The Ekegusii Project
​Kisii County - Kenya, East Africa

In April 2025, several men from Western Kenya volunteered to translate the Bible into Ekegusii.   In this picture, the team is meeting with the Global Bible Translators team, Pastor Oloo, and Missionary Robert Mickey in Nakuru, Kenya in August 2026.  They are John Mogeni, Samuel Nyakundi, Stanley Mogaka, Richard Gesanda, and Matthew Mogire.  Charles Okarri was unable to attend.  Ekegussi is spoken by the Omogussi people (also called Kissi or Abagusii) of Western Kenya, primarily in Kisii and Nyamira counties and parts of  Kericho and Bomet County.  It is spoken as a first language by about 2.2 million and a second language by 500 thousand more.  There are two dialects: Rogoro and Maate.  The standard dialect is Rogoro.  The Ekegusii translation team was just approved by Global Bible Translators at the translation conference in Nakuru, Kenya in April 2025.   Pray for them.