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Saboat elders conducts a traditional ritual at Tumunyeng cave in Endebess sub-county Trans-Nzoia County. PHOTO: OSINDE OBARE/STANDARD
The Sabaot community converged at Tumunyeng cave on Saturday for a traditional ritual to ward off their ancestors' haunting spirits.
Hundreds of members of the Kapnyeega clan that lives in Trans-Nzoia and Bungoma trekked over 100 km to reach Tumunyeng cave near Kenya's border with Uganda for the ceremony locally known as kandesimeetaap kebeneet.
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