The name Kerubo in the Gusii community means born in a swampy place.My first name Shalimah is my grandmother’s name,which I was named after she died.I come from Kenyambi village. The name Kenyambi means a certain weed which is very hard to uproot.

My name is Henry manyange. The name manyange means bicycles,I was named after it when the first bicycle was brought to kisii lands by the whites.My village is called Giensembe.The name Giensembe means a rocky place.

My name is Thomas Ayaka Onsarigo. I come from a village called Metembe. The village was named after a tree called Omotembe. It was one of old tree and our ancestors named it Metembe.My first name Thomas, I was named after my uncle who died along time ago before I was born. My second name Ayaka which came from my uncle also who was from our great grandfather. The third name Onsarigo is my father`s surname.

My name is sylvia Kemunto ogwoka .sylvia is a name which I was given after my grandmother who died before I was born. Kemunto means a woman who is intelligent and honest.ogwoka is the name of my father who was named after his great grandfather .my village is called chirichiro . Which means a place of flood . It was named after a big flood which occurred many years ago .

My name is Frankline Orina mogaka.orina comes from my uncle who died long time who was a Policeman he died then I was named. He was given the name by my great grandfather. Mogaka is surname which he was named after the death of my grandfather’s brother .

I am Elkanah Omwamba Oseko ,I come from Igembe village. Omwamba is my name which I was given by my grandfather.He gave me this name when He came to visit me when I was born.This name is for wise men in our village who did good work during there young age.Igembe is my village which was found by our great elders during the pre colonial period.Igembe means that village of togetherness and hardworking.

My name is Diana Nyaboke Bichage.I am named Diana which means bright when the song of princess Diana was released.The word Nyaboke which means the woman of success,I inherited it from my aunt who died long ago.The word Bichage is for my father,I was given it as a surname.

My village is called O`Mote O Bichage.It was named when Bichage the great politician who owned the largest tree in Kisii,along the road.The travelers used that name as to alight their destination.The word then became natural and the ancestors crowned it as the village name.

The name Nyaboke is given after the great harvest of honey which in Kisii is called `oboke`.Even during marriage,according to our culture,they could give you a name with a meaning,so that`s why Nyaboke which means success is a Kisii word.

My name is Nancy Kerubo and I come from Kabatia village in Nyamira county.Am named Kerubo after my grandmother.Kerubo comes from a name of a certain tree called “ekerubo ” tree . The meaning of the name of my village is coming from the name of a warrior who existed during the pre-colonial period,and the warrior was said to be a strong and powerful warrior.

My name is Vivaline Awuor Nyakemba. Vivaline was a name that i was given by my mother and Awuor means born during mid night and Nyakemba is my fathers surname which means happy season. The name of my village is Bonyengwe 2 which means the village of peace.

My name si Difna nyasuguta onyancha. I was born and raised in Nakuru but am originally from Sironga a village named Engoto in Nyamira county. My village is named after a very old tree that looks like a cuctus. In my family we name kids after a dead family member and I was named after the sister to my father. My name means an old traditional broom that was made from a specific twig. That broom was called ‘esuguta’ and they just added nya to make my name.