Teso

Teso lies in the plains east of Lake Kyoga, home to the Iteso, an Eastern Nilotic-speaking people related to the Karimojong. Cattle have long been a source of wealth and a part of marriage exchanges. Over several centuries groups moved south and west from the drier Karamoja country into the better-watered lands of Teso. Cultivation grew in importance alongside herding as communities settled in their new surroundings, though cattle remained valued in their social life.