evidence: In the early morning on the day of initiation people would gather in song at the initiation grounds. When the door was opened the boys would step outside holding a stick called Tsinundu and rush towards the place of circumcision. After circumcision they were taken into seclusion, where they would stay for about three months before they were welcomed back home. On the day of their return there would be a big ceremony, called Shisialo, and in the evening every initiate would be taken to his new house built by the father. [...] Nyala is a member of the macro-language Oluluyia, spoken by the Abanyala. The Banyala are in two groups -Banyala ba Ndombi (Kakamega) and Banyala ba Magero (Busia). [...] Origins of the community: The earliest ancestors of the Abasamia came from Egypt on foot. When they left Egypt they went to Mukono in Uganda. They then sailed by boat as far as Sikulu (Sigulu) Island, then travelled to Lwambwa in Bunyala. They then spread out all over the district. When they migrated from Egypt, they spoke Olusamia (the Oluluyia dialect of Samia). Their food was fish, meat, cow peas, fruits, sorghum, millet and eleusine (annual and perennial grasses of savannah and upland grasses) meal.