Indeed, National celebrations are deemed incomplete without our proved cultural dancers and every ethnic community strives to display its unique culture to the wider Kenyan population. It is considered a traditional offense to feed a Maasai on a diet of fish, nutritional benefits not withstanding. These are but a few examples of cultural taboos. Understandably, while a dog is considered man's best companion in some societies, it is also a delicacy in some other communities on the same planet. Suffice to say that a community must be respected for its cultural values including eating.
Superstition is another factor for consideration in the region.
Most communities place a taboo on the counting of their family members for reasons bordering on superstition. Census figures therefore hardly represent the true picture of the population. Probably because of poor statistics, surplus food aid has been delivered to some villages or communities at the expense of others. Roads, railways and including telecommunications were developed by the colonial powers according to their economic and administrative objectives. Villages sprouted along the roads and railways lines because of work and trade.