Parties merger a tricky affair in the Rift Valley

The political landscape in Kenya now has a strong correlation with the pastoral landscape. The Kalenjin nation is divided into many homesteads, each with their choice bulls. PHOTO: COURTESY

Pastoralists in Kenya value their livestock. They attach great importance to dairy cows and bulls. Among the Kalenjin, Maasai, Turkana, Borana, Somali and the Samburu, every homestead and Kraal has a bull.

The most versatile and prolific bulls are carefully selected and nurtured to help in the building of family herd. Without these bulls, livestock progeny and milk supply that constitute the diet and well-being of homesteads is greatly curtailed.