Kit-Mikayi

About

The local Luo people tell of a fable where a man named Ngeso fell deeply in love with this rock formation. He would spend the whole day there, from early morning to late evening, even forcing his wife to bring him breakfast and lunch up to the stones, which she referred to as his “first wife”. The shape of the stones is said to represent the Luo cultural polygamous family. The site has long been a place of animal sacrifice and worship, being used to ward off or shorten disasters such as famine and drought. Intricate rituals would invoke plentiful harvests or nourishing rainfalls. Other cultures have taken to this site for rituals, from the the Christian Legio Maria sect to Punjabi Sikhs living in the local area. The impressive feature is around 40m high.