ABSTRACT
BY way of an introduction to Samburu clanship, more must be said of their social values in the context of the pastoral economy.
As compared with other forms of property, cattle herds are subject to unusually high and unpredictable rates of increase and decrease. Even under primitive conditions of management it is quite possible for a herd to double in size over five years. It is also possible that in the course of a stock epidemic, it will be reduced by more than one-half in a matter of months.
