evidence: They give the example of the Omolo group among the Luo, which was initially considered Lang’o but later brought into the fold of Dholuo speaking group due to their acceptance of the Luo offer. This applies to the population movement that eventually created the societies in to the east of Lake Victoria, Kenya, in other words the way a group of strangers interacted with the new found group determined the collapse of or the building of boundaries. The collapse of such relations could lead either to war or to flight and this also happened to the east of Lake Victoria. However, whether in settlement, flight or war, each group tried to maintain their identity. The core concern of this paper is to examine the movement, settlement and the construction of society to the east of Lake Victoria among the Bantu Gusii and the Luyia and the Nilotic Luo on the eve of colonial rule. The map that is appended below clearly shows the area occupied by these people groups this region Gusii, Luyia and Luo in modern day Kenya. In colonial times, this area was all referred to as Nyanza, comprising North, Central and South Nyanza or Kavirondo districts.