Nyamgondho Wuod Ombare
Nyamgondho was a poor fisherman who lived on the shores of Lake Victoria. He owned nothing — no cattle, no goats, not even proper clothes. One morning, starving and desperate, he cast his net into the lake and pulled out a hideously ugly woman. Terrified, he tried to throw her back, but the woman spoke. She promised to make him wealthy beyond his dreams if he would take her as his wife and never reveal where she came from. Nyamgondho agreed. The lady of the lake worked tirelessly, and soon Nyamgondho became the richest man in the region, with vast herds of cattle and many wives. But wealth mad