Modern ethnicities Diaspora Performing arts Government agencies Television Radio Newspapers Samia speaking people live in Western Kenya and Eastern Uganda.

The two dialects are difficult to differentiate by non Samia speaking people but easily discernible by the natives.

[4] Samia speaking people love music which is played in their various ceremonies, which include marriage (Obugole/ Obweya), funeral (amasika), veneration of ancestors (ebikuda mukutu and Enga'nyo), and wrestling (amalengo).

Up to today, the daily lives of Samia people are dictated by customs and traditions.

For instance, a woman who loses her husband should be remarried to a brother of the deceased so that should this widow wish to bear more children, they should resemble their kin.

In fact non Samia speaking people often refer to them as "obusuma ne'ngeni bicha speed" meaning brown stiff porridge and fish roll down the throat very fast.