I don't have any elite connections in Kenya, but I did spend half a year there studying, and so I know about the "harambee" spirit and I'm reasonably sure I can get a note to some folks out in the 'mara sooner or later. I'm willing to pay the postage sending this if it ends up being a few (or a few dozen) pages, so let's give it a try and see where it goes.
"I know that for the Maasai people the cow is valued above all possessions and that the gift of a cow is the highest expression of regard and sympathy."
- U.S. ambassador William Brencick, commenting on the gift.