Maasai

Maa leaders led by Narok governor Patrick Ole Ntutu and Kajiado counterpart Joseph Lenku at the Maa cultural festival. PHOTO/George Sayagie

Maasai cultural week kicks off in Maasai Mara

By George Sayagie | 1 month ago

It was pomp and colour as the Maasai Cultural Festival Week kicked off at the Maasai Mara game reserve. Some 16 out of the 50 sections of the Maasai c...

Jeff Ole Kishau during birthday celebration for Malia Obama on Saturday night. PHOTO/ George Sayagie.

Maasai Moran renews quest to marry Malia Obama

By George Sayagie | 3 months ago

A Maasai moran who shot to fame in 2015 after expressing interest to marry the daughter of former US President Barack Obama, Malia Obama, has renewed ...

The 49 cows being handed over to the Loita families by the Oxford University based Pitts museum last week. PHOTO/George Sayagie.

UK delegation offers cattle to Maasai people as reparations for injustices during colonialism

By George Sayagie | 3 months ago

A delegation from the United Kingdom (UK) has handed over 196 heads of cattle to four Maasai families in Kenya and Tanzania as reparations for atrocit...

Maasai land activist released on bail after being charged with offensive tweet

Maasai land activist released on bail after being charged over offensive tweet

By George Sayagie | 5 months ago

A Maasai land rights activist Fred Kariankei, who was arrested last week for writing an offensive ‘tweet’ on his Twitter account, has been freed o...

Maasai professionals join elders in quest for preservation of culture

By George Sayagie | 9 months ago

Maasai professionals have joined cultural leaders in a move aimed at safeguarding the community traditions and passing down the traditional knowledge ...

Clergy protest against eviction of Maasais from Tanzania.

Clergy condemns eviction of Maasai people from Tanzania

By Christine Musa | 1 year ago

A section of clergymen from Namanga have condemned the ongoing skirmishes pitting the Maasai community living in Loliondo, Ngorongoro, Tanzania. This ...

Narok Senator Ledama Ole Kina. PHOTO/COURTESY

Senator Ledama up in arms after Suluhu’s govt accused him of inciting violence in Tanzania

By Achieng' Mary | 1 year ago

Narok county senator Ledama Ole Kina has fired back at the Tanzanian government after they allegedly accused him of inciting violence in the country. ...

A view of Kitengela town in Kajiado. PHOTO/Courtesy

Maasai men in Kajiado abandon wives to sample uncut women in sprouting towns

By Christine Musa | 2 years ago

Men in Kajiado, most of whom are from the Maasai community, are abandoning their women at home for women from other communities while trying to find o...