East Africa: Brief correction about Luo family tree and lineage, and migration from Sudan to Kenya

From: Leo Odera Omolo

THE LUO FAMILY TREE LINEAGE FROM NUBA HIILS TO WAU STATE SOUTHERN SUDAN, UGANDA TO KENYA AND TANZANIA.

I have been reading a lot of concocted stories about the Luo family tree lineage by one Ajos Wuod Atiga Nyar-Ocholla., and although I am not disagreement with him, I should like to put forward the following corrections.

We start from Wau Province now one of the states in Southern Sudan.

There was a serious outbreak of anthrax {Opere} which whipped out the entire livestock that were owned by the Lwos {Luo}. Following this incident, which experts says took place around 1300 the community resorted to fishing along the River Nile for survival. And this is how it earned the derogatory names Jo-Oluo-Aora ( Meaning Luos}.

Previous the Lwo group had briefly occupied Nuba Hills, which are located North of Khartoum, the present of the Nubians {Wanubi},small community of Negroes believed to be the closest cousins of the Lwo Speaking groups. This the first stop after Egypt, a country which the group had conquered and ruled for some times.

The Chieftain at the material time was Sinakuru.He is the father of Podho{1} who in turn fathered Ringruok,who is the father of Owat,and Owat is the father of Twaifo, the of Jok {1}.Jok [1} fathered a son called Nayo,and it was Nayo fathered Jok {11} who is the father of Ramogi [1}.

Rampgi {1} had two sons Aruwa and Podho{2}.

Aruwa and Podho were involved in a serious dispute after Podho speared an elephant to scare away a herds of elephants which were destroying the family farm of sorghum. Aruwa is reported to have insisted in getting back his very spear, though he knew that the animal had escaped with the spear sticking on its body to the thick forest and the spear was irretrievable and the issue was near impossible.

The two brothers disagreed and got separated each choosing and following his own path. Podho chose to move eastwards, while Aruwa move westward.

Today the descendants of Aruwa are the varius community and tribes scattered all over Africa, most of them have settled In Centra and West Africa. They include the communities like the Acholis, Gang. Chopi, Aluru, Langi {Lang’o}Kwa. Lughbuara, Madi, Kuku, Mondo, Lukoya,Lubira, Yom. Others are Siluk and Dinka and Nuer.

The descendants of Aruwa are scattered all over Africa, though the majority lives in Southern Sudan, Uganda and Central African Republic. But few of these people could be traced in Chad, Cameroun, Ghana and Nigeria.

After the two disagreed and separated, Podho who moved eastwards got several sons who included Ramogi[2} Lang’ni, Omia, Okombo, Didandand Muwiru.

Ramogi {2} had two sons, Nyaluo and Ramogi{3} who is commonly known as Ramogi Ajuwanbg”. He earned the extra name Ajuwang’ because his father Ramogi {2} died while he was still in his mother’s womb.

Nyaluo fathered Omolo {1}who is the father of Ochielo and Ochiel {Ochiel} had two sons Ragem{Gem} and Migenya {Ugenya}. And Migenya became the father of Anam Lwanda, Omolo [2}, Gor, Deje, Waljack {Kager}, Nyamwot, Rachiewo and Nyiner.

The Southern Luo got scattered while they were travelling eastwards. Some of their people lost their way while travelling through Uganda and got lost and melted into some other tribes in that country..The Ugenya and Jok group settled in a place called Band in Busoga, while Owiny, Muwiru and Omolo group came through Tororo and Mt Elgon.

It was Ramogi [3} or Ramogi Ajuwang” who arrived in Kenya and temporarily settled and built a home in a place called Ligala in Bunyala.The place is still called by that name t-date. He then crossed Rwambwa and Yala Swamp to Got Ramogi in what is the presently called Yimbo-Kadimo.

When Ramogi Ajuwang’ reached Got Ramogi he had his eldest son Jok [3} And Jok got a son there who was called Imbo.

Imbo had nine sons, namely Mumbo, Dimu {Dimo}, Nyinek, Iro, Magak, Nyiywen, Nyikal. Rado and Julu.

Mumbo is the father of Muljwok, and Uyawa and Muljwo is the father of Alego, Chwanya, and Omia.

IT WAS Alego who the first to moved eastwards from Got Ramogi’s ancestral home. He crossed River Yala and settled in a place called Nyandiwa .Here Alego faced the stiffest resistance from some concocted smaller Bantu tribes which had sworn not to allow the Joka=Owiny and Joka-Ramogi to set foot in this territor, but Alego had somehow superior force which overcome the Kombe Kombe group as they were called then. These are the people who run across River Yala and settled in Yimbo and form parts of the 54 sub-tribes living in Yimbo today.But they were later overturned and conquered by the Domo, Owil, Nyiywen and Wareje group which were part of Joka-Owiny.

It is arguably that nearly all the Luo sub-clans living in Nyanza might have settled in Alegoi before moving to their present land.

I am kindly requesting your historian Ajos Wuod Atiga Nyar-Ocholla to do some home work and studies. He could either endorse my version or dispute these historical facts and open up public debate.

I could go further, but let me pen off here and allow him time to respond. Although agreed with him on many other facts, but most of his facts stands to be corrected and I should like to encourage him to go ahead and do much serious research before posting some stories to the website or compare notes with other writers.

Ends

leooderaomolo@yahoo.com

93 thoughts on “East Africa: Brief correction about Luo family tree and lineage, and migration from Sudan to Kenya

  1. Joram Ragem

    I need you to shed a little more light about about my 10th great grandfather Ragem, if you please Leo Odera.


    Joram Ragem
    wuod Ndinya, wuod Onam, wuod Amolo, wuod Owuoth, wuod Oganyo, wuod Mumbe, wuod Odongo, wuod Olwande, wuod Adhaya, wuod Ojuodhi, wuod Ragem! (Are you my relative?)

  2. Prof. Chunga Nyamburaka

    Mzee Leo Odera,
    Amosi ahinya. Higni auchiel mokadho ne ayudo thuolo ma ne asomo gik ma Ajos
    wuod Atiga ndiko go. Aparo ni pod en wuoyi matin(hike tin ne 60) kendo ang’eyo ni oa Kasipul (Raul Ndaya), Kanyano but Ruga. Nenore ni ok ong’eyo
    sigana mar Luo kaka ne giwuotho ma gi chopo Milambo kaeri nyaka Tanzania. Dho Luo bende okiya. To moloyo, onego odogi osom sigand kwerene ei “Kasipul”. Jo Kasipul gi Komala(mistakenly called Kabondo) gin jo Kachien mane onyuol gi chi Chien mane Rachuonyo ne otero.
    Koro, wach maduong’ ma omiyo andiko ni en ni in bende kare sigand Luo dwa tami. Iweyo gima duong’ ahinya e sigana ma indiko: Jo Luo ne odak Uganda ma obedo ruodhi mag Baganda mar higni 150 chakre 1350 nyaka 1500 eka ne Basoga ne oriembo gi. Higa 2008 kar dwe mar ang’wen kanyo Museveni ne ong’iso jo Baganda ni giwethage, ” after all your King is a Luo and all these Kings in Uganda part from the Ankole King, are Luos”. Mano Museveni ne ok oriambo. Mano e adiera. Tem mondo idog isomo sigandwa maber kendo. Nono to in be ibiro mana chiko kuma Ajos wuod Atiga be ochiko no.
    Erokamano.
    Prof. Chunga Nyamburaka

  3. Prof. Chunga Nyamburaka

    Mzee Leo Odera,
    Amosi ahinya. Higni auchiel mokadho ne ayudo thuolo ma ne asomo gik ma Ajos
    wuod Atiga ndiko go. Aparo ni pod en wuoyi matin(hike tin ne 60) kendo ang’eyo ni oa Kasipul (Rapul Ndaya), Kanyango but Ruga. Nenore ni ok ong’eyo
    sigana mar Luo kaka ne giwuotho ma gi chopo Milambo kaeri nyaka Tanzania. Dho Luo bende okiya. To moloyo, onego odogi osom sigand kwerene ei “Kasipul”. Jo Kasipul gi Komala(mistakenly called Kabondo) gin jo Kachien mane onyuol gi chi Chien mane Rachuonyo ne otero.
    Koro, wach maduong’ ma omiyo andiko ni en ni in bende kare sigand Luo dwa tami. Iweyo gima duong’ ahinya e sigana ma indiko: Jo Luo ne odak Uganda ma obedo ruodhi mag Baganda mar higni 150 chakre 1350 nyaka 1500 eka ne Basoga ne oriembo gi. Higa 2008 kar dwe mar ang’wen kanyo Museveni ne ong’iso jo Baganda ni giwethage, ” after all your King is a Luo and all these Kings in Uganda part from the Ankole King, are Luos”. Mano Museveni ne ok oriambo. Mano e adiera. Tem mondo idog isomo sigandwa maber kendo. Nono to in be ibiro mana chiko kuma Ajos wuod Atiga be ochiko no.
    Erokamano.
    Prof. Chunga Nyamburaka

  4. leo odera omolo

    Prof Chunga,
    Aparo ka ok iwinja maber. An atemo mana chiwo detail of Luo familytree lineage.Kanitiue kama awacho ma ok nikare to onego iketa e ler. To in irimgo iodhi kumabor ma okm achope kakaKomalaKacxhien,uo mane otiyo ruodhi Uganda, Dak marLuo Uganda higni 150 kod mamoko.
    Magigi idwa rikni matin.ok onego iduoka kama ok,awacho e adieri,korka nyuolruok Luo,to pod ok,a achope ni Ka Joluo nochopo ei Kenya to gidak gi e Got Ramogi e piny yimbo to kakoro gimedo yarore gidwaro pinje to thoth gi nokuongo odak Alego kama, kata gundini,magegi podi nitiere nyaka chil kawuono.
    Aneno ka inyisa mondo asom weche Museveniu,ma ento oken ja Uganda to en Ja-Nyuarwanda maneobiro UIganda machiegni nyocha ni ka Luo nose dar Uganda kuro kuom higni madirom 400.ani benmde e ng’atno midwaro ni momdo asom,,gik, ma owacho?
    Ang’eyo ni yawa ma ya Luo ohero suotoumigi eweche kata ma ok giwinjo tiend gi malong’o.Podi ok achopo e weche Rachuonyo kod chien kata Sipul.Yie modo iketa elr mana kuom nyuolruok Luo kaka amule matin no.We landosideissues.
    Leo

  5. Maurice Adoyo-Adoyo

    Gik ma undiko malokaeni mora kabisa, to Prof. dak indikonwae laini ma mari! Dine aero ni ukelonae go nyaka Dibo ma Kano ochopoe. A Jakadibo, Kobura Kano.
    Adoyo-Adoyo Maurice

  6. odhiambo Jakamagambo

    CHAKRUOK MAR LUO.
    Oganda wa mar Joluo nikod kuayo kuom jogo maose temo nono matuk kendo ongeyo koth gundwa kaka ne wachako wuoth kata dak marua kod yawa mamoko mane gin mwache mane wayudo epinje mane wakale ka wawuotho kawa wuok Egypt mawa chopo Sudan wapogore ma jomoko ne ochopo Uganda,Zaire,Cameroon, Nigeria kata Ghana Kenya kod Tanganyika.En sigana maber mathoth ji dwaro ngeyo. Asomo kaka owadwa ma iluongo ni Ngire Chunga Nyamburaka owacho ayanga ni gik ma Ajos Wuod Atiga oketo go thoth gi ok gin adiera to watem keto gi maler kaka onengo gibedi.An awuon an wuod Kamagambo ne aneno ka ondiko ni Gambo ne en wuoi to ma en miriambo Gambo-ne en(dhako) nyar Olual mane Jakasgunga- Mbita.Gambo ne otedo ne jamwa (Masai)mane nyinge Muserma mane jakwath kata misumba mar Mireri. Kamagambo oluoro od liel ngero ni kata pakruokni pod nitier nyaka sani to bende en kod tiende gima omiyo pod iwache nyaka sani.
    Wamed re uru mana paro mabeyo e kindwa.
    Jandiko en
    Odhiambo Omolo Jarongo- Kodero Bara

  7. Odhiambo Anyango

    Mos gi Kwe kuomun duto.
    Adwaro dwoko erokamano mathoth ni Migosi Ajos Wuod Atiga Nyar-Ocholla kuom chir mane obedogo kaochako gano nonro mar oganda mamigawo mare en wan mailuongo ni Luo. Neochako mbaka madwaro jogano. Ajos nochako thum madwaro jomiel. Wapake mondo kendo wagone erokamano. Apako bende Migosi Leo Odera Omolo kuom golo pache. Prof. Chunga Nyamburaka bende owacho mare kaka jomamoko gobende. Koro mbaka mondo ochaki.
    Nonro mar Luo chakore e ndalo ma Kush dynasty mane kome nitie kama aore ariyo romoe kamol dhi mwalo Misri. Kama ndalogi iluongo ni Napata. Bende dibedie ni kama neiluongo ni, kendo pod iluongo ni KOM OMBO ne en dala maduong’ mar tend Luo? To kama ne iluongo ni KADERO (achiel kuom mier mane pek endalo machon ma chalo kaka higni mag 4000BC) to wariworego nade? Wago mbaka.

  8. odhiambo Jakamagambo

    GUNDWA KAKA JOLUO.
    Jothurua kik wabed kod koko ekindwa kuom wach mar Wuodhwa kawa wuok Egypt kendo wachopo Sudan mawa dakia kendo oganda marwa pod ni kanyo nyaka sani. Wadwaro mana ngeyo ayanga kaka ne wawuok Sudan mawa chopo e pinje ma opogore kaka Uganda, Zaire, Ethopia, Cameroon, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya,Tanganyika kod kuonde mamoko.
    Jaduong Leo Odera Omolo nenore nikod Sigana maler ka luwore kod kaka ose bedo ka opuonjo wa kaka dak marua ose bedo ei Kenya. Yande aneno ka otemo kwero Ajuoga Machage kane duaro milore ni Jo Kuria emane okuonga dak South Nyanza to ne otemo ndiko ayanga kaka ne ongeyo kendo winjo kuom Jodongo kata Deye mane ogoyo godo mbaka e ndalo machon kendo moko to gik mane oneno koda wange kapod otin.Kik wabed kod duokruok ekindwa to wamed uru puonjore mana eyo maber gi muolo.Nyasaye oritu uduto un nyikwa Ramogi Ajwang.
    Jandikoen
    Odhiambo Omolo Jarongo- Kodero Bara

  9. odhiambo Jakamagambo

    MEDO PARO MATUT KUOM GUNDUA KAKA JOLUO.
    Piny owacho temo penjo ni wan kod yawa ma ose chodo buge ahinya kendo wadwaro ngeyo ni gin to giling nango kuom medo paro margi eyor dak marua kaka anyuola mar Joluo. Ajos Wuod Atiga ne ose chako wach maber ni to chalo ni tin ji nikod paro kaka inyak puonj gi joma tindo kaka piny kata oganda Joluo ne ochako dak ei Kenya,Uganda kod Tanganyika.
    Anyuola mar Joluo biro lal nono kawan jogo ma ose bedo Jodongo kata Deye koro ok wamako wachni ma otegno.Wapuonjre uru ekindua gik ma omiyo iluongowa ni Joluo. Kitua kata timbewa kod wechewa ema miyo wabedo anyuola ma iluongo ni ONAGI KATA LUO.
    Jandiko en.
    Odhiambo Omolo Jarongo-Kodero Bara

  10. Odera Samuel

    Pastor Odera Nyakwar Owuor kaKere biro nyasou wach kochakore Misiri nyaka wakatho Sudan, Uganda, Tanganyika, Kongo togi pinge mamoko.

    Sam Odera.

  11. John Mungu

    Whither from, the modern Luos? Were the Ancient Egyptians the current Luos of East and Central Africa?

    Was Atum, Tem, Temu ,Atem Luo god of creation? The Egyptian translation is equivalent to the Luo one. According to the modern Luos, Atumo is the one who has completed a task. Tem is to embark on a task. Temu/Timu is to complete/carry out a task. The Luo especially those of Alego, Ugenya and Yimbo clans in Kenya have maintained their old dialect they brought down in their migration from Uganda; and so have the Acholli of Uganda retained their folklore which is full of innuendos of Luo Egyptian cradle.
    Luos of the Alego, Ugenya and Yimbo clans in Kenya would say Temu, whereas the rest of the other clans would use tem/tim. These are the same variations that we find in the Egyptian translations of the texts. In the myth, Atum is said to have been a hermaphrodite and that this could be why his name suggests completeness. I don’t disagree. However, because Atum indulged or mustarbated , something not openly spoken about, he/she did and his/her name would be Atum.Sexual escapades amongs the Luo are still referred to in whispers as w’atum-re, atum ra. Note that the ra/re here is not trying to replace the Egyptian sun god Ra/Re, but food for thought.
    Aken was the Egyptian god that rode the chariots that ferried the souls to the underworld. Kan/Ken is Luo for store away, keep out of sight. Aken is the one who ferries out of sight to store or hide. It is the souls of the dead that were taken, the Kau. Kau means take in Dholuo(tongue of the Luo).The soul was then ferried to Duat the furthest ends of the underworld. The Luos still speak of unimaginable farthest places as nyar’duat /Nyan’duat. If one day it is proven that the Luos built the early Egyptian civilization, then there will be a rush to understand and preserve the Luo languages so as to clearly decipher the Egyptian texts.
    Min was the Egyptian god of fertility, creation and his names just like in hieroglyphics equally translates into Luo as mother and Min-Amun as mother of Amun. Min is depicted as a male deity, which is not uncommon among the Luo people. In fact a brother is referred to as o’min because of the shared womb or descent.
    Amun would be the name of one who does not reveal his nature or feelings. He is the hidden one (Egyptian translation), the mysterious one. If you sulk and keep your lips tights then your mother in Luoland will tell you we mun ri. Stop hiding it in yourself, or simply put, open up. Remember ra is first person, ri is second person and re is third person suffixes among the Luos. Mun/Muno is to hide things in you and Amun/Amuno will be your nickname. Most Luo names are derived like this, would normally end with letter o. Akeno ,Amuno, Atumo, Atemo, Akaro,Akero, Mino ( Mine, pl). Amun became the Egyptian god of creation, winds and the heavenly elements. His literal translation means the hidden one.
    The Luos are definitely a Nilotic group of languages because they have had so much to do with this river, but how far north of River Nile can we trace the Luo?
    Akar Egyptian god of the horizons depicted with two lions (ruti) carrying a sun disk on their backs while facing opposite directions. Akar watches the sun from one horizon to the other horizon, he has a big stride over the earth and suggest control of the sun‘s path, an arc, across the sky and to the other side. Amongst the Luo, to open your legs wide apart/arc over is kar and Akar would be one who does exactly that. The two lions referred to as ruti would still be called ruti/rute/rude in modern Luo which means twins or things coming in twos.
    Thoth means many, a lot, plenty, or enormous collection of,in Luo. He was the Egyptian god of learning and wisdom and science. He was three gods in one. He was simply many, thoth. Thoth is said to be Greek in origin though.Ne ong’eyo ma’ thoth. He knew a lot, he was a genius god.
    Osiris. Osiri is a Luo name for hardy vegetation found in arid areas; it must have been a welcome sight in the desert and may have had lots of uses. Sir is a pillar that supports a house. Egyptian god Osiris was god of vegetation; he was depicted in green. In the myth Osiris was turned into a pillar by Byblos. Osiris sister and wife is Isis. They are found side by side. Sir/Siro is a pillar versus Sis which is the wall in Dholuo (Luo tongue).

    Monsters
    Apep swallowed the sun whole/all (pep), the sun during full solar eclipses .He therefore became Apep to old Egyptians as well.
    Ammit, the devourer, must have enjoyed the constant supply of souls that had made the scales tilt due to the weight of their filth. This dish must have been tasty (mit/mamit) no wonder he became Ammit, the one found the souls tasty, the one who devours. He must have been the bane of crying little children whenever they got told off, for Ammit would find them tasty if they didn’t stop crying. Ammit’s abode was the underworld Duat, farthest ends of the world, Luos will say nyanDUAT.
    Place names
    Amun’s oracle was at the temple at Siwa, an expansive oasis still existing to the present day. Siwa in Luo means oasis! A place where water seeps from the ground is called Siwa. The present Luos still worship and revere such sites as source of life.
    Karnak, sounds like a place of rituals, a temple place. Luos had numerous rituals.kar means place nak is the removal of six lower teeth; there are many other rituals. Nak would have also meant just any other ritual, who knows. There are major temples ruins at Karnak. It must have been a ritual city where many gods were worshipped and sacrifices carried out.

  12. chunga nyamburaka

    American trained Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics but East African by origin.

    Wach mbaka mar Luo to moko inyalo yudo e
    website mar http://www.gurtong.net

    Then idhi kama ondiki e ethnic groups ibiro yudo Jur Chol(Luo sometimes spelled Lwo) then click to open it and read.

    Actually, Lwo is the old spelling to tinde wuolongo mana ni Luo. Nyocha ne jago moro olero na tiend nying’ mar Kavirondo. Wazungu ka ne ochopo western Kenya-Nyanza and Western provinces -to jo Giriama/Digo mane gin godo ema ne ochako luongo wa ni Kavirondo-actually “Kaa virondo” literally guom. Luo ne ohero guom ka ooyo chieng. Hehehehehe. Kwa hivyo walikuwa wana kaa virondo. Nyanza, Nyasa, Niassa, etc en dho Bantu mar nam.

    Cham lusi maber.
    Chunga Nyamburaka

  13. Aruwa Jaseme

    En mana Duoko Maduong kuom Chiwo Andiko Machalo kama, to akwayo ni mondo ikelnwa nonro mar Seme.

    Ruoth obed kodu

    Aruwa Jaseme

  14. Tiyekidi

    No no no!!! Luo is NOT FROM SUDAN. (Sud Swamp = Sudan Country Name ~Given by British so no Luo should remember being in a place called Sudan or Egypt)

    Nuba Moutains are in the Central Part Of Sudan and are the Home of the Nuba People who are in No way Related to The Nubians,, who I Believe, know a thing or 2 about the Luo.

    No No No …. Luo Passed through Masri but are NOT from There.

    No No No !!! The Languge will not singularly point you to Luo Beginings, What Luo speak is from the Shilluk, Luo lost their languge several times as they followed the Nile Southwards.

    The answer to were the Luo came from lies in your Name as a People & In the Names carried by some of your peoples.

    Ask the Kalenjin about thier stay in Kagypta and what/who made them migrate back down southwards.

    What Do your own Accounts tell you about where the Luo came from,, Why do they include a whisper of a Place called Babylon.

    No No No Luo is not From Sudan or Egypt.

    Why is it that it is SO unclear to Luo where you came from. Is it that you came such a long way over such a long time. Lived in so many places and have had several appearances. Today when you ask where you came from you are pointed to the wrong place as your cradle,,Sudan & you ignore that tale you heard told somwhere that THIS IS where the Luo came from.

    The story of the Luo Journey is as cryptic as the River Nile is Straight.

    Just Follow the Trail Slowly and truely not looking for any racial similarities like black african, nor be deterred by the Brown Arab or White Aryan you may encounter along your way,, and you will learn of the Amazing Journey the Luo People Undertook.

    Do Not Loose Your Story …. Luo Is NOT FROM SUDAN

  15. Odota Deo W

    Amazing things unearthed!!,It seems more is yet to be revealed. This is profitable and enriching and keeps the history and legend among the luos alive. Disputes cannot arise over were the luos came from. I admire the recollections building up into a recreation of the life and origin of a great people and am sure the ultimate will be to seek to know the origin of the language spoken as luo. I think and for sure wont lie here that the only black race on earth is luo, the rest, be they fare skined or light are genetic modifications or just adaptation to the environment. For the highly learnt along anthropology, you have the onus to research and provide evidence that the original lanugage on earth was luo, the rest being variations as a result of distortions and confusions that emerged.

    Hey wont you be fired up to know that you are the most noble !!!!

  16. Ochara Omboga

    Prof. Chunga Nyamburaka,

    Atiga kod Leo Odero ne ochako twak mamit ma omiyo ji mang’eny chako ng’eyo kuma luo oae. Ka dine ok gichako twag’ni, dikoro ok wang’eyo ‘interpretations’ mopogore opogore mar sigand luo. Be in bende imede mari mondo okony’wa, to an ok ane kaka higa mar ng’ato nyalo mone yudo wach sigandwa madiera. Kare jok moti dak miwa sigana maonge tulo wa?

  17. Bozert Ommolo

    Amoso ji duto Nyinga to Bozart Wund Omolo Modak Waturi Tanzania
    gima thago Pacha To Adwaro Ngeyo Kinde mane joluo Odonjo Tanzania To Ne gi ha kure
    2.- To Ei kenya nitiere Dhod luo Miluongo ni waturi nikech Kwara Nekona ni Waturi ne Nyakwar Imbo To Imbo Ni Bende Pod Entiere? ka entiere odak kure ei kenya? Erokamano Jodongo

  18. Godfrey Owambo Nyakwar Nindo Kanyangaga

    There is a whisper that the pharaos of Egypt were black and that the Luos are their offsprings is it true? puonja Uru

  19. Okello Enyonu Joseph

    The argument of where we came from may not be of any relevance now. In my opinion and statistical facts, the Luos are the most intelligent community the world has ever had. This is the fact, and we should not only be proud of this Mighty blessing but also continue to uphold it. Send children to school, teach them good morals and ethics and the ways of God. This is why the Jaluos are superior. My name is Joseph Okello Enyonu, a jaluo from Northern Uganda

  20. ODuor Osiagoh

    Okwe uru Nikwa Ramogi Ajwang’

    Adwaro mondo awinje paro maber e wachni. Jaduong’ Leo Odera Omolo. Daher tudra kodi kod jo Luo duto mohero (roots-gi).

    Adwaro timo gimoro achiel. Asechako timo nonro maber mondo okonya ndiko bug ogendni mege Luo…kaka nene giwuok Misri, Sudan, Southern Sudan, ma gikeyore e pinje mamoko.

    Nitie Joluo nyaka NIgeria ma moko temo ahinya mondo ochopie Kenya(nikech gineno ni pek Joluo ni Kenya, kendo be kaluwore kod Telo mar Obama Amerka).

    Koro ka ang’ado to awacho ni ya. Wan e mbuyi, Nyikwa Ramogi Ajwang’

  21. Nyar Jaluo ma nyakach

    Adwokonu erokano kuom weche duto ma undiko e site ni. Daher ngeyo ni Joluo ma Jo nyakach gi jo Kano no wuok e group mane? Nyakach kucho nitiere kamiluongo ni Ramogi, Koguta, kandaria, and more. Be dokona ni branches gi no chopo nyakach karangoo? Angeyo ni nitiere Joluo mathoth kabisa Tanganyika, around lake Victoria. Musoma, Mwanza, Shirati and so on…magi gin branches mage?
    Erokamano huru kuom ndiko history mar Jo luo.

    Be en adier ni nitiere Joluo mane odar modhi dak China during Egyptian time. Nitiere two cities China kucho ma nigi nyinge joluo. Be nitiere ngato mora mora ma di wachunwa history mar Joluo mane odar modhi dak China kucho. Nitiere Chinese mathoth ma nyingegi iluongo ni Luo. The Chinese language has some Luo words. Can someone help understand that?

    Erokamano huru…and Keep up the great work!

  22. chrispine otieno apalla

    Are the Marachians of Butula district related to The Luos?If so how and how did they part ways?

  23. lizzy nyasuba

    hi all after reading all the comments about the origin of the great people of this country to be very honest am confused wanted to do a paper about the origin of the luos and for now i cant even put the pieces together luos are too smart not to have an origin we need to consult the living wazees to shade some light but i believe there is story.

  24. Tiyekidi

    Yes, the Marachi, Maragoli, Samia are “Luo” (spawned by luo Bio-cultural interaction with Luhya tribes)

    Marchi – (Marach) Luo Lost or absorbed amongst luhya peoples

    Maragoli – Ragol’s people.

    Samia – An Egyptian Name and a Persian Name for the 11th Month of the year.

    Collectively these sud-tribes of the luhya have something to Reveal about Luo origins

    Aside from the other Abaluhya Peoples, these three Luhya sub-tribes have one common account for the point of their origin “WE CAME FROM MISRI”.

    Bantu Home Land, expansion routes and nomenclature are well understood and documented but this account and these names are in stark contrast to Bantu etymology. These names also do not recur in Congo or amongst other Bantu peoples not associated with the Luo.

    Not to say that their account of having come from Misri is untrue but rather very interesting and intriguing.

    If these sub-tribes of the Luhya came from Misri then, Then where are their footprints along the trail down?

    Why are they not as prominent as the luo’s,,,, Nubia, Kingdom of Kush, Al-Marwaa (Meroe), Nuba Mountains, Bahr-el-Ghazal (Southern Sudan).

    Lack of Prominence of Bantu footprints shows that these 3 groups are luos who were absorbed into Abaluhya Peoples and explains why they claim an affinity to the luo also why as Abaluhya they seem to know something about a journey from Misri that took place.

    So are they are credible witnesses.

    Indeed when living in close proximity to other people after some time the children born in your village start to resemble the children in the village next to yours. You similarly start to know each other stories and tell each other’s tails.

    Alongside this intermixing of Blood comes the verbal exchange of Life Experience, Names, Folklore and History.

    So indeed suffice to say, when information you once had can no longer be found in your house, a good place to start looking for its subititue record, is with your neighbours, because it is likely that a Copy of what you seek may have found its way there. Much like an off-site Data backup service

    Upon arrival in Kenya 1500-1800’s luo groups dispersed along the shores of lake Victoria intermarrying with peoples they came across. Many such Peoples became completely absorbed in the Luo Tribe (Abasuba) as were Luos (Marach, Ragol & Samia) absorbed inside other such Bantu tribes as the Abaluhya & Kisii.

    Much Like the Pitcairn Islanders of the Pacific Ocean Island, The Luo have surnames that are not of Local provenance ie Bantu or Southern Sudanese. Some of these names seem to come from as far as the Caucus Mountains, Persia and Central Asia.

    In the Pitcairn Islands the Surnames Christian, Brown, Warren & Young are found amongst the local “Polynesian” Peoples.

    Indeed it would be amazing to imagine how these Anglo-Saxon names could have co-incidentally cropped up amongst these Polynesian peoples. Until from them and other historical record we learn of the mutinous events on H.M.S Bounty in 1789.

    How nine Mutineers, now fugitives fleeing justice, led by Fletcher Christian in the company of 17 other Polynesian individuals scoured the pacific ocean in search of refuge, finally locating & settling Pitcairn island, burning down the H.M.S. Bounty, thereby sealing their fate to spend the rest of their lives on the island.

    Of importance to us is the analogy of how persons or populations can travel long distances and supplant themselves into places & populations far way from where we commonly identify with them geographically & racially.

    Over time breed with the locals and congeal to form a new high breed race of people that are unique to that particular settlement or migratory event, but yet shear genetic ties and names with the Seed population.

    That is the story of the Luo.

    In tracing the origin of the Luo People it will be useful if Not Imperative to equip ones-self with an open mind and the readiness to understand that skin color is determined by the region one lives in who you happen to breed with there and has little to nothing to do with ones Provenance.

    Today there is evidence to show that Luo arrived in Kenya from the direction of Southern Sudan and to show that the Southern Sudanese people were hosts to their presence in the region and not their progenitor as is commonly taught.

    A fact born out in the Male lines of descent: (Luo Men and Men from Southern Sudanese Tribes), occurring on different branches of the Y-DNA chromosomal tree.

    It Is Further confirmed by Dinka Folklore

    The Dinka refer to the Luo as “JUR” meaning alien and named a river that flows through Bahr-el-Gahzal where the luo settled, by that name. Alien: implying sudden contact with persons previously unknown.

    Confirming they are not of the Dinka Nation.

    Shilluk History

    “Shilluk” an abusive word meaning Black. Fr Diedroh Westermann 1913,

    Chollo is correct name of the people concerned.

    Dholuo (the language luo speak) is almost completely derived from the language of the Chollo. This implies that with the Chollo lies an immediate pointer as to if the Luo were of them or did they join them at some point in history.

    Supreme Deity / Creator of Chollo is Juok, Call any Luo Ja-Juok and see what happens (deeply insulting to call a Luo by that name to this day). Signaling that these were different peoples who came in contact with one another and though they spoke the same language maintained totally separate identities.

    “Nyikang and his people “arrived” in Upper-Nile district, he and his people were of a lighter color hence referring to the locals as Black. A distinction is made between the local inhabitants and the people of Nyikang” Westermann 1913.
    The Chollo or Shilluk Nation comprises of about 100 different ethnic communities and clans that can be classified into two groupings
    1. The indigenous people
    2. The Luo conquerors, who were the most politically and socially dominant.
    Confirmed: Luo is not of the Dinka or Shilluk.
    This Releases us to continue the search elsewhere.

    Westermann also records the presence of NUBIANS from Dongola (Northern Sudan bordering Egypt) in Upper-Nile district at the time of Nyikang. He Records that they were Fugitives or captives from various wars of the time…

    Why as a Luo should one be interested in who the Nubians are..
    The Luo tribe, through intermarriages and wars, are part of the genetic admixture that includes all modern East African ethnic groups and the Nubians of modern day Sudan.
    It becomes crucial at this point that we establish with clarity who exactly a Nubian is, also for the avoidance of confusion understand who the Nuba & Nubi Peoples are.
    Nuba

    The Nuba are collection of indigenous African people living in the Nuba Mountains in Southern Kordofan State of The Sudan. No Relation to Nubians of Egypt.

    Nubi

    To Most Kenyans a Nubian is someone from the community that inhabits Kibera.

    These People are the Nubi they came to Kenya in the 1800s due to their military service with the British in Sudan.
    After the British victory, Sudanese soldiers who had agreed to join the British forces were rewarded with land in Kibera,
    Some popular sources sometimes use the term Nubian for this ethnic group.
    This seems to be partly due to confusion of these Nubi people, originally from Sudan, with the cluster of ancient peoples called Nubian in southern Egypt.
    However, there is no current connection between the traditional Nubian peoples of the Sudan/Egypt and these Nubi people.

    Nubians
    The word ‘Nubia’ is used to describe the land along the Nile in the south of Egypt.

    Historically however there never was any kingdom, tribe or civilization by the name Nubia.

    The use of ‘Nubia’ for the region seems to originate with European Cartographers who drew maps based on the work of the astrologist and geographer Claudius Ptolemaeus (90-168 AD).

    The “Nubians” of today are a people who live along the Nile at the border between Egypt and Sudan.

    None of these Peoples refer to themselves as Nubians.

    They are collection of peoples considered to be descendants of the great Nubian Kingdoms of Kush, Meroe, Nobatia, Makuria (Dongola) or Alodia (Alwa).

    Therefore amongst this collection of peoples, the toe print of the Luo (Alwaa) appears in Egypt.

    So Here we are in Egypt, Marachi, Maragoli and Samia having shown us the way

    Asanteni Majirani

    Luo In-To- Africa Trail soon to come

  25. Nyidimo

    Hi Everyone,

    It was interesting reading all your comments about the luo history. I am a luo from south sudan. We have a large luo community here. We have the Pibor or Boor people (widely known as Belanda Boor), Thuri (Shatt), Chollo (Shilluk), Anyuak, Acholi and Pari (lokoro) and the Jo Luo. I have had my share of questions as well and still can’t quite piece together the all the puzzles yet.

    One of them is around the name Luo itself. Off all the Luos including those who have migrated, only three groups actually maintained and preserved the ancestory name LUO. The Luo of Kenya, Luo of Tazania and jo Luo in the western bahr el ghazal region in South Sudan.

    I am just wondering if anyone has any idea as to why the rest of the Luo group have not carried the ancestral name: LUO ?

    Also, we have a town called Alur in Western Bahr el Ghazal. it is occupied by luo people and is suituated in the luo regions. so obvious there or my assumption is a that they have a link with the alur people of Uganda and congo.

    I am very happy to have found fellow luo brothers and sisters who are very interested in tracing their history and unravelling the circumstances or reasons behind their migration.

    hope to hear from you soon.

    i know abit about luos in south sudan so if you have questions regarding that, please don’t hesistate to ask me.

  26. Bijunah Okuong Harold

    Mr. Odera allow me to disagree with you,
    Led by Rwoth Olei from Balgazel,they moved to pajoa present Murchison falls around 1330 Kyebambe ascended to throne and attempted to kill his brothers which led to mega dispersion, kumam, jopathola, luo
    Around 1365 Kyebambe was succeded by his daughter Nyilak

    Now hear this secret,
    Nyilak slept with Kyebambes brother opudhu whom you refered to somewhere in your article, Nyilak and Opudhu yielded triplets( Gipir,Labongo and Thiful)
    Nyilak handed over the throne to Gipir with Labongo as prime minister and thiful chief elder
    Around 1450 Gipir and Labongo separated(the famous spear and beads story)
    They seperated at present Pakwach.
    Labongo moved North(Acholi,Kumam,Jopadhola,Joluo)
    Gipir crossed the nile(Alur, and other Luo tribes in Central Africa)
    Entering Kenya, Joluo gave rise to joka jok,joka owiny.
    Joka luo moved deeper in Kavirondo gulf present jokisumo and jorachuonyo.
    joka owiny settled near ramogi hills. in alego owinys ruins can still be seen to this day at bungu owiny.

  27. Faulu Suba

    Amor ahinya kuom sigana ma asomo ka mar joluo kendo amor moloyo kuom gano mar Pirofosa Chunga Nyamburuka. Gano mar Pirofesa Chunga no, jo gano mang’eny ok wachi.

    Jo luo okere kuonde man’geny e afrika kendo e i jo Bantu nyaka mana jo Kikuyu, jo luo nitie e igi kendo ruodhi mang’eny mag jo bantu ne gin jo luo. Bunyoro, Torogi Buganda, Ruodhi gi nyaka kawuono gin jo luo. Ka idhi Gabon, presiden iluongo ni Ondimba kendo Jalup ne moro ne iluongo ni Raymond Ndong’. Me en nikuop gin wede joluo ma odak Niger gi Kamerun kod Naijeria. Kongo ka bennde Joluo ng’eny.

    Omiyo a ja kon jo Luo-Suba wetena ni Abasuba ne gin mana jo luo mane iluongo ni Babito mane odak Buganda. Babito ne gin Jo luo, omiyo ka ne gi biro ma gi chako gi nwang’o jo luo wetegi, mano remo e mane oywa remo. Omiyo Basuba gin mana Joluo.

    Joma osomo sigand joluo Uganda, Rwanda gi Kongo ong’eyo weche gi maler kendo omiyo gi luoro jo luo ahinya. Ka ijaluo to idonjo kuom gi, gi rwaki gi luor ahinya nikech gi ng’eyo ni joluo kata babito gin joka ruodhi.

    Ean,

    My Royal Bitoness, Faulu Suba.

  28. Tiyekidi

    Luo Trail into Africa…

    Archeogenetics of Upper Egypt, the Levant.

    Egyptian Y-DNA Haplogroups (Paternal Lines of Decent), Erred et al 2004 (Southern Egyptians)

    Caucasian Footprint in Africa: M1 Mitochondrial Haplogroup (Maternal Lines of Decent) in the Luo, Castri et al 2007.

    Persia in Egypt.

    These Subjects encapsulate the story of the People who by centuries of Migration found themselves at the shores of Lake Victoria in Uganda Kenya and Tanzania.

    Where folklore can no longer accuratly guide,,, modern science allows us to reconstruct the most important parts of our journey by revealing exactly which well the blood that flows in your veins was drawn.

    As for the Luo.

    They originated in today’s Iran.

    Left Egypt after the Construction of the Pyramids and with or before the Arrival of Islam 400-800 AD.

    Luo Names that are Non Traditional I.e. Not starting with prefix O,, (especially Luo from North Nyanza Alego, Gem, Sakwa (Turkish Name) Karateng etc are also found amongst Iranian, Iraqi peoples of today with little to no distorsion to the Name.

    Showing that the compostion of the seed population was predominantly Persian but was not limited to them only. It included poples from Eastern Europe, North Africa the Sahara Sudan etc.

    Confirming the findings of the Genetic studies Named above.

    So,, that this is where u came from.

    Tekidi ~ Crazzolara 1930

    At the foothills of the Zagros Mountain Range in Lorestan in Today’s Iran

    Home of Today’s LUR People.

    Progentiors of the Luo.

    As was told to me as a child well before the internet ,,,that “Luo Ne ochako woth e piny Iran” ( luos started their journey in Iran). I ask today that we do all we can to ensure the story that was handed down the generations to us today lives to see tommorrow.

    Luo, Do Not Loose Your Story,,, Iran is your Home.

  29. Nya Pa Rwot

    Dear family,

    I’m a sister from Acholiland. It would be an immense gift to posterity to celebrate as a family, each day of being blessed to be born Luo.
    We are now living in a world where differences are dissolving, we are living across histories and the significance of borders becomes more absurd as genetic families grow. As Jo Luo/ Dho Luo, we have a rich history of rising above adversity, celebrating our differences and maintaining harmony. In the spirit of sharing the gift of life, please take a look at this portal and contribute.

    http://deyuafrican.com/

    Thank you again and keep well.

  30. Wuod rwoth

    Nya rwot,
    Iam a japadhola, aluo from Tororo.
    There is more awaiting you and other luos about our past.
    Hear this , luos are a royal people, more royal in origin than any kingdom existing now in the world.
    The luo royal kingdom from Wau in Sudan to that one of Ulei the great in Pajao at murchison falls was so organised and mighty that it was a marvel to luos and envy to neighbouring tribes and those peoplle luos associated with..
    A bombshell in the form of a book that may be entitled the geanology the luo people is in print now and is soon coming out.
    This book will change forever the views people had developed about the luo people and it is likely to ..rewrite the story of luo migration .
    Before i take leave, the name luo originated from a great luo king in Wau called Uluo Atyak. We shall continue from there later. My true name will be revealed later.
    I salute all luo people

  31. jaramogi rasto nyamanga

    I am yet to give my research document on my discovery of “THE VOWEL EFFECT” in the luo language as it shows how the vowels are the key to unlocking a sequence in the language spoken by its peoples..Through this key we may be able to find common meanings to words and many other things.
    i deeply believe the discovery of THE USE OF THE VOWEFECT will aid both the tribe and the tribes keepers of knowledge to a new dimension in the philological st
    udy of the GREAT LUO LANGUAGE…
    PEACE TO A GREAT PEOPLE…!!!!!

  32. Bob Okuku

    Great pieces of history. As a linguist, these dimensions only equip me with better areas of study. Thanks all for your research. I hope it builds us more by helping us understand our origin

  33. Jack Nyakako

    I appreciate all these colorful history of my community. My major Concern is about
    Gem. I would like to know how Gem and his sons (my ancestors) settled all the way to South Nyanza. Nyasaye ogwedhu uduto.

  34. Wuod luo

    The Iranian traditions reveal that the lur people were nomads .Research has shown that the luo race were and have been sedentary agriculturalist who also keep domestic animals like cattle. It is possible that luos coulld have had a short stay at the foot of Zagros mountains which was under babyloniian kingdom. This could explain why legends of the Nuer from whom the luos originate still remember Babylon, Tigris and,euphareti rivers as an area they lived in. The link between luo and lur people need more examination. the origin of luo speaking people beyond Egypt is still cryptic

  35. Tiyekidi

    Language, Biology and Culture do not travel together as an Obligatory Package, this must be understood.

    Amidst Racially & culturally unrelated peoples congruence may exist and may be historically meaningful.

    As was once said herein above, The Journey of the Luo is as cryptic as the river Nile is straight.

    The Nile, the longest River on the Planet, Beginning its journey high in the mountains of Rwanda traversing a multitude of regions and the planet’s largest and probably most forbidding desert.

    On the shores of Lake Victoria we have a people with an account of their origin that is from a dissimilar region from that of their Neighbours. With whom their collective recollection recounts a journey from a place that today we know as the world’s oldest civilization and the mention of an origin in an even older civilisation beyond that place.

    These people are none other than the Luo. That place they lived in for a long time was Msri. And that Place they came from is called Babylon.

    You being a Luo like myself know this story only too well.

    But we must in today’s world we must provide legs, the proof, upon which our assertions will stand, using the tools available to us.

    And the Proof of these assertions is carried in the blood that flows your veins. Technology affords us the ability to follow the trail that starts in you and extends backwards all the way to Genetic Adam and Eve discovering the trail of your migration through time and the relatives you left along the way.

    And therefore of prime importance in establishing the link between the Luo and the Lur are the bloodlines of ancient and modern-day Nile Valley, Syrio-Palestinian and Babylonian Populations.

    Examine not Just the “Nilotic” peoples in Kenya Uganda and Southern Sudan as our taught history tells us to do, but along the entire course of the River from Kigali to Cairo and beyond along the Levant to Tehran.

    All of these people have a chapter to add to the story of the link between Luo and Lur.

    But in so doing you must be cognisant of the fact that not all of the Lur left Lorestan for the unknown that led to Msri the Nile and Kenya, 2million still are in Iran today,,, and not all the Luo are direct descendants of the founder Babylonian population.

    As a Luo in Kenya you maybe Phenotypically African but your Black skin may have been with you for the shorter part of history. The language you speak as Dholuo may have been with you for even a shorter time.

    So have an open mind, Maybe the ancestor you seek may not appear as you may imagine him to look like.

    The Following account retraces the Migration to Thebes.

    http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luo_%28peuple%29

    Green Map of Africa Expand and review.

    Mitochondrial DNA Profile (Maternal Lines of descent) of Theban Population.

    A study by Kings et al. (1999) on mitochondrial DNA clines along the Nile Valley found that a Eurasian cline runs from Northern Egypt to Southern Sudan and a Sub-Saharan cline from Southern Sudan to Northern Egypt.

    More Eurasian bloodlines found in the Egyptian populations towards the Mediterranean and More African Mothers of Populations in the Nile Valley towards Lake Victoria.

    A Lighter skinned population interbreeding with locals would gradually turn darker as it approached Lake Victoria.

    So this explains how the Luo Changed Skin Colour.

    Another mtDNA study of modern Egyptians from the Gurnak region near Thebes in Southern Egypt by Stevanovicth et al. 2004 revealed that Eurasian out of Africa haplogroups represented 61.8% of the population.

    6/10 People from this region are Eurasians who migrated Back into Africa. They all are descendants of the SAME WOMAN… Out of Africa Eve (MRCA-Most recent Common Ancestor), who by the way gave rise to every “Non African” person.

    This is explains where the Mothers of the Luo in Thebes Came from. The Eurasian Continent.

    But it is commonly known and understood that Luo are Descendants of the Southern Sudanese

    As a Luo, the Dinka, Nuer and Shilluk Hosted your stay in their Region, but out of 10 Luo not even one is from these people. Out of a hundred Luo only 11 are descended from a Nilotic Father.

    A Y-chromosome study by Wood et al. (2005) tested various populations in Africa for paternal lineages, including 26 Maasai and 9 Luo from Kenya and 9 Alur from the Democratic Republic of Congo. The signature Nilotic paternal marker Haplogroup A3b2 was observed in 27% of the Maasai, 22% of the Alur, and 11% of the Luo.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilotic_peoples

    History … the slave trade and colonialism detached north from South & Black from White. It also gave the Luo an erroneous account of their ancestry.

    More to come…

  36. Tiyekidi

    Ali Hassan Omar El-Bashir
    President of the Republic of Sudan

    From which Northern Sudanese tribe does he hail ?

    How Many of his People are in the Sudan, where do they live and how do they look ?

    As a Person interested in the Genesis and Exodus of the Luo, you may wish to research and discover,for yourself, the Answer to the Question posed to you herein above.

    God Bless..

  37. Omondi ohito wuod waljak Ger

    Contributions on this forum are very educative and makes an intresting reading.Can some one give light on the Luos and some communities in Nigeria.

  38. Owere Onyango Okongo

    The history of the Luo people is quite deep and interwoven with many complexities. It appears most people lived in one place,most probably in Middle East,before they scattered to the whole world.As they scattered, they carried with them some words that they used to share in their communities.
    Here are some words that the Luo people of East Africa were using at their present locations before the white man came to Africa.These words are similar in meaning and structure to European words e.g. Ajar(English) means Ajara(Luo), Polly(Greek) =ma pol, Polygamy=Gamo mon mapol; Thin(English)=Thin/Tin, I(English)=A/An, We(English)=Wa/wan, Bake(English)=Bako, Hurl(English)=Halo, Jerk(English)=Jako, Achan/Achar(Hebrew)=Achan/Achar means trouble, She(English)=Chi means wife of; Amen(English)=Ameno/kumeno; Amito(Latin)=Amito,means I love; Hole(English)=Hola/ola; Bara(Japanese)=Bar, means Field/play ground etc. These Luo words are hardly found in other languages in East and Central Africa.

  39. edwin otieno

    it will be interesting to note that the luos are associated with the nubians.this is because in 3rd century ad,the roman emperor Diocletian evicted a negro tribe called the nobatae and settled them in nubia.the nobatae came from nebatea which was just across the Dead Sea across from judea.
    even more interesting about the nobatae is that as far back as 2500BC they had been harrasing the Egyptian Pharao and the Romans were terrified of them.but by then the nobatae were referred to as descendants of people who inhabited the jur,gazelle and white nile rivers.meaning by 2500BC the luos and the nobatae were synonymous.and it is suspected that when Hannibal attacked Rome in 200BC he may have used the nobatae as his troop soldiers.
    this brings us to another dimension of thee luo history as one of the indigenous titles of jesus is Jesus of Nazareth.Interestingly enough and curios at it is that there are no Roman maps used during the time of Jesus identifying the town or place called nazareth.but there is a place called Nebatea which was across from Idumea which was Herods village.even though the Nobatae may not have used the term,but ttheir closest neighbours in nubia who are tthe Shilluk/ Luos used the term Reth to mean King and for this reason the term Nazareth could be a corruption of the word Naba Reth,King of the Nebatea,Nobatae.

    the association of Jesus with the Luos is a curious phenomenon because there is a clan among the Luos which a prominent history professor by the name of professa Bethwell Allan Ogot calls the “People of God” and these people are the JOKA JOK.and they are found in Kenya.and if Jesus was the son of God then he must have belonged to the clan of the joka jok.the situation is further compounded by another Luo researcher called alenyo george willia who states that the Joka Jok clan carried the ark of the covenant into Kenya and specifically Nyangoma K’ogelo.He also calls the Joka Jok the people of God.so the million dollar question is where is Jesus if he as son of God belongs to the clan of God?

    that is easy enough,for we know three things about Kenya that should give us a clue.and these are;
    a)Kenya is the Cradle of Mankind
    b)Kenya is the Magic of Africa
    c)Fort Jesus is found in Kenya.

    So the qoestion is ;IF KENYA IS THE CRADLE OF MAN AND THE MAGIC OF AFRICA HOW FAR IS JESUS FROM FORT JESUS WITHOUT CROSSING THE KENYAN BORDERS?

    Fort Jesus was built by the Portuguese after Vasco da Gama discovered the sea route to India.But no one said that Vasco da Gama was a Knight Templar.And according to the legends of the Holy Grail,The Knights Templars were the Guardians of the Holy Grail.And the Holy Graail has been associated with a blood line dscended from Jesus as early as 1470 by none other than Sir Thomas Malory. But the grail was supposed to be of the House of David and Magdalene,a Virgo and associated with fish and bees,and among the joka jok who are to be found in Alego is one such individual.coast to coast from Kisumu to Mombasa,from fort jesus to jesus.

    and why should Alego be singled out for such distinction?If from the word Joka Jok we could have the “people of God”then it is interesting to note that the word Alego means Al Ego,which is a variant of “Ego of God”and it is Alego that received the ark of the covenant according to alenyo george william.fro where it was taken by an Ethiopian eunuch.now that is interesting because we are not told exactly what the Ethiopian gave Alego in exchange for tthe Ark,and more so that after independence the first official head of state to visit Kenya was he Emperor Haile Selassie.what does not ad up is that there are Luos in Ethiopia and oddly enough,these Ethiopian Luos call God Juok/Jok.They are also known as the yambo or yembo which sounds as a variant of yimbo,a major dispersal point of the Joka Jok.so in simple language there is Jesus in Kenya in Alego,the very village that gave us the dream of Malcom x has giveen us tthe dream of Marcus Garvey who wanted a Black Jesus.

    It has also been noted that there are more corrupted Luo names masquareding as genuine proper nouns in the world today.take for example a word like Egypt,phonetically it sounds so much like I JII PI T(E) which from its Luo variation can be translated “THE STRUGGLE OF ALL WATER PEOPLE” which is most peculiar because Egypt has always been associated with slavery.and the word KENYA directly translates to “MY DOWRY” Kenya and egypt are linked together via the Nile and not only that,the capital city of kenya is Nairobi while thatof Egypt is Cairo and it is worth noticing that both of thede words have the same letters following each other in sequence that is AIRO.

    other than that association is the aboriginal legends that try to explain the origins of the Egyptian race,which saes that the earliest Egyptians came from the region of lake victoria then known as Punt Land but now kown as Uganda. But as the Egyptians were sun worshippers there must have been a deferrence to the east of victoria, and Kenya lies to the east of Victoria. and in kenya,we have the largest collections of fossils and primates on earrth.meaning the re is a link between the cradle of man and the cradle of civilisation. especially when it comes to the burial practises where people were buried with their own implements which though discovered in Kenya culminated in the grand Pyramids of Giza in Egypt.

    and what is LUOS spelt backwards. its SOUL.jOK /JUOK is GOD.JOKA JOK are the “PEOPLE OF GOD”joka jok carried the ARK OF COVENANT to nyangoma kogelo in ALEGO which is the ‘EGO OF GOD’ and the most complex legend ever associated with Jesus has been found in K;ogelo and it is not Barrack Obama,just a ganja smoking villager with no idea that he can make the papacy sleepless if he happens to be seen on the face of the earth

  40. edwin otieno

    the following is my family tree,as i was shown by my uncle .SINAKURU-PODHO-RINGRUOK-OWAT-TWAIFO-JOK(I)-NAYA-JOK(II)-RAMOGI-PODHO(II)-OWINY SIGOMA-KISODHI-OWINY(II)-KISODHI(II)-MWIRU-ATHUOL-NYALA-MULULU-LOMO-AER-CHERO-MULULU-APINDI-ASINDI-NG’ONG’O-OMOLO-EDWIN OTIENO.

    i nopted with interest that my first four ancestors depict a transition that paralells tthe legend of the fall of man.

    SINAKURU-this word means displeasure of doves

    PODHO-this word means fall

    RINGRUOK-this word means flesh,or the body(corpse)

    OWAT-THIS WORD MEANS RELATED TO

    TWAIFO-I cannot fathom the meaning of this word so some one to help me please.

    JOK-this word means GOD(according to professor Bethwell Ogot)

  41. edwin otieno

    HOW TO USE YOUR GENEALOGY TO CALCULATE YOUR SPIRITUAL AGE.

    As luos who according to our culture,have spiritual names,i found it interesting that we do not have spiritual ages and maybe we should rectify that.

    to calculate the age if the spirit the folowing formular should be used;

    BIOLOGICAL AGE *NUMBER OF ANSCESTORS KNOWN TO YOU.
    for example am 30 years and i have 25 ancestors,that would make my spiritual ahe to be 30*25=750 years.cool.and coz am still single it would be a neat nice suprise to see exactly which type of lady marries a guy with a 750 year old soul and to have passed through a generation of 25 women ancestors,talk about experience and a descendant of God to boot.Luo ladies mko?

    And talking of ladies ,i also took the liberty of noting that even though my earliest ancestor was SINAKURU,A NAME THAT MEANS DISPLEASURE OF DOVES, the dove has always been symbolically associated with the MAGDALENE in European medeival legends.

    according to professa Bethwell Ogot in his book THE JII SPEAKERS ;ECONOMIC ADAPTATION AND CHANGE pg 17,it is stated that Nyikangs sacred village was Akurua where the hero-king disappeared in a whirlwind and where the sacred effigies of nyikang and his son Tugo are kept.

  42. edwin otieno

    even though the pagan emperor Diocletian moved the nobatae from nebatea to nubia,also tried to desroy all christian documents he found in rome,it was to his immediate successor that the christian religion became a state religion.and the fellow responsible for that transformation was Constatine.

    if the nobatae were to be identified with the naba whose reth became jesus hence the designation Jesus the Nazareth(Naba Reth) and indigenous term that could mean King of the Nebatea.then it should also be noted that the nebatea could have accompanied Hannibal into Europe and if that is so then the route that Hannibal took is most interesting because it is in the region that produced the most vocal opponents to Jesus’s divinity.Hannibal passed through the region that became to be known as Pyrennes.

    and even though Hannibal did not capture Rome, the visigoths ransacked Rome and carried the loot to the pyrennes specifically to the region that became to br known as renes le chateau,Saunieres old parish and it is Sauniere who gave rise to the most controversial book of the 20 th century called THE HOLY BLOOD AND THE HOLY GRAIL.the book that insisted on christs motality marriage and bloodline.this would also mean that the Merovingians could have been associated with the nebatea ,as the remnants of Hannibals old army on hhis journey across Europe.

    this is most explicit in the mentioned book as one of the plotters invokes the ‘…oath of Annibal…’ in plotting against Napoleon the great as an oppressor of Jerusalem.and Jerusalem was a neighboour of Nebatea in suothern Israel. On asending the throne of France Napoleon married a Merovingian Princess,Napleon was initiated in Freemasonry in the Kings chamber in the great Pyramid of Giza.napoleon also commisioned the compiling of the merovingian genealogies

    it has been claimed that Egypt biult tmples in most of Europe including italy britain, Germany the middle east etc,but most curious is the prescence of egyptian obelisks in Europe of which the vatican leads by having the largest number,france has one right in he middle of a paris shaped like a giant cross at the place de la concorde ,amreica and britain shared cleopatras needles.

    this should worry the greeks because it means that the arcardian myths of which they are so justly proud could have originated from africa.as th greeks are descended from thedanaans,cadmeians,pelasgians(according to robert graves.in simple language the grails association with arcardia could be traced back to africa,through the nebatea with Jesus and through tte merovingians whose progenitor Merovee was associated with two fathers one ‘from across the sea ‘

  43. Omondi ohito wuod waljak Ger

    The luo were the founders of the kingdom of cush or koch in lep or dholuo and were the itiyopianu people.The modern ethiopia gets her name from itiyopianu which means ‘working the waters of anu’.Pi is water, itoyo is working and anu is a god or spirit.

  44. Omondi ohito wuod waljak Ger

    Allow me to coment on what migosi leo odera has mentioned above.Ger waljak and nyamuot are not brothers because waljak’s senior wife is Aor Owango nyar kanyamuot and second wife is Anyango nyarjok and third wife is umira.The luo do not marry their sisters as that is a serious taboo or chira.Ger is normally assosiated with the Omollo luo but this is erroneos as he and his family joined the omollo luo at pap goro near ruambwa after nearly two generations

  45. Ja'keno Okech-Ojony

    OWINY the father of Jop’Owiny and his brother ADHOLA the father of Jop’Adhola separated at present day TORORO for mainly two reasons, one that Adhola had a wound on his leg a result of long trek due to trauma and or due to ulcer created by a scratch which became infected, so his brother told him to wait and follow him later when the wound heals. When his wound healed his wife was very pregnant and when the husband told her to prepare for the journey, she declared “gi ma i an pek pa polo” meaning what is in my woumb is as heavy as heaven! hence when she gave birth one of Adhola.s sons is Nyapolo or Opolo. This is one of the clans of Padhola up to day. This was among others one of the reasons for the delay of Adhola to follow his brother who continued up to Kisumu!! History has it that he later went but decided to come back since by then his family had grown big and the place was conducive and fertile, lul, mawele and woko, present day places where the Jopadhola are found up to present day.
    Question, what was the real name of Adhola the brother of Owiny??? Any Luo elder there plse help. God Bless You ALL.

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