Lumbwa ilikuwa wapi?

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Cortedivoire said:
Watu wa lumbwa wanaitwa mbwa?
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Heard it had to do with where a treaty and traditional oath (involved slaughter of a canine) to end hostilities between wazungu railway builders/settlers and the Talai/Kipsikis/Nandi axis happened.

Lumbwa Treaty
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The Lumbwa Treaty is an event and ceremony in the history, records and recollection of the Kipsigis which took place in Kipkelion town in 1905. It was based on a cultural practice of oath taking in Kipsigis called Mummek or Mummiat or Mumma. Mumma means "to do something impossibly disgusting . It involves two parties taking an oath and invoking a preemptive curse if the oath is to be broken by any party taking the oath. There usually would also be a performance of black magic involving the skull of a human and a pipe connected to the bellows used by a blacksmith.
In 1905, after the murder of Koitalel arap Samoei, the Kipsigis, like the Nandi, were devastated but Christianity had drove its roots into the community (the church had been preaching against African traditions and had been proclaiming that the Talai clansmen were evil and shared a trade with Satan.) and thus the Kipsigis on consensus, decided to make peace with the British.
Moments leading to this event includes a move by the British to take the three Orgoik brothers (arap Buigut, arap Boisyo and arap Koilege) on a vacation to Mombasa where they held a negotiation and were given Maize which they brought back and introduced to the Kipsigis.
On the day of the Lumbwa treaty, the three brothers and their sons were given up by the Kipsigis and thus were sent to Kericho Prison. In Kipkelion, Kipsigis leaders and a congregation of many kook elders met with the British and per took a Mummiat which involved an oath and promise by both sides, never to harm any other and then followed by performance of black magic that involved savoring a dog into two halves and both sides burying their half besides the other.
 
Mwalimu-G said:
It was data of stock slaughtered in a recognized slaughterhouse and inspected by a veterinary/health officer who reported the data.
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so this just reflects livestock slaughtered in slaughterhouses and not those slaughtered in none formal settings like homes which i would imagine were the majority at the time especially when it comes to the natives
 
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