evidence: Kenya_western.tifMap 1 shows the territorial homeland of Luyia tribesmen in Kenya. Luyia territory borders Ugandan districts of Busia, Tororo, Manafwa, Sironko, and Mbale⁴. to the west and northwest. Busia is a typical example of the idiocy of the so-called Scramble for Africa under which European colonial powers sliced the continent into spheres of influence at the Berlin Conference of 1885. The border of Uganda and Kenya demarcates Busia almost into half-splitting families (see p.289) into two different nationalities. The people of Samia Bugwe in Uganda belong to the same ethno-linguistic lineage as the Samia of Kenya while Abanyala have large brethren in Uganda’s Kayunga District and Sigulu Island in Lake Victoria. Bunyala district (hived off Busia in 2007) has the largest water mass in Buluyia by virtue of bordering Lake Victoria to the southwest and is also the river mouth of Nzoia in the lowlands of Budalang’i division. The Luyia border Ugandan tribes of Teso (Kenya and Uganda), Bagwere, and Nilotic Padhola while only Mount Elgon (Masaba) separates the brotherhood of Bukusu and Bagisu (collectively known as Bamasaaba).