HISTORY OF ABANYALA BA NDOMBI

Migration from Uganda:

The ancestor of the Abanyala was Munyala son of Mukhamba who lived on the Buyemba hill in Uganda near Tororo. After leaving the Buyemba hill, they went to the Busia (Mahero) forest. Their Teso neighbours drove them from here and so they went to Emirere where they lived in the neighbourhood of the Abakhayo on one side and the Abamarachi on the other. From here they went to Ebumakunda in Bukhayo (near Okwara’s).

While they were still living at Ebumakunda, their ruler Mahero asked Namunyuluhunda, ruler of Ababukusu, for military help against the mounting hostility and aggression of the Teso. Then the Ababukusu went to their rescue and as a result the Teso withdrew. For their part the Abanyala migrated to Matungu where they stayed for a short while. Shortly afterwards, they migrated farther and crossed the Nzoia at the Kwete’s or Emahola’s fort and went to the Udieri hill in Bunyala. MORE>>>

Dr Newton Kulundu, late MP for Lurambi and Minister for Labour is a descendant of Mukhamba, the earliest known ancestor of Abanyala ba Ndombi.