PRACTICING SAWBO RAISED PLANTING BEDS VIDEO ANIMATION LESSONS IN LUREKO
PRACTICING SAWBO RAISED PLANTING BEDS VIDEO ANIMATION LESSONS IN LUREKO Livingstone Okhasia attending to crops on raised beds Photo by Gabriel Ingubu About agriculture in Lureko, Mumias Way before colonization, Mumias town was known as Lureko. Lureko comes from a Luhya word Okhureka which means to trap. The Wanga kingdom where Mumias is situated is historically known to as a center of trade where goods and services were exchanged with neighbouring communities and Arabs from the coast of Kenya. The ruler of the kingdom, King Mumia enacted his headquarters in Lureko where he ruled the kingdom and carried out economic activities and interacted with religious leaders. Those who visited the headquarters indicated they stated `I am going to Mumia’s `. Hence the birth of the name. The warm and wet climate, arable soil and hardworking people of Mumias are a good fit for agriculture as the main economic activity. The town that once marvelled courtesy of Mumias sugar milling factory is now st