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The Kamnara of Sakwa are making ground to build for future generations

Greetings from the Kamnara of Sakwa! The Kamnara people of Sakwa on 27th December 2024 gathered at Village Park, Ajigo (near Bondo). Hosted by Kwaka Joseph, they hearkened to the consultative forum call, arriving in good numbers and early enough for a successful day. The gathering was chaired by Mr. Nying’ro James Onyango, a former (retired) assistant commissioner of Police. The introductions were excellent. The genealogies were mentioned in reverence, lengthy ones applauded. And courtesy of Enos Oyaya’s book, “Kamnara my people”, anyone who would need help had the documentation. Oyaya had launched the Kamnara book on 30th December 2022 at his home in Kamnara Mwalo, an event that gathered Vakamnara from far and wide. “What can we do that the generations to come will benefit from?” This was the clarion Mr. Kwaka Joseph called on all to fashion their minds to. And issues were raised in the fields of Education, health, agriculture, enterprise, politics and more that the swift dholuo would...
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Origin of Sakwa Kamnara - Second Vesion

-: The second version states that the kamnara people came to sakwa via lake Victoria. Like other tribes that initially settled in sakwa, they used 'bworo' (floating islands) or 'yiedhi' (canoes) for crossing the lake, where they came from is not clear but elders of the tribe believe that they might have come from yimbo location or from some islands in lake Victoria. They are not descended from Luo since proff. Ogot does not mention them in the history of the Luo.- msakuru Hezekiah Kisia.

-: Now here is the connection. 'the kamnara in sakwa are aware that some of their people continued moving towards the East and probably settled in present maragoli of vihiga District. However they are not able to relate the details or estimate the period or date with regard to this movement'

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