Winam

Cattle

This breed or strain of the Small East African Zebu is also known as Kavirondo Zebu. The Winam are believed to have descended from the zebu brought into Kenya by the Nilo-Hamitic tribes that migrated during the 17th century into Kenya from the north and settled in western Kenya, south of Lake Turkana. Continual cattle raids resulted in admixtures of original breed characteristics (Rege and Tawah 1999). It is found in Nyanza and Western Provinces of western Kenya, particularly in the lowlands of the Lake Victoria Basin, an area inhabited by the Luo and Luhya ethnic groups. ref: agtr.ilri.org