice Michael Otunga">Maurice Michael Otunga</a>, Omukhone, first Kenya Cardinal, Former head of the Catholic Church in Kenya</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Situma" title="James Situma">James Situma</a> Kenyan footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wafula_Wabuge" title="Wafula Wabuge">Wafula Wabuge</a>, a first and only President of Western Kenya during the Majimbo system and a former Ambassador to the US</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eugene_Wamalwa" title="Eugene Wamalwa">Eugene Wamalwa</a>, Omuengele, former MP Saboti Constituency and currently Cabinet Secretary for Devolution</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Kijana_Wamalwa" title="Michael Kijana Wamalwa">Michael Kijana Wamalwa</a>, Omuengele, former vice president of <a href="/wiki/Kenya" title="Kenya">Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wycliffe_Wangamati" title="Wycliffe Wangamati">Wycliffe Wangamati</a> Kenyan actuary and politician currently serving as the Second Governor of Bungoma County</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Wekesa" title="Paul Wekesa">Paul Wekesa</a> (born 2 July 1967) Former professional <a href="/wiki/Tennis" title="Tennis">tennis</a> player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moses_Wetangula" class="mw-redirect" title="Moses Wetangula">Moses Wetangula</a>, current Party Leader of FORD–Kenya and Senator, Bungoma County</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bukusu&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kintu" title="Kintu">Kintu</a>, a creation myth figure of Buganda</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bukusu&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: 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