On 12 February 2020, during the state burial of former President Daniel Arap Moi at Kabarak, Raila Odinga moved mourners when he broke into a Luo dirge, waved his fly whisk several times above Moi’s ...

A renowned researcher Mr Sammy Gwada Ogot has filed a petition at the National Assembly seeking to have Luo dialect elevated to Kenya’s official language. He submitted the appeal to parliament last ...

Kondik, Kenya — On a sunny morning, John Ming’ala Obure shelters underneath the shade of a sausage tree, or yago tree in his native Luo language. For centuries, Luo and other Kenyan tribes have used ...