Meg Whitman, the US ambassador to Kenya, visited Homa Bay County and came away with a Luo name.

When Ms. Whitman visited the county on November 8, 2023, to inquire on the progress the devolved unit had achieved over the years, she took on the new name.

We’ll call her Anyango from now on, which suggests that she was born at noon.

The emissary received further titles of authority, such as a black whisk, and was anointed as a Luo queen.

As she sat down in a chair, the female county leaders conducting the ritual placed a ligisa (crown) made of bids on her head.

Governor Gladys Wanga, who hosted her at the coronation, remarked that the county had been anticipating this day.

“I don’t remember the last time an American ambassador visited us in Homa Bay. So this is very significant for us,” she said.

The ambassador was formally accepted into the Luo clan by the county head.

It was Ms. Whitman’s first trip to Homa Bay.

She claimed that throughout all of her time in the nation, she had never experienced such enjoyment as she did at Homa Bay.

She was talking about the dancing sessions she had started as soon as her plane landed on Wednesday afternoon at the runway in Kabunde.

Traditional dancers from Kagan Kochia greeted her at the airfield.

The ambassador danced there with Ms. Wanga and other county representatives.

Afterwards, they went to an Arujo cotton field where Ms. Whitman was shown around the cultivation process.

Later that evening, Ms. Wanga sent the ambassador a dinner invitation at Homa Bay town’s Genowa Park, where they were being entertained by a live band.

It was at this place that the ambassador continued her dance.

She described the experience as the best since she started working in the country.’

“This is the best fan I have had in Kenya since I got here. The whole dancing thing is great,” Ms Whitman said.