LAKE CHALA

Lake Chala is found at the Kenya – Tanzania border.

The border bisects the lake into almost two equal halves. It was formed like a gigantic bowl characterized by a steep depression whose source is thought to be Mt. Kilimanjaro.

According to the Taveta myth Lake Chala was once a village. One evening an old woman visited the village seeking assistance in the form of food and shelter. Many of the inhabitants would not assist her; some even chastised and humiliated her.

However, one lady empathized and helped the stranger. That night the stranger told her host that the village would experience a powerful tremor; further, she advised the host to hold fast onto the central mast of her house. Indeed the tremor came to pass and the lady obeyed the old woman’s instructions. 

Everybody else in the village perished during the tremor except the host and her family.

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