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duty of the Enganzi, or favourite chief, to see that equal treatment was extended to all followers of his master.
The surplus fund of okutoizha cattle was also used by the Mugabe for making engabirano payments to servants, magicians, and other followers. Important chiefs like the war leaders (abatware), were given extensive herds by the Mugabe on their retirement. Exceptionally successful cattle-raiders were given great numbers of cattle as a reward for increasing the king's herds. The numerous marriages of the Mugabe demanded many cattle for the marriage-prices. Large feasts, before and after cattle raids, were supplied with meat from the Mugabe's herds. Finally, as hostile as the Mugabe's relations were with the neighbouring kings, there were times of peace in which the kings exchanged gifts of cattle, during which time they aided one another against other kings or rebellious subjects. The Bahima have a saying, 'Darkness makes the mountains touch', meaning that, unknown to the commoners, the kings have dealings with one another in which cattle pass from one monarch to another. Okutoizha cattle were not used for ritual purposes by the Mugabe. All cattle which he set aside for the spirits of his ancestors or to those of his emandwa or which he permitted to be used in divination came from his private herd, the enkorogyi.
Another form of economic income to the Mugabe, which was not, however, very extensive, was the payment of okutoizha by the Bairu. With the political aspects of this form of gift we shall deal later. Whenever a Mwiru visited the king's kraal, he would bring with him a goat or a sheep, millet, beer, maize, beans, &c., as presents. These articles the Mugabe used for making payments, especially to his Bairu diviners and sorcerers, and for feeding his large following of Bairu workmen and slaves. Any Mwiru, moreover, who had consistently visited the royal kraal and made payments of this kind to the Mugabe could claim his assistance if he found himself in economic distress.
We come finally to a form of income known as ekyitoro. As the name indicates, ekyitoro cattle were derived from the Abatoro, conquered herdsmen. The king's entuma, cattle collectors, went periodically among the herds of the Abatoro taking as many cattle as the king required. Very little attention was given to the needs of conquered herdsmen and very often a man's entire herd would be taken from him. The Bahima look upon the payment of ekyitoro