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72-752: Kakamega is the seat of government for Kakamega County, Bungoma County has its seat in Bungoma town, Busia County has the Assembly in Busia , Vihiga County in Vihiga Town . All the County governments and governors are answerable to the people not to the national government. Western Region has diverse physical features, from the hills of northern Bungoma County to the plains bordering Lake Victoria in Busia County . The highest point in

144-550: A saget ab eito thus witnessed expressions of military fervour and for the ceremony all Nandi males would gather in one place. Alarmed at the prospect and as there was also organized protest among the Kikuyu and Luo at that time, the colonial government came to believe that the Orkoiyot was planning to use the occasion of the Saget ab eito of 1923 as a cover under which to gather forces for

216-653: A Southern Nilotic language known as Kalenjin . The dialects are seen as being distinct languages, thus for instance the Nandi speak the Nandi language which may or may not be mutually intelligible with another Kalenjin language. The Kalenjin ethnic groups inhabit the highlands of East Africa in African Great Lakes Region . They include: the Nandi , Kipsigis , Tugen , Keiyo , Okiek , Marakwet , Sengwer , Sabaot , Terik , Pokot and Sebei . The confederation came about as

288-427: A buildup of antagonism and unrest toward the government between 1920 and 1923. In 1923, the saget ab eito (sacrifice of the ox), a historically significant ceremony where leadership of the community was transferred between generations, was to take place. This ceremony had always been followed by an increased rate of cattle raiding as the now formally recognized warrior age-set sought to prove its prowess. The approach to

360-587: A massive military uprising. On 16 October 1923, several days before the scheduled date for the saget ab eito , the Orkoiyot Barsirian Arap Manyei and four other elders were arrested and deported to Meru. Permission to hold the ceremony was withdrawn and it did not take place, nor has it ever taken place since. The Orkoiyot Barsirian Arap Manyei would spend the next forty years in political detention, becoming Kenya's, and possibly Africa's, longest serving political prisoner. Like other Kalenjin,

432-550: A meeting with the mzungu that day. Koitalel Arap Samoei had been advised not to shake hands because if he did, that would give him away as the leader. But he extended his hand and was shot immediately". Shortly after this event, the Nandi Resistance ended and Nandi was incorporated into the British East Africa Protectorate. Official records of the K.A.R show that a total of 1,197 Nandi were recruited during

504-475: A preserve which is a remnant of a rainforest that stretched west through Uganda . As a rainforest, the canopy of the trees has grown into a thin mesh of interlocking top branches that block most sunlight from reaching the ground below, resulting in little undergrowth. With few bushes along the darkened forest floor , the main obstacle is ancient fallen tree trunks blocking the paths between the standing trees. The German-funded project BIOTA East has been working in

576-513: A result of the upheavals of the First and Second Mutai . The Kalenjin languages are broadly similar with most of the dialects being mutually intelligible. The Nandi use Kalenjin nomenclature , which is similar across most communities apart from the Marakwet where names of persons may be inverted gender-wise; certain folklore indicates that this may have been as a result of a genocide that targeted either

648-623: A stock quarantine was imposed on the Nandi Reserve between 1921 and 1923. The Nandi, prevented from selling stock outside the Reserve, had no cash, and taxes had to go unpaid. Normally, grain shortages in Nandi were met by selling stock and buying grain. The quarantine made this impossible. The labor conscription that took place under the Northey Circulars only added to the bitterness against the colonial government . All these things contributed to

720-418: A strange "middle man" system evolved after the 1850s. Trusted Sotik and Dorobo agents were employed to act as "middle men" who would trade ivory and other coastal goods for cattle to the Nandi for a large commission. "Enterprising Arab traders hoping to circumvent this arrangement often fell victims to a Nandi ploy. A few old Nandi warriors would meet the armed caravan and tell them that a large supply of ivory

792-463: Is 52 km north of Kisumu , and considered the heart of Luhya land. The average elevation of Kakamega is 1,535 metres. The county has 12 constituencies in total, namely Butere, Mumias East, Mumias West, Matungu, Khwisero, Shinyalu, Lurambi, ikolomani, Lugari, Malava, Navakholo and Likuyani. Kakamega was so named because the word "kakamega" translates roughly to "pinch" in Luhya , a tribe occupying

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864-854: Is a significant activity in the hilly County. Dairy farming is also widely practiced in Vihiga. Western Kenya has many large factories, including sugar processing plants (4 factories). The largest of these is Mumias Sugar, based at Mumias , to the west of Kakamega. This factory produces the dominant sugar brand in Kenya and is an economic success story. Also in Western Kenya is the largest paper factory in Africa (Pan Paper Mills in Webuye ) and chemical processors. Despite this, living standards are generally low and social amenities like running water and electricity are not available to

936-521: Is absent in some communities. Kalenjin can traditionally marry from within Kalenjin as if it were within each individual's community. Oret (clan) membership cuts across the various communities with Nandi and Kipsigis ortinwek ties being particularly intricate thus making both seem as a single identity even to date. A totality of various traditions making up the narrative of the Settlement of Nandi seem to date

1008-512: Is also a significant tourism industry centering on Kakamega Forest. Busia County experiences perennial floods from the Nzoia River , and the dominant economic activity is fishing on Lake Victoria. Limited commercial farming is also practiced, mainly of sugar cane. Subsistence farming of cassava is widely practiced. Vihiga County has large tea plantations, and is the most densely populated rural area in Kenya. Quarrying for construction materials

1080-422: Is also grown for subsistence, alongside pearl millet and sorghum . Dairy farming is widely practised, as well as the raising of poultry. There is a small but important tourist circuit, centering on the biennial circumcision ceremonies. Kakamega County has a mixture of both subsistence and cash crop farming, with sugar cane being the preferred medium to large scale crop. The County has two sugar factories. There

1152-544: Is also local. Primary and Secondary education Majority of primary and secondary schools in Kakamega are government owned. Kakamega primary is the major primary school and is located in the town's CBD. Private schools renowned nationally located in the town include: Kakamega Hill School and St Joseph primary school. The town also hosts one national secondary school, Kakamega High School and many other secondary schools. Library services The town hosts one library set up by

1224-410: Is noted that the veterans did not receive pensions as they had expected but that they did return with their back-pay which for some amounted to as much as several hundred shillings, quite a significant sum at the time. It is noted that almost all of the returning veterans used their back pay to purchase cattle, some of which along with cash was used as bride wealth. There were instances of land purchase on

1296-518: The Orkoiyot 's charms with making the defender's ammunition disappear, while others credit the error of the garrison commander to provide ammunition to the riflemen. Regardless of the reason, the garrison at Kipsoboi was destroyed. The Nandi kiptaiyat (raiding bands) then successfully attacked and slaughtered the garrison at Kobujoi. This was enough to force the Arab traders to withdraw from Nandi and to avoid

1368-518: The Crying Stone of Ilesi (Ikhongo Murwi) located along the Kisumu-Kakamega highway. It is a 40-metre high rock dome resembling a human figure whose "eyes" used to drop water. There is a myth about this rock with natives who believe that it is an image of a jilted woman who is crying due to being forced out of her matrimonial home and denied access to her children. A hearsay in earlier years goes that

1440-537: The Kipsigis tribe . They traditionally have lived and still form the majority in the highland areas of the former Rift Valley Province of Kenya , in what is today Nandi County . They speak the Nandi dialect of the Kalenjin language . Before the mid-19th century, the Nandi referred to themselves as Chemwalindet (pl. Chemwalin ) or Chemwal (pl. Chemwalek ) while other Kalenjin-speaking communities referred to

1512-413: The Nandi escarpment itself. They were however found in great numbers in the northern regions of Nandi. Inward migrants and general population growth are conjectured to have led to a northward expansion of the growing identity during the eighteenth century. This period is thought to have seen the occupation and establishment of the emotinwek of Chesume, Emgwen and Masop. This period would also have seen

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1584-467: The kokwet council was acquired by seniority and personality and within it decisions were taken by a small number of elders whose authority derived from their natural powers of leadership. Among the Nandi however, the Bororiet was the most significant institution and the political system revolved around it. The Nandi of the nineteenth century were a primarily martial community and little cultural development

1656-562: The 'overbearing' attitude of the Maasai seem to be in line with his assertion. The introduction of the Maxim gun altered the power symmetry which Greenstein suggests was apparent to Africans hence "the deference showed, which some Europeans took as awe and respect". This attitude has been commented upon outside Africa as well. The environment following the war was thus one in which the European population

1728-421: The Arab traders attempted one last tactic. They established a series of fortified stations at Kimatke, Kibigori, Chemelil, Kipsoboi, and Kobujoi, and began a campaign of intimidation. Donkeys were let loose to trample the millet fields, Nandi warriors were humiliated, Nandi boys were imprisoned, and Nandi women and girls were raped. At Kipsoboi four Nandi shields were propped against a tree and the Nandi were offered

1800-473: The Isukha sub-tribe had wars with Nandi warriors and in most cases they defeated them. The Nandis believed they were defeated by Isukhas due to some superpowers the rock had. The Nandis tried to pull the rock down but they failed and instead, they lost more than 100 of their warriors in the battlefield. Currently, the tourist attraction site is shaded from the roadside view by planted eucalyptus trees which have used up

1872-526: The Kenya National Library Service. [REDACTED] Media related to Kakamega at Wikimedia Commons Nandi people Modern ethnicities Diaspora Performing arts Government agencies Television Radio Newspapers The Nandi are part of the Kalenjin , a Nilotic tribe living in East Africa . The Nandi ethnic group live with close association and relation with

1944-456: The Masai, the warriors drew the enemy's fire by a sudden rush at which time they went "go to ground." Then the warriors charged the caravan porters before the muzzle loading weapons could be recharged. The porters bolted into the reloading riflemen followed closely by the Nandi warriors and in this confusion, the Nandi warriors could spear the panicked men. This tactic would be deployed effectively until

2016-564: The Nandi and incoming British". This would cause more than a decade of conflict led on the Nandi side by Koitalel Arap Samoei , the Nandi Orkoiyot at the time. The conflict would end on 19 October 1905, when Col Richard Meinertzhagen called for a peace meeting. Instead, Meinertzhagen and his men killed Koitalel and his entourage on the grounds of what is now Nandi Bears Club. Sosten Saina, grand-nephew of one of Arap Samoei's bodyguards notes that "There were about 22 of them who went for

2088-496: The Nandi as Chemngal . It is unclear where the terms originated from, though in early writings the latter term was associated with ngaal which means camel in Turkana and suggestions made that the name could be an "...allusion to the borrowing, direct or indirect of the rite of circumcision from camel riding Muslims". Later sources do not make similar suggestions or references to this position. The name Nandi came into use after

2160-471: The Nandi dialect. The new inhabitants took the name and coined it into Kakamega. The local inhabitants are mostly the Luhya tribe, whose economic activity is mainly cash and food crop farming. Kakamega serves as the headquarters of Mumias Sugar, previously Kenya's largest sugar processing company located in the town of Mumias. It was the scene of the Kakamega gold rush in the early 1930s, fueled partly by

2232-571: The Nandi have produced a number of notable Kenyan athletes. These include great distance athletes like Kipchoge Keino (Kip Keino), a gold medalist at Mexico (1968) and Munich (1972) Olympic games, and Prof. Mike Boit , a bronze medalist at Munich 1972 Olympics. Others include Peter Koech , Bernard Kipchirchir Lagat , and Wilson Kipketer , Pamela Jelimo , Wilfred Bungei , Richard Mateelong , Super Henry Rono , Peter Rono , Tecla Chemabwai , and Paralympian Henry Kirwa among others. The father of Kenyan steeplechasers Amos Kipwambok Biwott comes from

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2304-404: The Nandi since the wars of 1905-06 . Primary contributing factors were the land alienation of 1920 and a steep increase in taxation, taxation tripled between 1909 and 1920 and because of a change in collection date, two taxes were collected in 1921. The Kipsigis and Nandi refused to pay and this amount was deferred to 1922. Further, due to fears of a spread of rinderpest following an outbreak,

2376-462: The Western Region of Kenya is the peak of Mount Elgon , while the lowest point is the town of Busia on the water at Lake Victoria . In 1999 the total population was of 3,358,776 inhabitants within an area of 8,361 km², increasing to 4.334 million for the 2009 decennial census. The climate is mainly tropical , with variations due to altitude. Kakamega County is mainly hot and wet most of

2448-480: The area. The defeat of the Arabs created the "Nandi legend." The Nandi were undefeatable. Porters could not be hired and expeditions could not be launched into Nandi for nearly forty years. The Nandi warriors stood proudly aloof from the events that were swirling around them confident to defend their independence. By the later decades of the 19th century, at the time when the early European explorers started advancing into

2520-498: The battle of Kimondi in 1895. Part of the reason for the Nandi success was the limited access. The easiest approach was from the north-east, but a caravan had to travel two or three days before reaching principal Nandi settlements. This evidently was not preferable as the Arab caravans diverted east to Kavirondo and Mumias where food and protection was located. Due to the casualties to the caravans, direct trade increasingly became difficult. Caravans rarely entered or camped in Nandi and

2592-484: The chance to shoot arrows into the shields. Once this was accomplished, the Arabs fired musket balls through the shields that had stopped the arrows. The Arabs then poured gruel over the attending Nandi's heads and shaved off their cherished locks. The Nandi warriors had had enough. They sought permission from the Kaptalam Orkoiyot to kill the Arabs. He gave permission, and the post was stormed. Some accounts credit

2664-489: The earned wages seem to engender an affection for the formal economy nor was any effort made towards participation in the political process. Socially, the Nyongik had been initiated just prior to the wars, hence they left and returned unmarried. This did not disrupt ordinary patterns since it was more usual than unusual for young men to wait a few years before marriage. This time was spent searching for bride wealth, and serving in

2736-546: The employment patterns. Few Nandi previously found the prospect of paid employment sufficiently alluring to leave in search of jobs. For instance in 1914 only 100 out of a population of about 45,000 was employed outside the District. The numbers did rise to 352 for 1915/6 and 612 in 1916/7, largely in response to the wartime needs of the Protectorate but by 1919 they had fallen back to 185. While military service continued to appeal to

2808-556: The establishment of more pororosiek . The final expansion would occur during the middle of the nineteenth century when the Nandi took the Uain Gishu plateau from the Uasin Gishu . The emotinwek system of territorial organisation was broadly similar to that of other Kalenjin communities. The Nandi territory was by the turn of the century divided into six counties known as emet (pl. emotinua / emotinwek ). These were Wareng, located to

2880-406: The female sex is divided into girls and married women. The first stage began at birth and continued until initiation. All boys who were circumcised together were said to belong to the same ibinda (age set) and once the young men of a particular ibinda came of age, they were tasked with protecting the tribal lands and the society, the period when they were in charge of protection of the society

2952-432: The forest since 2001, whereby forest inventories for all sorts of life forms were performed with aim to find strategies for a sustainable use of the forest. More than 400 species of birds have been found in the Kakamega rainforest. The many song birds fill the air with various birdcalls. Kakamega is also home to Africa's largest and most aggressive cobra, the Kakamega forest cobra . Reputed by locals to spend much time in

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3024-495: The fringes of the reserve but these were minimal. Much as the Government had alienated part of the Nandi Reserve the population pressure was not yet great enough to leave most men dissatisfied with the amount of land they would acquire by traditional means. It has been observed that where purchases were made it was done less with entrepreneurial motive than as a desire to increase one's pasture land. There were also minimal changes to

3096-562: The hosts though, the visitors were more like ‘pinching’ the Obusuma. The resulting administrative area was named "Kakamega", which roughly translates to ‘pinch.’ Actually the name is from the former Nandi people who inhabited the area prior to the Luhya. There is a tale that the town was originally inhabited by the Nandi , and when the building started swelling, the Nandi called the area “Kokomego” which loosely translate into "there are many buildings", in

3168-451: The interior of Kenya, Nandi territory was a closed country Thompson in 1883 was warned to avoid the country of the Nandi, who were known for attacks on strangers and caravans that would attempt to scale the great massif of the Mau. Matson, in his account of the resistance, showed "how the irresponsible actions of two British traders, Dick and West, quickly upset the precarious modus vivendi between

3240-530: The majority of the province's residents. Several new districts were created in 2007 in Kenya, also in Western Province: Kakamega Kakamega is a town in western Kenya lying about 30 km north of the Equator . It is the headquarters of Kakamega County that has a population of 1,867,579 (2019 census). The town has an urban population of 107,227 (2019 census). Kakamega

3312-621: The males or females of Marakwet. Kalenjin mythology was broadly similar and is thought to have stemmed from an earlier worship oriented at the sky, later turning its focus of worship to the sun. This change may have radiated from the Kibasisek clan originally from Marakwet. Today most Nandi are either Protestant Christian or Catholic as are most Kalenjin. The Nandi experience contributes a great deal to commonly perceived Kalenjin heritage as well as to contemporary Kalenjin culture . Many customs are shared across Kalenjin communities though circumcision

3384-502: The mid-19th century and more so after the defeat of the Uasin Gishu and the routing of the Swahili and Arab traders. The name is thought to derive from the similarity of the rapaciousness of the warriors of the mid-1800s to the habits of the voracious cormorant which is known as mnandi in Kiswahili . The Nandi people are one among a group of communities that share cultural traits and

3456-464: The name Mararma ("who do not care about fire") had been conveyed upon a sub-set of the Sawe possibly as a result of the very successful raiding of Arab caravans or perhaps as a result of the major defeat of the Arabs at Kipsoboi. The Nandi warriors had never encountered a foe armed with firearms before and they had to develop new military tactics to overcome the effectiveness of a large number of firearms. Like

3528-418: The north, Mosop in the northeast, Tindiret in the east, Soiin and Pelkut in the south, Aldai and Chesumei in the west and Emgwen in the center. The emotinwek were divided into districts known as bororiet ( borororisiek ) and these were divided into villages known as kokwet ( kokwotinwek ). The Nandi administrative system was unique among the Kalenjin in having the bororiosiek administrative layer. Within

3600-437: The origin of a differentiated Nandi identity to the early decades of the nineteenth century and no later than the latter decades of the eighteenth century. The development of the Nandi identity is intrinsically linked to the settlement of Nandi County . Within Nandi tradition, the existence of a differentiated Nandi identity is understood as a distinct process through which various Kalenjin and Maa -speaking clans came to occupy

3672-598: The pension issue did not impel the Nyongik to form any sort of coherent organization. Greenstein states that in the period following the War, the minority European civilian population resident in Kenya and the Protectorate Government, were worried about the possibility of armed insurrection among the indigenous peoples. He notes that one of the greatest fears of the Europeans, which he observes to have been true for both Wars,

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3744-504: The present day Nandi county. The traditional Nandi account is that the first settlers in their country came from Elgon during the time of the Maina and formed the Kipoiis clan; a name that possibly means 'the spirits'. They were led by a man named Kakipoch , founder of the Nandi section of the Kalenjin and are said to have settled in the emet (county) of Aldai in south-western Nandi. Studies of

3816-413: The region, which was used to describe how European colonists would eat the staple food, ugali . It is often told that Kakamega derives its modern name from the local dialect. The story goes that when European settlers first visited the area now known as Kakamega and were offered maize meal, the local staple food called Obusuma, and they tried to emulate the eating style for which the tribe was famous. To

3888-541: The reports of the geologist Albert Ernest Kitson . Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology is a new institution of higher learning created by an act of parliament in December 2006 which is in the heart of Kakamega town, along the Kakamega-Webuye road. It is expected to spur growth in this capital of Western Province. Kakamega Forest is the main tourist destination in the area. Another attraction used to be

3960-420: The rock's water and subsequently caused the "Crying Stone" to dry up. This effect is due to the climate change that is being experienced globally. The area used to receive heavy rainfalls in the 1990s and before. In 2013, Wycliffe Oparanya was elected as the first Governor of Kakamega County , and retained the seat in the 2017 general elections. In 2022, when the general elections were held, Fernandes Barasa

4032-442: The same". The latter states that "to make this argument is to suggest that Africans once regarded Europeans as superior, perhaps even as demi-gods". He counter-argues that "the evidence including armed primary resistance in many parts of the continent, and especially in Nandi, makes it seem very unlikely that this was ever the case". Accounts by European adventurers in the 19th century, such as Thompson who spoke of having to deal with

4104-534: The settlement pattern indicate that the southern regions were the first to be settled, the emet of Aldai on the west and the emet of Soiin on the east, being the first to be established. It has been conjectured that the first pororosiek were Kakipoch in Aldai and Tuken in Soiin. It is notable that Sirikwa holes (known to the Nandi as mukowanisiek ) were almost non-existent in the areas first settled, being only present on

4176-501: The traditional power structure in much the same positions they had left some three or four years earlier. Within that structure, age and not stars and stripes counted for seniority. The obligations and ties they resumed were to their families, age-set and korotinwek meaning the common interests of veterans gave way to a man's traditional associations. Greenstein notes that the concept of a formal organisation of veterans appears either not to have occurred or perhaps not appealed to them. Even

4248-577: The trees, stories abound of fearsome attacks on unsuspecting passersby. Other snakes in the area include the forest adder , black mamba , and the green mamba . Tertiary Education Kakamega is home to Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology , located along Kakamega - Webuye road. This campus offers courses in Engineering , Computer Science , Education , Disaster Management , Journalism and Mass Communication , Science, Nursing, Criminology subjects. The Shamberere Technical Training Institute

4320-528: The war may be said to have served this purpose. Later interviews with veterans indicate that they were warmly welcomed back by parents and contemporaries. Neither did they bear resentment to their age-mates who had avoided the hardships of military service, some of who had married and acquired cattle in the intervening period. In fact, the veterans note that they expressed gratitude to them for looking after their cattle and other property as they had been slogging around Tanganyika and Mozambique . Economically, it

4392-491: The war. At the time the Nandi population is estimated to have been about 40–50,000 individuals. Most of those recruited were of the Nyongi age-set which had been initiated during the four-year period immediately preceding the war. Greenstein (1978) following interviews with veterans of the war found that participation in the war made little impact on the Nyongik, as or as agents-of-change, as regards adapting western methods. Neither did

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4464-459: The wider Kalenjin administrative system, the Kokwet was the most significant political and judicial unit in terms of day to day issues. The kokwet elders were the local authority for allocating land for cultivation, they were also the body to whom the ordinary member of the tribe would look for a decision in a dispute or problem which defied solution by direct agreement between the parties. Membership of

4536-399: The wise words of the Orkoiyot . During the war they were unsuccessful. For fear of a recurrence, the community decided to retire the age-set. The earliest recorded mention of Arab caravans in Nandi oral tradition date to the 1850s during the time when the Sawe ibinda (age-set) were warriors. The contact was antagonistic with raids on the caravans carried out by Nandi warriors. By 1854,

4608-425: The wrong road and then conduct a night attack. The Arab traders even attempted a tactic that had worked with other tribes, blood brotherhood . This consisted of sitting opposite one another, cutting the back of each other's hand and sucking the blood from one another's hand. The Nandi held no credence to such a foreign ceremony, and it only became another ploy to easily acquire coastal goods." Frustrated by failures,

4680-451: The year, while Bungoma County is colder but just as wet. Busia County is the warmest, while the hilly Vihiga County is the coldest. The entire province experiences very heavy rainfall all year round, with the long rains in the earlier months of the year. Farming is the main economic activity in the province. Bungoma County is sugar country, with one of the country's largest sugar factories, as well as numerous small-holder sugar mills. Maize

4752-410: The young men, civilian service did not. The District Commissioner was hard put in 1922 for instance to produce 200 able-bodied young men to work on a local road-building project. He would resort to conscripting them under the 'Native Authority Ordinance', the infamous labor circular written in 1919 by then B.E.A Governor Edward Northey. Politically, it is observed that the Nyongik assimilated back into

4824-465: Was elected the new governor. Kakamega forms a municipality with ten wards (Amalemba, Bukhulunya, Central, Mahiakalo, Maraba, Matende, Milimani, Musaa, Shibiriri and Sichilayi). All of them belong to Lurambi Constituency, which has a total of fifteen wards. The remaining five are located within Kakamega municipal Council, the rural council of Kakamega District. Kakamega area receives a very high amount of annual precipitation and contains Kakamega Forest ,

4896-424: Was experienced for much of this period. Hollis (1905) for instance observed that "the art of music has not reached a very advanced stage in Nandi". The social climate (see First Mutai and Second Mutai ) led to the development of a learning system known as Kamuratanet that principally revolved around preparation for warfare, both defensive and offensive. It divided the male sex into boys, warriors and elders while

4968-482: Was known as the age of that ibinda . The Kalenjin have eight cyclical age-sets or ibinwek , however the Nandi dropped the korongoro at some point as a result of disaster. Legend has it that the members of this ibinda were wiped out in war. This was because they were told not to go for that war but they could not listen. It is said they, that ibinda , the korongoro put on their ears some septook (broken pieces of calabashes) to avoid listening to

5040-415: Was only two or three days journey from the caravan. However, the Nandi were only willing to entertain a small Arab party to negotiate a trade. Dutifully, a party of twenty men would be dispatched with cloth, wire, and other trade goods only to be ambushed by the Nandi and massacred." "Another ruse used by the Nandi was to send a small party of warriors to lead the prospective caravan into the depths of Nandi by

5112-428: Was that they had lost prestige in the eyes of Africans. He quotes Shiroya who was writing after the war to illustrate a then commonly held perception which was that "the ex-askari had learned and observed that without modern technology, a European was no better than an African". There was also a belief held by some "that blacks, having seen white men kill other white men, would sooner or later realize that they too could do

5184-528: Was worried about civilian unrest. Fears that appear to have been stoked by an upsurge in political activity in the 1920s, notably Archdeacon Owen's Piny Owacho (Voice of the People) movement and Harry Thuku's Young Kikuyu Association. A number of factors taking place in the early 1920s led to what has come to be termed the Nandi Protest or Uprisings of 1923. It was the first expression of organized resistance by

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