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The name Hamisi itself was derived from a trader who run a shop in the area from the early days of colonialism. The typical way the Tiriki refer to Hamisi is "Wa-Hamisi" which means the place of Hamisi. Tiriki location is just under 40 kilometers long running southwest to north east. It is roughly shaped like a dumbbell.
Walter Carr (physician) (John Walter Carr, 1862–1942), British physician and surgeon; John Carr (Irish trade unionist) (born 1945/46), Irish trade union leader; John Carr (military lawyer), American prosecutor at the Guantanamo Bay detainment camp; John Carr, a.k.a. Oliver Stone, a fictional character created by David Baldacci, a member of ...
Consequently, many Luhya people born around the time of the Second World War were named "Keyah", a transliteration of "KAR", the acronym for the King's African Rifles. [ citation needed ] Other famous chiefs during the colonial time included Ndombi wa Namusia, Sudi Namachanja, Namutala and Ongoma Laurende.
The Bamum people and other ethnic groups have also asserted their link to the Tikar people through Tikar rulers in the Kingdom of Bamum. However, the Kom , Nso , Bamum , Ndop-Bamunka, and Bafut peoples are the only ethnic groups that anthropologists and historians believe have a legitimate claim to Tikar lineage.
Stone is a false name (his real name, though rarely used, is John Carr), taken because of the real Oliver Stone's conspiracy theory-themed movies. Stone is an ex-Green Beret and a former member of the esteemed and fictional "Triple Six" division of the CIA that was composed of highly skilled government assassins. Stone himself is also monitored ...
Idakho, Isukha, and Tiriki (Luidakho, Luisukha, Lutirichi) are mutually intelligible Kenyan languages within the Luhya ethnic group. They are a set of languages closely related to some other Luhya ethnic groups like Maragoli , but less so in comparison to others, like Bukusu ,Tachoni or Samia.
Karr is a Gaelic surname derived from the Old Norse Kjarr. [1] The surname Carr and its variants date back to the Battle Abbey Roll from 1066 after the Anglo Norman invasion of William the Conqueror. [2]
John Carr (26 November 1891 [a] – 10 May 1942) was an English professional footballer. He made 449 league appearances for Middlesbrough , scoring 81 times. He was also capped twice for England .