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129 families move manyattas in honour of new morans
The annual event failed to happen last year due to Covid-19 pandemic [Photo: Robert Kiplagat]
After Covid-19 pandemic hindered them from marking the annual traditional graduation to usher in new age sets locally known as
esirit in an event known as emanyatta Oloorikan, the Kekoonyokie sub-tribe of the Maasai yesterday held the event.
It was pomp and colour as the young elders who graduated as morans were installed as elders of Irmirisho age set. Well-decorated in the usual red ochre, beaded necklaces and red shukas the young elders singing their folk songs lined up with walking sticks ready for the event.
THE STANDARD By
Robert Kiplagat |
February 10th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
Young Maasai elders who just graduated from morans to the Ilrmirisho age set at Mosiro in Narok East. The annual event failed to happen last year due to Covid-19 pandemic. [Robert Kiplagat, Standard]
After Covid-19 pandemic hindered them from marking the annual traditional graduation to usher in new age sets locally known as esirit in an event known as emanyatta Oloorikan, the Kekoonyokie sub-tribe of the Maasai yesterday held the event.
It was pomp and colour as the young elders who graduated as morans were installed as elders of Irmirisho age set.
Absa Bank donates Ksh. 2 million to support 1,000 families affected by COVID-19
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Absa Bank Kenya has donated Ksh. 2 million in an initiative aimed at supporting over 1,000 vulnerable families affected by COVID-19. The initiative is in collaboration with the Christian Mission Aid (CMA).
The donation is valued at Ksh. 2 million and is part of various initiatives the bank has implemented over the past several months in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. The bank has so far committed over Ksh. 50 million in the fight against the effects of the pandemic.
For this initiative dubbed
Buckets of Blessing, the bank funded the purchase of essential foodstuffs such as beans, cooking fat, maize meal, rice, wheat flour and salt which will be distributed to needy families within the next two weeks.