The Story of Basawa Misiko
After the Bukusu Resistance in 1895, those arrested were taken to Elureko, later known as Mumias, and assigned luggage to carry all the way to Kaboto (around the Kenya-Uganda border in Endebess sub-county). Kaboto is a Bukusu pronunciation of a supposedly Kalenjin name Kapoto. According to the late John Wanyonyi Manguliechi, Babukusu were made to carry chikhuli , chinindi and bufu (flour) as punishment for their rebellious behaviour. On the first day, they trekked from Elureko and by the time the sun was setting, they were in Kabula in Chief Namachanja's region. They stopped here and rested till the next morning. They heard hyenas laugh, tietie ( cristocolas cristicola ) spoke to them, the sparrow also spoke in the dark of the night, kamacharia also spoke. Their night was filled with different sounds from the jungle. They resumed their journey the next morning. When evening came, they had trekked all the way to Nalondo and were at the Lukoba of Muse (the fort of Muse). Here