Among these the first clans to settle in Bunyala and which were found there by the later settlers were the Abamatseke, the Ababoro, the Abang’oma, the Abakhone, the Abanyekera, the Abamahia, the Abasinyama, the Ababamba, the Abangineki, the Abanyifwa, the Ababoko, the Abaye, the Abadiera, the Ababongo, the Abamwakwe, the Abayobo, the Abakhala, the Abalwani, the Abamuli, the Abaluo, the Abakhabala,the Abakhwanga, the Abaderu, the Abamuripo, the Abamenya, the Abakhumati, the Abalubanga, the Abasirwa, and the Ababotso. Of all these the Abakhone were the first to settle in Bunyala; they were followed by the Abamatseke, the Abang’oma, the Ababoro, the Abamulembo, the Abangineki, the Abakhunza, and the Abalubanga in that order. The rest came later.

The Abamulembo Clan
Their ancestor came from Tiriki. When they were there they called themselves Abarwa and belonged to the same clan as the Abashitsetse. After leaving Tiriki they went to Kabras; they do not know the people they found there. Then after leaving Kabras they went to Marachi and found there the Ababere and the Abafofoyo. They continued travelling and reached Bukhekhe in Samia where they found the Ibakhulo and the Abalala clans.

Continuing travelling,they reached Ibanda in Busoga and found there the Abadepi and the Abakhone. From Ibanda they went to the Sigulu Island in the lake (Victoria) and found there the Abamalenge, the Abayima, and the Abasisosi. It was after they left this island that they came to Eluyu here in Bunyala. Then they gradually spread out. All these people whom the Abamulembo came in contact with spoke Oluluyia. They emigrated from Tiriki because Murwa’s child accidentally swallowed the “inyuma” belonging to the child of Wanga. These two were brothers and the sons of Masinde and his wife, Nakuruku. Wanga was the elder - Wanga insisted on his brother giving him his “inyuma”. Then Murwa took his child and cut him open and gave Wanga his bead. Disgusted and annoyed, he emigrated to Ematungu and left Wanga in Tiriki. He died (at Ematungu and left a son called Shiaywa. It was Shiaywa who led the migration to Butula in Marachi. He found there the Abafofoyo and the Ababero who nicknamed him “Omumulembo” because he was endlessly changing homes. MORE>>>