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Orwa and Bomani arrived early before dawn and waited for the dependent orphans to come out so that they could share lucerne together. The orphans were let out after their six o'clock milk feed. Enkikwe headed straight to the water trough where he joined six wild bulls drinking water. Jotto and Kauro had a morning warm up exercise in the form of a pushing game. Mapia and Ambo took an interest in their game and started their own. The senior ex-orphans arrived later, prompting the orphans to give them space and leave for the bush to begin their day of browsing.

Karisa and Rapa lagged behind to interact with the ex-orphans for a bit. Rapa ran into trouble with Wiva however when he brushed against her as he passed her by. Rapa stood his ground and turned to face Wiva. The two locked trunks for a minute then parted ways, indicating that their conflict had ended in a draw. Rapa decided to follow his friends who had long gone, but Karisa, ‘the street wise boy’, opted to remain with the ex-orphans again for the day.

Mapia played a pushing game with Sattao while Jotto, Malkia, Kauro and Mteto settled for a soil dusting exercise. At mud bath time although the sun was shining, there was a cold wind blowing that prevented the orphans from taking a bath. Only Rapa, Enkikwe, Pare and Ambo were bold enough to get into the waterhole.

In the evening ex-orphan Orwa caused some drama when he picked up an empty milk bottle from where group Four and Five were being fed. Orwa took the Keepers in circles of the compound as he resisted handing over the bottle even after the Keepers pleaded with him to drop it! It all seemed like too much fun for Orwa. At last, the Keepers managed to get the empty bottle back from Orwa but they couldn’t help but think he had a little smirk on his face! 

The orphans left the stockades soon after having their morning milk bottles. The ex-orphans had already arrived and were patiently waiting for the lucerne too. Esampu, who appears to be a little obsessed with the buffalo that comes to drink water every morning, decided to go down in the bushes in search for him since he hadn’t turned up this morning. Shortly later, we heard trumpets of excitement, meaning that Esampu had located the buffalo. Malima, Malkia, Ndiwa and Maramoja decided to run and check on Esampu, but met her in hot pursuit of the buffalo. The girls joined her in trumpeting and charging the buffalo far away. The boys didn't bother with what the girls were doing as they apparently considered it a waste of time and energy this morning.

Mteto decided to befriend baby Saba, but Saba kept moving further away as she was scared of the Keepers who had managed to catch her the previous day and remove a snare that was caught around her hind leg. Kauro engaged Mundusi in a pushing game as baby Kofi extended his trunk out to say hi to Sattao. Sattao didn't respond to Kofi's greetings as he was scared of Kilabasi who was standing close to her baby.

Later in the bush, Jotto played with Sapalan while Rapa played with Dololo. Sapalan then started a game of rolling on the ground. His game attracted the attention of Jotto, Kauro, Mapia, Mukkoka and Naboishu who all joined him.

The sun was beating down when the orphans made their way to the mud bath just before noon, so all the orphans enjoyed wallowing after having their milk bottles. Their wallowing came to an end when a teenage wild bull arrived and got straight into the mud bathing water. He was quite hostile towards the orphans and that is why they decided to give the bull space and get out of the water. Kauro, Sattao, Dololo, Naboishu, Larro and Enkikwe headed for a soil dusting exercise. Sana Sana led the way out to the bush.

In the afternoon, Mteto and Nabulu took a break from feeding to relax under a tree as they had their own private conversation. In the evening it was interesting to watch eleven year olds Orwa and Bomani line up along the stockade wall where some of the older orphans were also lining up for their evening milk bottles. It was clear the two boys were asking for milk as well, even though they have long been weaned off milk bottles. When no one paid them any attention they decided to push poor Kamok, Mundusi and Pare away in an effort to get their share! The Keepers brought the situation under control and warned Orwa and Bomani not to repeat such childish behaviour. 

Orwa and Bomani spent the night sleeping outside the stockade compound. The two boys joined the orphans for lucerne soon after they were let out. Mutara, Mambo, Sities, Turkwel, Kainuk and Suguta arrived and joined the orphans too. Maramoja managed to get close to Mambo and play nanny for a short while. Naboishu decided to scratch his buttocks on a nearby rock and while he did so, Ndiwa came to stand guard so that Naboishu wouldn’t be pushed away by any of the other boys, since the rock is a favourite scratching post!

On the way out to the bush, Kauro engaged Mundusi in a pushing game that saw Kauro emerge as the winner. Kauro celebrated his victory by climbing on Mundusi. Mundusi couldn't accept the loss and so managed to get Kauro off his back before turning to face him for a rematch, which ended in a draw. Sapalan had his own game of rolling on the ground but was disrupted by Karisa and Malima who came and started rolling on him. Sapalan got up and left and walked off to resume browsing. Malima and Mukkoka took a break from feeding to relax under a baobab tree.

The orphans skipped their wallowing exercise in the main waterhole and went to drink water with a few bulls instead. Later they decided to have a short mud bath in the small pool on the edge of the road. Kuishi teamed up with Naboishu to browse throughout the remaining part of the day.