Kimondo, or Kimwondo, derives from the Bantu component of the Kiswahili vocabulary, meaning âÂÂshooting starâ or âÂÂmeteorâ and was later given the additional definition âÂÂDevilâÂÂs Torch.â This definition of the word became popular in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries through the introduction of the Islamic religion during the migration of Arabs and Persians in Africa. The philosophy behind Kimondo's meaning roots from the belief that shooting stars, or Devil's Torches, are âÂÂthrown across the sky by the good faithful angels in heaven in an attempt to prevent Satan or Lucifer and his lieutenants from getting in and out of heavenâÂÂ. It was believed that the devils were trying to obtain âÂÂvital information about AllahâÂÂs plans for the worldâÂÂ, to carry out mischief to the children of God. This, combined with the major shift of political and administrative structures at the end of the nineteenth century by European settlement, allowed the Swahili people to take part in their own electoral process within their present system of government.