The Abaluyia were the only centralized ethnic group in pre-colonial Kenya, governed under a kingdom for 600 years before Europeans arrived. The Wanga kingdom under Nabongos (kings) of Wanga ruled the entire Western Kenya and parts of Uganda and
Tanzania under various Obwamiships (smaller kingdoms, single – Omwami). Bulimo should have looked this up in any textbook on the history of Kenya.
The Abaluyia clans which have spilled into neighbouring countries such as the Bagishu, Basamia and Banyuli of Uganda, and the Basingila, Balinga, Bakolwe and Bachita of Tanzania speak Luhya that is understood by the rest of the Luhya such as Babukusu or Balagoli or Banyole.
There are also Luhya clans in far away countries such as Burundi, Congo, Rwanda and Zambia. The over 20 Abaluyia clans in Kenya such as Abanyole, Abetakho, Abesukha, Abatsotso, Abanyala, Abakabras, Abatachoni, Abamarama, Abashisa, Abatirichi, Abakhayo, Abamarachi, Abasamia, were governed by vassal kings answerable to the Nabongo. It was largely due to the unitary strength and dominance of the Abaluyia and Nabongos position that missionaries and colonial officials schemed to invent divisions, arguing that the Abaluyia were not a single ethnic group. It is therefore surprising for Bulimo to accept this colonial aberration and lie, hook, line and sinker.
***Couldn't help myself.
