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Ex-orphans Kibo, Kilaguni, Melia, Chemi Chemi, Kandecha, Rapsu, Tumaren and Mutara’s herd as well, joined the dependent orphans in the morning to feed on Lucerne. Shortly later, Rapsu walked down to the water trough where he was joined by Namalok to have some water. The rest of the orphans joined moments later. After drinking enough water, the orphans headed east while the ex-orphans headed west. Barsilinga and Musiara found some suitable rocks that they used to scratch on. Wanjala engaged Karisa in a pushing game that didn't last for long as Karisa quit and went to challenge Galla. 

At mud bath time, the orphans were joined by ex-orphans Lenana, baby Lapa, Kinna, baby Kama, baby siku, Sunyei, Makena and twenty five wild bulls. Maramoja, Roi, Dololo and Sattao took some time to play with Lapa and socialize with him for a bit, before heading back out to browse. In the afternoon the sun was really hot and the orphans took a break from feeding to hide from the scorching sun. They later resumed browsing when the temperature dropped.

Ex-orphans Lenana, Lapa, Sunyei, Siku, Kinna, Kama, Makena and several wild bulls showed up in the morning. The ex-orphans and two junior wild bulls joined the orphans to feed on Lucerne and later parted ways. The orphans headed north of the stockade and had a quiet morning. Mapia tried to bully Dololo by climbing on him but was cautioned by the Keepers.  

At mud bath time, twenty five wild bulls were present but this didn't bother the orphans as they took their milk and wallowed as much as they wanted. They finished their activities by drinking water before returning back to browsing. Since the sun was hot, the orphans took a break from feeding to relax under a tree and resumed browsing only after the temperature had dropped.

Ex-orphans Kinna, Loijuk, Sunyei, Lenana and their babies plus, Mutara, Sities, Kainuk, Turkwel, Kanjoro, Kilaguni, Suguta, Olare, Kenze and several wild elephants were at the stockade compound early before the orphans were let out. Loijuk and Kinna with their babies walked to the Lucerne store and waited outside for Keepers to do the necessary. Sities, Suguta and Kainuk, who were always running after little Dololo, seem to have left him for the time being and transferred their love and attention over to Lapa and becoming his doting nannies. They were seen competing for Lapa’s attention the entire morning. 

Later in the morning out in the bush, Tusuja engaged Wanjala in a pushing game while Esampu found a suitable rock that she used to scratch herself on. Siangiki settled to browse with Ambo while Kamok played with Olsekki. Mutara and her group joined the orphans at the mud bath followed by ten wild bulls. After wallowing, the orphans attended a soil dusting exercise to dry themselves off before heading back out to browse. In the afternoon it was so hot again, and this prompted the orphans to take a break from feeding and relax under some trees. The orphans resumed browsing when the temperature dropped to more favourable level. 

The orphans settled for Lucerne in the morning soon after leaving their stockades. Malima left with a branch in her mouth which she continued to enjoy before settling for some Lucerne as well. The orphans were joined by Mutara’s group in the company of Kinna, baby Kama, Sunyei, baby Siku, Kilaguni and several wild elephants. On the way out to browse, Kauro came across a nice rock that he scratched on before tackling Wanjala in a pushing game. Naseku and Esampu took a break from feeding to have a game of rolling on the ground. Dololo, who is slowly trying to establish himself among the big boys, decided to challenge Rapa, Karisa and later Mapia too. 

At mud bath time, a few wild bulls were in attendance. Ex-orphans Kinna, Kama, Sunyei, Siku, Lenana, Lapa, Ishanga and Mutara were also present. In the afternoon, the orphans parted ways with the ex-orphans. The orphans settled to browse along the upper Kalovoto seasonal river.

Mutara and her ex-orphan group were present in the morning. When the gates were opened, Turkwel walked over to meet Dololo and they entwined their trunks in morning greetings. Shortly later, Rapsu joined the orphans at the Lucerne feeding venue. Kauro walked over to the water trough soon after having his share of lucerne. He was later joined by Kuishi and Rapsu. 

On the way out to browse, Kauro and Esampu came across a nice rock that they shared to scratch on. Karisa took some time off from feeding to have fun rolling on the ground. Rapa attempted to climb on Mapia while Enkikwe engaged Lemoyian in a pushing game. Enkikwe lost to Lemoyian and Lemoyian proved his win by riding on Enkikwe. Ex-orphans Kitirua, Kandecha, Chemi Chemi and Kalama passed by the stockade compound mid-morning. They drank some water then disappeared off into the bush again. At mud bath time, only a few wild bulls showed up. In the afternoon, the orphans settled to browse in the Kanziku area.

Ex-orphans Kandecha, Kitirua, Chemi Chemi, Bomani, Kilaguni, Melia and Kibo were at the stockade compound in the morning. It’s interesting to note all these ex-orphans aren’t necessarily in the original groups they formed when they left their human family a few years ago now, but what matters is that they are all familiar with each other and were raised the same way, so they understand each other. 

Ndiwa decided to go for water first before settling for Lucerne. She was joined by Kamok and Mundusi as the keepers kept an eye on Kamok who likes to push the gates for fun every morning. She well understands that the electric fence is always turned off whenever they leave the stockade in the morning! Kuishi was slightly limping and upon checking on her we found that she had been pierced by a thorn but the thorn had come out. Mapia seemed happy as this meant Kuishi couldn’t run after him whenever he passes close to her (for some reason Kuishi has a tendency of pushing Mapia whenever he passes close by).

Out in the bush Bomani, who is Orwa's friend but we don’t know where he had left Orwa, had a nice time with Dololo and Sattao. Bomani appeared to be giving the two boys a lecture on what an independent life is like to prepare them for the future! Bomani informed the boys not to expect to sleep in the stockades for the rest of their lives, but a time will come and they will be ready to leave too. 

At mud bath time, only four wild elephant bulls showed up. The dependent orphans and a group of ex-orphans who attended the mud bath had the venue all to themselves. The ex-orphans present at mud bath were Bomani, Kitirua, Chemi Chemi, Kalama, Kibo, Tumaren, Olare and Makena. Shortly after mud bath, there was drama when two ostriches passed close by. Mundusi and Tusuja charged and trumpeted as they tried to scare the birds away. The two ostriches disappeared quickly on their long powerful legs, thus bringing the tension down! In the afternoon the sun was hot and Roi, who is proving to be very caring these days, decided to walk Ambo under some shade when she found him feeding under the scorching sun. The rest of the orphans were relaxing under some trees. In the evening, Kamok, Mapia and Enkikwe could not be found as the orphans gathered together to walk back to the stockades. Finally the three orphans were located a short distance from where the rest were feeding. Olsekki and Siangiki, who are slowly weaning themselves off from drinking their milk bottles, didn't bother to follow their friends in having milk, but went straight into their stockade. This means they are becoming more independent and their time soon approaches when they will build the confidence to leave the stockades.  

Ex-orphans Sunyei, baby Siku, Kinna, Kama, Loijuk, Lili, Ishanga, Lenana, baby Lapa and Mutara’s herd were present at the Lucerne feeding time in the morning. Maramoja walked to the stockade for the youngest orphans to check for any leftovers. Luckily for her she found several branches but only picked one that she enjoyed on her way out. At the Lucerne feeding area, Maramoja had a standoff with the rascal Lapa who charged and threatened to push her. Maramoja looked unperturbed and just kept her distance to refrain from punishing Lapa back, wanting to avoid any trouble with his mother Lenana and the big nannies. The ex-orphans parted ways with the orphans as the Lucerne feeding began to wind up. Bomani decided not to go with the ex-orphans but instead joined the younger dependent orphans for their day of browsing, for he enjoys a lot of freedom with them and he enjoys being in their company. 

Out in the bush, Bomani had a game of rolling on the ground that was meant to entice the younger bulls into joining him. Karisa looked at him but he and the other bulls decided to ignore Bomani and continued with their browsing business. Bomani eventually quit his game and continued browsing as well. 

At mud bath time, Mutara and her herd arrived early and waited for the dependent orphans. Dololo was in the first group and was whisked away by Mutara and the others soon after he had taken his milk. Dololo enjoys the love and respect accorded to him by Turkwel, Sities and Suguta, to the envy of Musiara and Sattao who receive much less attention from the older girls for some reason. The dependent orphans and ex-orphans enjoyed wallowing with wild bulls and parted ways later when they had enough of wallowing. In the afternoon, the sun was hot and orphans browsed under trees to avoid the scorching sun. In the evening, wild bull Dad with a group of friends showed up at the stockade compound for water.

Mutara and her group were waiting outside to welcome the babies out in the morning. Ambo headed straight to the water trough and then started walking east towards Kalovoto, rumbling to his friends that he was off to the browsing field. Kamok wasn't happy about Ambo's decision and therefore hurried to catch up with him. Kamok convinced Ambo to come back for Lucerne first, and besides it wasn't safe for him to walk on his own. Ambo accepted the advice given to him by his adopted elder sister Kamok, and they walked together to join their friends feeding on Lucerne. 

After the orphans had enough of lucerne Karisa, the street-wise boy, who at one time disappeared for three months before walking himself back to the stockades, led the orphans to the water trough to drink water. After the orphans left for browsing, ex-orphans Loijuk, baby Lili, Melia and Ishanga showed up at the stockades. It appears that the group of four had split with Kinna, Sunyei, Lenana and their babies for the time being. 

Malkia teamed up with Kuishi to browse and they walked together for quite some time before being interrupted by Kauro. Kauro passed close to them and decided to show his might by driving them away for no apparent reason. Ndiwa was fascinated by Sapalan's acrobatic skills as he played on the ground, and stood close to watch him. Sapalan got to his feet and confronted Ndiwa for watching, and then started a pushing game with her. Ndiwa decided to defend herself but then their game turned into a more serious fight. The Keepers intervened by shouting at them, and Sapalan decided to withdraw and walk away. 

Only six wild bulls attended mud bath and were joined by the orphans. Esampu and Kauro had fun by rolling on red soil soon after wallowing while Tusuja and Wanjala disagreed on an issue that only the two could tell. The disagreement led to a pushing game that saw Wanjala surrender. Tusuja tried to bite Wanjala’s tail but Wanjala increased his pace making it impossible for Tusuja to catch him. In the afternoon, Roi decided to take care of Dololo since the nannies who always like to take care of him in Mutara’s herd were not present.  

Orwa and Bomani were waiting outside in the morning. After spending several days with the dependent orphans without Orwa, Bomani decided to go in search of his friend and indeed found him, and they came back together. It was a happy reunion. Bomani felt so comfortable in the presence of his friend that he lay down on the ground and slept as Orwa stood close by. Two wild bulls were comfortably drinking water at the stockade water troughs. Lucerne was provided and the orphans settled to have some. Orwa and Bomani joined to have their share and shortly later, Loijuk and her group emerged from the south east, running as they were almost late for the morning Lucerne breakfast. After the Lucerne breakfast was over, the groups parted ways. Orwa and his friend Bomani decided to go with the dependent orphans. 

Karisa and Sapalan decided to a have a warm up exercise in the form of a pushing game. When Sapalan had enough, the bulls quit playing to start browsing. Karisa felt that he had not done enough exercise though and decided to have a stretching exercise on the ground. Roi felt happy as Dololo's nannies in Mutara’s herd have decided to stay away for now, leaving Roi with all the time to spend with Dololo whenever she feels like, without competition. Later Kuishi took a break from feeding to have a soil dusting exercise. 

At mud bath time fifteen wild bulls were present and noticeable was Makena who was following her boy friend. The two love birds headed for bathing together then walked out to have a drink of water from the trough together, before slowly walking away from the mud bath. The orphans had a spectacular wallowing with Naseku emerging as the star as she had fun whipping the water using her trunk. After wallowing, the orphans left for browsing and settled north of the mud bath. The afternoon was quiet as the orphans understand that it's becoming very dry and dilly-dallying would result in returning to the stockade compound that evening without having enough to eat. 

Kibo, Kandecha, Kalama, Kanjoro, Melia and Tumaren were at the stockade compound in the morning. These ex-orphans joined the orphans for a Lucerne breakfast. Kalama had a brief disagreement that resulted in a fight when Kanjoro tried to overtake Kalama as they all headed for Lucerne. Tusuja and Naseku headed to drink as they seemed to be deep in conversation with one another. When the Lucerne was finished, the mischievous Esampu left the area and headed to the nearby rocks where she started climbing on them. 

Out in the bush, the orphans were joined by Bomani who emerged from the bushes. Olsekki who was the first one to see Bomani ask him several questions that appeared to annoy him, and he threatened to push Olsekki, then the two boys engaged in a pushing game that lasted for quite some time. Their game ended when Kamok arrived and requested Bomani to play with her instead. Bomani accepted and played with Kamok leaving Olsekki standing to the side.

At the mud bath, fifteen wild bulls were there to wallow in the water hole. After a mud bath, Sana Sana, Ambo, Maramoja, Musiara and Dololo took a walk heading south of the mud bath. Shortly later, two warthogs ran past them which gave them a fright and the five orphans turned back running and heading towards the Keepers for safety. On the way, Ambo stumbled and fell as his friends overtook him at high speed. Sana Sana and Maramoja turned back quickly though and went back to help Ambo to his feet. Once Ambo was back on his feet, Maramoja and Sana Sana felt sorry for him. The two girls comforted Ambo with sweet rumbles and expressed their sympathy for the little calf who had fallen down. In the afternoon Siangiki took Ambo under her care to make sure he was okay and wasn’t bullied by any of the others.

It was a quiet morning and the orphans left their stockades and settled for the lucerne. No outsiders were present today. The orphans enjoyed every moment unlike other days when they have to be careful not to get in the way of their seniors. Two wild bulls showed up when the orphans were finishing up their morning activities in the stockade compound. Mundusi and Enkikwe walked down to the water troughs which startled the two wild bulls who didn't understand why the two little boys were in a hurry heading towards them. When the wild bulls ambled away, the rest of the group joined Mundusi and Enkikwe to drink some water. 

Later, out in the bush, Enkikwe ran in trouble with Namalok. Namalok stumbled and fell on his knees and Enkikwe was standing beside him. Something seemed to annoy Namalok and whether or not it was because Enkikwe didn’t help him up, but when he stood Namalok decided to attack Enkikwe. Enkikwe defended himself and the two had a scuffle but it didn't last for long. 

At mud bath time close to noon, several wild elephant bulls showed up and joined the orphans to wallow. Kauro, who is known for his dislike of water since he was a young baby, was the only one who didn't take a swim today. 

In the afternoon, Dololo spent some time in a soil dusting exercise. Sapalan and Enkikwe settled together to feed as they discussed different matters. First was perhaps why they are always put in the last group when heading for their noon milk feed. Sapalan promised to sneak one day with the first group and see what the Keepers would do. The truth is the two boys are known for being stubborn whenever they get their share of milk; they don't leave and keep pestering the Keepers for an additional milk bottle and even go to the extent of peering into the crates to check if there are any bottles left – this is the reason they are always brought last to the bottle feeding!