My Amazing Machakos county: The Mystery Spot

Situated at the heart of the land of milk and honey, not to mention the tall, straight bamboo trees, the butterfly of Africa, my beautiful Kenya,  is the magnificent county, the Machakos county. Machakos means "the land of endless mysteries" and true to the connotation, this land is full of wonders and conundrums. 

Today we will explore the mystical hill that defies gravity, the Kyamwilu hill. The hill is situated along the Machakos-Kangundo road, just a few kilometers past Machakos town. It offers a perfect spot for the motorist who wish to save some few milliliters of the expensive fuel (considering the current status of the economy) as for about 100 meters uphill, one can go on  free gear. Weird as it may sound, this is the reality at this mystical hill.

 Initially this place was called Kyaume (meaning men in Kamba) as there used to live two men. One called Kyalo and the other called Mwilu, these two men shared one woman as their wife in marriage. Their homes were just separated by a small river which flows down the hill, the woman was so beautiful and used to go to rest at the river stream and from there she could make the decision on which home to spend the night.

Overwhelmingly she used to spend her nights exchanging between the two men. When the two men died, she was taken back by one of her kinship. The graves of the two men are still there and marked. So it's them whom in their mortal state continue to fight over the woman and thus the pulling force towards the grave yard.

Have a ride with me and discover more about this puzzling land........