Surely some headlines can never hit the Nyanza's
headlines as a matter of fact; this may be due to some cultural believes and
notions developed by the people. Imagine of such a headline in Nyanza, 'A Kisumu man rears tortoise for cash' but in other regions it has
and continues to. In Kitui and other areas in Eastern Kenya, farmers
have diversified on their production as a result of the unreliable rain
patterns that favor none of their crops and are now opting for tortoise farming;
a production that highly relies on the export market to countries that are
reptile consuming.
I got interested whether such
kind of farming would see the light of the day in Nyanza if by any chance it was
introduced. The Luo community is one of the communities in Kenya if not in the
world that has the largest number of taboos and beliefs concerning reptiles
rearing. Unless you posses a witchcraft history, one may not go it easy with such
kind of farming, no matter how much it fetches in the market. Nyanza has one of
the best climates in Kenya that can support all kinds of farming, be it snakes, hippo, crocodiles, mention it; can we the 'westernites' give
room to such new productions?
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