Arnold Ageta

Tente area on the outskirts of Nyamira Town, Nyamira County- Kenya, is fast becoming an estate of brick and mortar. This is good news until one mentions that the name Tente in the local Gusii dialect means wetland. Tente’s transformation now means that it was once a wetland that was eventually occupied by the local community even before Nyamira Town came into being. Tente...

It is early Tuesday morning in Ebate village, Magombo ward in Nyamira County. Farmers are arriving in the village in groups.  Their faces are filled with enthusiasm and joy as they prepare to host the farmers’ exhibition in their backyard.  Most of the attendees are women who are in branded green T-shirts and black skirts.  The exhibition, hosted by Bosinya Community Based...

When the underground water emerges at Gucha village which is at the hip of Kiabonyoru Hill, Nyamira County-Kenya, it embarks on a journey of meanders and straights covering several counties and eventually pours into Lake Victoria. River Gucha, also known as Kuja, is the longest in Gusiiland where it covers several constituencies as it is fed along the way by...

Pumpkin farming is rare in Nyamira, a county well known for bananas, maize, and other subsistence and cash crops. This is why it is exciting that a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) operating in Nyamira Township Ward has been training farmers to engage in pumpkin farming and value addition. The NGO, known as Empowered Citizenry Against Poverty, targets the less fortunate and vulnerable...

Amongst the Gusii people of Western Kenya, men were never expected to wail, let alone be seen dropping tears in whatever circumstance, including times of tragedy. The Abagusii believed that men screamed internally and were expected to be the source of comfort to women, whose role was to scream at the top of their voices when death struck. If both...