Kenya’s Iteso community will host cross-border cultural festival
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The Iteso community in Kenya will host a three-day cultural festival from October 29 to 31 at Busia Stadium in Amagoro, Busia County, to commemorate the fourth coronation anniversary of Emorimor, their cultural leader.
Adungo Fredrick, the Iteso Deputy Prime Minister in charge of Kenya, explained the festival will also celebrate their shared cultural heritage and strengthen unity. Organisers invited people from Kenya, Uganda, and other parts of East Africa, hoping to reinforce cultural connections across national borders.
The festival will include cultural performances, a football match between Kenyan and Ugandan teams, and a business symposium. Ahead of the event, Iteso communities in Kenya and Uganda began a campaign to plant one million trees, aiming to address climate imbalances and promote environmental conservation. Dr Chris Baraza Obukuyi, chairperson of the organising committee, said they targeted planting 100,000 trees at churches and public institutions before the festival begins.
Participants are expected from districts and counties in both Uganda, Soroti, Bukedea, and Kumi, and Kenya. Trans Nzoia, Kakamega, and Bungoma. Ugandan representatives at a tree-planting event pledged to encourage widespread attendance. Organisers also invited Kenyan President William Ruto and Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, along with more than 20 ministers and county representatives. The Iteso see trees as important gathering places, reinforcing the cultural significance of the tree-planting initiative.
