 In another account (1902) he states "...'Kwavi',a name that no Masai can recognise or explain, but which has been perpetuated owing to its adoption by Krapf".Krapf (1860) recorded a reference to the Kwavi in Wanyika mythology.According to the myth, 'the Galla, Wakamba and Wakuafi had one common father whose eldest son was called Galla'.