Chookeet/Store
Sabaot people are great people. Long time ago they gave proper names to everything they discovered or invented. Today let's look at food stores. Kiteriit: This is a small store made of twigs and has a curved base. This is where you got the name granary. When making such a construction, it is first made over a T point with long easily twistable twigs and additional ones added as it expands. It can accommodate up to 3 sacks maize or other cereals. Chookeet: This is a large storage facility for storing grains. From 5 sacks to up to 50 bags of cereals can be accommodated by it. This kind of store is build by staking light long post to the ground then either intertwined with split bamboo or good twigs. It can be done up to 2m high but the base is overlaid with horizontal bars or posts from one wall to the other. To secure its strength, the overlaid posts protrude slightly beyond the walls. It is also supported by strategically positioned strong posts to support ...