HISTORY OF ABANYOLE

The Great Trek from Egypt

Abanyole ancestors are presumed to have come from Egypt or the Sudan. They travelled until they reached Bunyuli in Uganda and thence to Ebusabakhwa (Sakwa Bondo). Continuing their match, they later reached Akala Gem where they settled here for some time but later migrated again because the land was not suitable for cultivation. And so they walked and came to Ebuhando in Bunyore where they settled before gradually spreading out.

After arriving in Bunyore, some of them emigrated to Tiriki: the Ababayi, the Abang’ali, the Abamutsa, and the Abalukhoba clansmen. Others went to Kano, Gem and Seme. One group of the Abamuli clan went to Kadimo but another section (Umuri) is in Gem. Other Abanyole people are in Kisumu Location. MORE>>>

The elders decide: Bunyore elders (from left: James Luchiri, Javan Ondeko, Moses Ratego and Hosea Onyoyo) point to the way forward after meeting in Nairobi to discuss how to accommodate the modern with the past in a culturally sensitive way in January 2007