Wanga

Wanga was a kingdom of the Abawanga, a Luhya people of western Kenya, with a court at Mumias near the Nzoia. Its traditions traced their ancestors through Buganda, where they served the Kabaka.

Nabongo Wanga founded the dynasty in the sixteenth century. After his death, his sons Wabala and Murono fought over the succession; the defeated Murono founded a rival centre at Matungu around 1679. Nabongo Netya, who ruled from about 1760, fought the Teso and exchanged cattle for Maasai aid. In 1814 Kweyu seceded to Eshimuli and founded the Wanga Mukulu confederacy.