This month’s people group are the Sakuye. Click here for our profile of the Sakuye people, and here for our most recent update.
Sakuye women
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These days there’s not much word that comes from the Sakuye. It’s not that they’ve been reached and we’ve kept silent—it’s really just the opposite.
Little is going on with the Sakuye, although there is a Kenya based group called Sheepfold that has people there on the ground in one town trying to reach them for Jesus Christ. The place is hard and there is a strong spiritual presence there that has caused a lot of problems with past missionaries. Even the missionaries that are there are facing struggles and they may also have to leave.
While I was traveling in Kenya in October I met a woman that has come to know the Lord who’s originally from Ethiopia. She has a deep burden for the people that had migrated from her people group in Ethiopia and settled in Kenya generations ago. I met her while I was traveling around visiting some of the groups that we’re praying for and had the opportunity to sit and talk with her….. Continue reading ‘“The people there still hung on to what faith they had”’
Population: 1,900
Location: S. of Moyale
The Sakuye are a small group and usually they are considered as being a sub-group of the Boran. They live on the border between Marsabit District and Wajir District (between the Boran and the Somali). They are similar to the Boran but maintain a separate identity. Like the Boran they are herders of camels and cattle and are nomadic due to the fact that they need to find water and grazing for their animals, since they live in an area which has little rainfall or good vegetation.
There is no church among the Sakuye and no active Gospel witness to this Muslim people.
Eastern Africa includes the following countries: The Indian Ocean Islands, Kenya, Mozambique and Tanzania. Click on a people group below to read basic information about their lifestyle, history, and sociology.
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