When one gets to Ol Donyo Mayana, which is Maasai for “Mt Love”, a scene in Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s seminal novel The River Between replays in one’s mind. Ol Donyo Mayana towers above Poroko, a remote village in Kilgoris, Narok County. He says Ol Donyo Mayana has been at the centre of peace efforts, not just in Kenya, but in the entire East Africa region. In 2003, he recalled, surveyors from Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda climbed Ol Donyo Mayana and pinned a metal bar at a spot on the mountain. Locals believe that Ol Donyo Mayana is the reference point for surveyors regarding the boundary of the three neighbouring countries.

Source: Daily Nation October 27, 2023 04:35 UTC