Morans save lions from spear as hunt for gold gathers pace

Maasai moran throws a javelin rod during the 2018 Maasai olympics at Kimana wildlife santuary in Kajiado County on December 15. [Farrel Ogolla, Standard]

Lucus Siyanga, 23, remembers when he used hunt for lions. He grew up knowing that to be considered a man, he had to kill a lion - that is what members of his community told him over and over again. 

“Killing a lion was considered the ultimate act of bravery,” he said when I meet him at his home on the foothill of Mount Kilimanjaro in Kajiado County.