Abstract: The Khayo is one of the seventeen subtribes of the luhya community. “Abaluyia” is the preferred name for the people once called “Bantu Kavirondo”. It is a subtribe of the Luhya people of Kenya who reside in Busia County. Little is known about socio-economic transformation of this subtribe. Most of the available literature does not give an account of the Khayo during the pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial periods.