Malima holidng a branch in her mouth
Malima left with a branch in her mouth which she dropped when Dololo pushed her. Malima turned and tackled Dololo but wasn’t too rough, as she knows he is younger than her. After drinking water at the stockade water trough, Mapia engaged Galla in a pushing game that ended when Mapia decided to surrender after the game became too tough for him. Galla moved to play with Wanjala after Mapia surrendered. Mundusi had a brief chat with Roi before turning on Jotto, and they enjoyed a pushing game with for quite some time. Kuishi had her own game of rolling on the ground as Ukame had a private conversation with Esampu, as they engaged each other in a light pushing game.
At mud bath time, Mapia and namalok joined the wild bulls to wallow in the water hole. In the afternoon, the orphans settled west of Ithumba Hill an area they love to browse in very much. In the evening, the orphans were escorted back to the stockades by Mutara and her herd.
Melia, Kandecha and Kibo were back in the morning after being away for some time. The three ex-orphans had teamed up with Mutara’s herd in the night and joined the dependent orphans in the morning. The herd settled for lucerne and later they all walked out to browse together. Dololo briefly engaged Galla in a pushing game before being hijacked by Turkwel and Roi who wanted to look after him. Later, Suguta and Sities came and took him from Roi and Turkwel because they believed they were the only ones qualified in taking care of Dololo. Tusuja and Barsilinga lagged behind drinking water while Sapalan tackled Galla in a pushing game out in the bush.
Olsekki also engaged Bomani in a pushing game in which he ended up as the winner. Later in the day, the orphans were joined by ex-orphans Kinna, baby Kama, Sunyei, baby Siku, Makena, Lenana and new baby Lapa. The senior ex-orphans with their young ones escorted the dependent orphans to the mud bath and later headed back to the browsing field together. Malima had a disagreement with Siku that ended in a fight. Their fight ended when Siku decided to surrender. Later in the afternoon, Roi had a pushing game with Galla. In the evening, fifteen wild bulls showed up for water at the stockade water troughs before dissipating back into the Park.
A wild herd consisting of seven members reported early at dawn and waited for water. Soon when the orphans were let out, Malima walked down and extended her trunk to say hello to one of the wild babies her size. The mother didn’t want her socializing with her baby however, and made to push Malima, so Malima made the wise choice to leave before the mother made her threats real. Mutara, Sities, Suguta, Turkwel, Kanjoro, Kibo, Kilaguni, Kithaka, Garzi and Lemoyian joined the dependent orphans for Lucerne in the morning. The ex orphans then parted ways soon after they were done with the supplement food.
On the way out to browse, Sapalan engaged Galla in a pushing game while Karisa played with Pare. Sattao opted for a soil dusting exercise before settling to browse. Mapia and Olsekki settled to scratch on some rocks while Ambo teamed up with Siangiki to browse.
At mud bath time, wild bull Dad, in a group of ten wild bulls, were found relaxing under some acacia trees when the orphans showed up. The orphans had their milk bottles and some water from the water trough, before going to mud bath and enjoy a soil dusting exercise. Later, the Ithumba dependent orphans headed north of the mud bath and settled to browse along the upper Kalovoto River for the rest of the day.