Isaac Ngui

Israel stood with us when we were nobodies. Why wouldn't we defend her now? - Muhoozi

THERE WAS NEVER KENYA BEFORE 1800's. Kenya was created by European businessmen connected to the British Empire. It was a land for essentially extracting raw materials. Kenya, Uganda, and Jubaland were initially part of the Imperial British East Africa Company - IBEA.. Later, this territory was divided into Kenya and Uganda, with Jubaland returned to Somalia. The area now known as Kenya was originally inhabited by various tribal kingdoms and caliphates, that included: 1) The Abyssinian Empire - Ethiopia, 2) The Samale Caliphates - Somalia, 3) The Kush Kingdoms - Sudan, 4) The Buganda Kingdoms - Uganda, 5) The Maa Kingdom - Maasai in Ken and TZ, 6) The Waswahili Caliphates - Tanga, Zanzibar’s Zanj, Mombasa, and Amu/Lamu After the Europeans invasion and conquest, these kingdoms and caliphates were divided by new borders drawn by the colonizers. Within the new territory called Kenya, several tribes were separated from their kin across neighboring lands: 1) The MAA people now occupy the Rift Valley region of Narok, Kajiado, Laikipia and Samburu. Originally, the Maasai inhabited Nakuru, Uasin Gishu, Baringo Nairobi, Nyeri and Nyandarua. 2) The KALENJIN groups of the Nandi, Kipsigis, Marakwet, Pokot, Ichamus, Tugen etc have relatives in Uganda e.g., Iteso, Karamajong and now live in Kenya’s Rift Valley middle- region. 3) The LUO, LUHYAS, Suba, Kisii, Kuria peoples occupy Nyanza and Western Kenya, separated from their relatives in Uganda and parts of Tanzania. Eg Acholi and Wagisu. 4) The WASWAHIILI, Mijikenda, and other local Swahili-Arab groups live along the Coast, while related communities remain in Tanganyika, Zanzibar, Comoros, Pemba, and Ugunja. 5) The SOMALI clans such as Ogaden, Garre, Murulle, and Degodia now inhabit Kenya’s Northeastern region, with other clans remaining in Somalia, Djibouti and Ethiopia. 6) The OROMO groups like the Borana, Rendille, Orma, Sakuye, Malakote etc occupy Kenya’s Upper Eastern region, including parts of Tana River County upto Garissa. 7) The TURKANA peoples who inhabit llarger parts of Kenya and smaller regions of Ethiopia and South Sudan. They too left their people behind. They now live in the Upper Riftvalley. The ONLY area and people who were not influenced by these six kingdoms or caliphates were the Agikuyu, Embu, Meru, and Akamba peoples who now occupy Central and lower Eastern parts of Kenya. If these four Bantu-speaking groups had formed a country, it might have been called the GEMALAND Republic. With a common agenda or systems. They had no Kings just council of elders, seers, riika system and their God. In the early 1800s, Europeans arrived and disrupted this order, imposing a new system—an event foretold by seers among the Agikuyu, like Mūndu Mūgo, and the Akamba seers like Syo-Kimau. Where does the name KENYA come from? The Akamba people accidentally gave Kenya its name. The word "Kinyaa-kí" means "white ostrich tail," similar to the Kikuyu word "Kiri-nyaga." Europeans mispronounced it as "Keenya," which became "Kenya" during their exploration of the mountain north of the highlands. It should be noted that, Europeans passed through Ukambani land before reaching Kikuyuland, so they called the mountain "Mt. Kiinya" before encountering the Kikuyu. This historical detail should be acknowledged and corrected. My Kikuyu people often claim that they invented the name, but that's not true. Kirinyaga is quite different from the names Kenya or Kiinya. No matter how many times foreigners like Europeans or Indians mispronounce it, it doesn't change that. As the saying goes, the rest is history. This is a harsh and painful history that divided nations and destroyed black kings, systems, cultures, and African spirituality.