Why Luo Women are flocking to Kisii Men

For the longest time, Kamba women have been the ones tearing each other’s bras in public as they fight over the Makoris, Momanyis, andMogakas of this world. Kamba women are so many in Gusiiland to a pointwhere a tiny cranny in Bogusero location in Kisii County is calledKitui Ndogo because of the huge number of Kamba women married there, some as second, third, and fourth wives. Rumour has it that a Kisiiman revealing to Mwende or Mueni that he is married is not enough to put her off. A mkamba girl will readily accept to be part of the already established family and embark on making the first wife accept
her, mostly by being nice to her and presenting herself as less threatening as possible. These women are famously hardworking, transforming the economic fortunes of families in short periods.

And now walking into the room majestically are Luo women….the daughters of the Lake

The hitherto singular attention accorded Kamba women by most Kisii men has changed. Luo women are in hot pursuit of the scarce Kisii man, a scenario that has been captured rather quickly by sociologists, who have managed to give a number of observable explanations……

The vanity of Luo Men as they Pursue Minjiminji from Mlima, Kathonzweni, and Taita…

Long before travel outside Luoland was easy, Luo men were limited in choice of women, settling for their mightily blessed dark queens, with their generous sitting allowances and legendary hips. Venturing
outside the tribe took them to their Kisii, Luhya and Teso neighbours, and in some cases, Kalenjinland. Fast-forward to the twentieth century, travel has been made easy, and Kenyans can now traverse the nation and the globe in search of anything that is the desire of their hearts. The ability to travel has let loose the vanity of Luo men, giving them the ground to pursue “yellow-yellow” women from Mt. Kenya, Ukambani, Taita, and in some cases North Eastern, leaving their Luo women literally stuck. Cases of Luo men abandoning their wives with kids as they marry “yellow yellow” are common and as sad as they are annoying. In a community that was widely known to engage in intra-tribal marriages, there is a real deficit of men, and the fact that Luo women have a narrow definition of a “man” presents real
challenges. A typical properly schooled Luo woman will not settle for a man who is not well-spoken, something most men outside Nyanza are
NOT. It is also not a secret that most communities consider Luo women and in some cases Kisii women too strong for them.

It is for this reason that Luo women are now putting up fences around Gusiiland, letting everyone know that Kisii men are theirs.

But why?

Most Luo women now argue that the strength of character they seek is found in Kisii men. They are also quick to add that Kisii men are not driven or carried away by vain and superficial attributes such as skin
complexion, noting that they readily accept and appreciate a beautiful dark skinned Queen from the lake. Kisii men, they argue, are also intellectually competent, making it easy to build the academically
sophisticated atmosphere they desire around the home. These women from the lake are quick to dismiss men from other tribes as weak and
docile, stating that getting married to them is equal to “settling for a fellow woman.”

The question is this: Will Men from the Tribe of the Lion (Kisii), be enough for the wonderful Queens from the Lake given that Kisiiland is tiny and the competition from Kamba girls, Kipsigis girls, and Merus girls is still on?