Many just hear his name being mentioned whenever elders and senior members of the Luo community discuss real issues and refer to the greater community as ‘Nyikwa Ramogi Ajwang’ (Ramogi Ajwang’s grandchildren).
Many others have adopted his first name, including the most celebrated Luo politician and founding father Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, but very few know the story of Ramogi Ajwang, a great warrior who discovered the great Luo Nyanza.
Ramogi is the founding father of the Kenyan Luos, a great warrior and medicine man (ajuoga) who led the community into the nation from the neighboring Uganda, this is according to Ker Willis Otondi, a member of the wise Luo Council of Elders.
He established his home at the Ramogi Hill (which is named after him) in Yimbo, Siaya county, from where members of the community are believed to have proceeded to settle in the remaining regions of Luoland.
As a result, Ramogi hill is the sacred meeting place for all the Luo speaking counties of Kisumu, Homa Bay, Migori and Siaya, which members of the religious Legio Mariae have also since adopted as a shrine.
“Ramogi Hill, therefore, serves as a unifying factor for all Luo in Siaya, Kisumu, Migori and Homa Bay counties” Mzee Otondi told the Standard.
Magicians usually visit Got Ramogi for powers he is believed to have possessed, with politicians also said to frequent the place and eat from the Rapogi rock, a rock at the scene, which is considered to be concentrated with his spirit.
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