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Mutara’s herd, which currently has twelve members, joined the dependent orphans as soon as they were let out this morning. Lemoyian engaged Tusuja in a strength testing exercise as a few orphans settled to have some water. Lemoyian and Tusuja's game came to an abrupt end when Suguta intervened by pushing the two boys out of her way. Ambo teamed up with his adopted sister Kamok, who takes care of him when Siangiki is doing other things. Later, Jotto, Karisa and Dololo spent some time scratching against some trees while Kuishi settled for soil dusting. Olsekki played with Lemoyian and later tackled Bomani. Orwa played with Turkwel and thereafter had his own game of rolling on the ground. 

At mud bath time, Mapia, Maramoja and Olsekki relaxed under a tree before joining their friends to wallow in the mud bath. One wild elephant was present at mud bath and escorted the orphans and ex-orphans to continue browsing in the afternoon. Kauro spend some time playing with Namalok as Orwa played with Kibo. In the evening, seven wild bulls showed up at the stockade compound for water. The bulls left when they felt that they had taken enough.

Malima led the way out when the gates were opened as Ndiwa settled to scratch on the concrete bench. Karisa left with a branch in his mouth that he continued to enjoy as he made his way out to browse. Olsekki and Tusuja exchanged morning greetings by entwining their trunks before Olsekki moved to drink water. 

Out in the bush Mundusi and Namalok had a fun time pushing each other, and later teamed up with Esampu and Mapia to browse. Dololo engaged Sities in a light pushing game which Sities handled carefully so as not to hurt him. Lemoyian played Tusuja while Olsekki played with Namalok. Shortly later, Turkwel brought Dololo to her side and slowly started moving towards the mud bath. On the way, the orphans were pleasantly surprised when they were joined by ex-orphan Kinna and her baby Kama – they were not with the rest of Yatta’s ex-orphan herd so the Keepers wondered where they might be! Kinna and Kama escorted the orphans to the mud bath and then left. In the evening, the orphans passed by the mud bath again and had an evening cooling-off exercise. On the way back to the stockades, Garzi and Bomani had a strength-testing exercise that didn't last for long as Kuishi led the way home.

It was a chilly morning with a clear sky this morning. Kuishi led the way out. On the way, Esampu settled to scratch against a rock while Kauro decided to have a pushing game with Kamok. Mutara and her herd, who were missing in the morning, joined the orphans around the Kalovoto area. Sattao enjoyed the attention showered on him by the three girls Mutara, Suguta and Sities. The three girls decided to keep him company right up to mud bath time. Zurura teamed up with the orphans briefly before disappearing again. Maramoja tried to bring herself closer to Dololo by sticking by his side and they even went for their noon bottle feed together. 

After mud bath time, Suguta and Sities had a brief meeting with Karisa and Musiara before proceeding back to the browsing field. Shortly after the orphans went back to browsing, ten wild bulls showed up for water. In the afternoon, Mutara and her herd walked the orphans far away, meaning they all returned back to the stockades late in the evening. Several wild bulls showed up at the stockade compound for water and left later after drinking enough water.

While the rest of the group settled for Lucerne in the morning, Mapia and Musiara settled for scratching. Mutara and Melia’s herds joined the dependent orphans’ moments after they settled for browsing. Galla teamed up with Jotto to browse while Rapa settled with Maramoja. Three bulls attended mud bath but as soon as the Ithumba dependent orphans arrived just before 11am, the bulls walked off into the bush. Sities accompanied Dololo for his milk feed where she stood guard next to him, and when he was done she escorted him away. Siangiki kept Ambo company but when Kamok arrived, Siangiki excused herself to attend to something else, leaving Kamok with Ambo for a short while. 

Later in the afternoon, Melia took half of the dependent orphan herd and went to hide with them around the Ithumba Hill lodge area! Those who took off with Melia and her herd were Sattao, Karisa, Kuishi, Ndiwa, Maramoja, Sapalan, Rapa, Roi, Ukame, Namalok, Olsekki, Siangiki and Galla. The Keepers managed to locate them at six o'clock in the evening and brought them back to the stockades for the night. Barsilinga, who had spent the night out with Garzi, also showed up and was ushered into the stockades. 

Sities together with her herd were outside the stockade compound this morning and welcomed Dololo outside when the gates were opened. Both orphans and ex-orphans settled for Lucerne before heading out to browse. Out in the bush, Kauro and Kuishi settled for scratching while Rapa engaged Tusuja in a pushing exercise. Jotto played with Pare while Karisa tackled Namalok. Suguta managed to steal Dololo away from Sities, a game that we have been observing with these big girls who compete over who is the most competent nanny, as they try to outdo each other in taking care of Dololo and Sattao. Kainuk had her own game of rolling on the ground while Kilaguni played with Mutara. Later, Suguta and Turkwel had a game of rolling on the ground too. 

Shortly before mud bath time, Sana Sana and Mapia passed by the Kone dam and had some water before catching up with their friends. The orphans decided not to mud bath in the main waterhole again. Turkwel took Dololo under her wing and walked with him back out to continue browsing. Naseku had a brief chat with Ambo before escorting him to browse too. The afternoon was quiet as the orphans concentrated on browsing throughout the rest of the day.

The orphans settled for Lucerne soon after leaving their stockades this morning. Sities headed over to her Dololo who she loves so much. After feeding on lucerne, Naseku, Karisa and Kamok settled for scratching as Malkia held a brief chat with Kauro as she passed by in search of nice vegetation. Ambo, who was lagging behind, rumbled and Maramoja, who was close by, ran to check what Ambo was saying. Perhaps Ambo was lonely and was asking the others to wait for him, as Maramoja then settled to browse with him and offered him some company. 

Karisa engaged Rapa in a pushing game while Enkikwe played with Tusuja. Later, Tusuja had a game of rolling on the ground that attracted Kamok who came forward and used him as a scratching surface. Ambo walked over to join Kilaguni to feed on some acacia pods. Since Ambo is much smaller and couldn't reach the pods in the tree, he decided to pick the ones fallen ones from the ground as Kilaguni enjoyed plucking the fresh ones from the tree. Naseku had a brief strength testing exercise with Olsekki as Kibo played with Kilaguni. 

At mud bath time, Kuishi led the way down for the milk bottle feed. Only one wild elephant was present at mud bath and left immediately when the orphans left for browsing. In the afternoon, the orphans settled to feed in the Imenti area and in the evening, they passed by the mud bath where they had an evening cooling-off session. 

Malima left the stockade with a branch in her trunk which she continued to enjoy feeding on as she waited for Lucerne. Orwa and Bomani checked in at the stockade compound with their new found wild friend. The three joined the dependent orphans to feed on Lucerne. After feeding on Lucerne, the boys settled for pushing games. Sapalan played with his best friend Namalok while Mundusi played with Tusuja. Rapa attempted to climb on Jotto, something which annoyed Jotto who turned and tried to fight Rapa. Shortly later, a wild bull joined in and walked with the orphans out to the bush. Kuishi settled to browse with Sana Sana while Rapa played with Galla. Later, Enkikwe engaged Namalok in a strength testing exercise while Kamok settled for a scratching exercise. 

Sattao led Dololo and Malima in the first group for the noon milk feed. In the afternoon the orphans settled west of Ithumba Hill where they browsed calmly without any major distractions. Loijuk’s herd with Mutara’s group visited the stockades later in the evening. 

Tomboi with a wild friend visited the stockade compound in the morning and joined the dependent orphans who were feeding on their Lucerne grass supplement. After feeding on Lucerne, Rapa walked down and settled under an acacia tree to help himself to the fallen acacia pods. Karisa came across a nice rock that he used to scratch his buttocks on. The rest of the morning was quiet as the orphans concentrated mostly on browsing. At mud bath time, the temperature was moderate and the orphans participated in soil dusting soon after having their milk bottles. In the afternoon, Suguta teamed up with Sattao to browse while Namalok settled to browse with Musiara. In the evening Kuishi led the way back to the stockades for the night.