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Africa">East Africa</a>. The Nandi ethnic group live with close association and relation with the <a href="/wiki/Kipsigis_people" title="Kipsigis people">Kipsigis tribe</a>. They traditionally have lived and still form the majority in the highland areas of the former <a href="/wiki/Rift_Valley_Province" title="Rift Valley Province">Rift Valley Province</a> of <a href="/wiki/Kenya" title="Kenya">Kenya</a>, in what is today <a href="/wiki/Nandi_County" title="Nandi County">Nandi County</a>. 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.sidebar-title-with-pretitle a{color:var(--color-progressive)!important}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sidebar{display:none!important}}</style> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none"><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Etymology"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Etymology</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Nandi_position_and_facet_to_Kalenjin"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Nandi position and facet to Kalenjin</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#History"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">History</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#19th_century"><span class="tocnumber">3.1</span> <span class="toctext">19th century</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-5"><a href="#Settlement_of_Nandi"><span class="tocnumber">3.1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Settlement of Nandi</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-6"><a href="#Emotinua_development"><span class="tocnumber">3.1.2</span> <span class="toctext"><i>Emotinua</i> development</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-7"><a href="#Emotinua_organization"><span class="tocnumber">3.1.3</span> <span class="toctext">Emotinua organization</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-8"><a href="#Cultural_development"><span class="tocnumber">3.1.4</span> <span class="toctext">Cultural development</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9"><a href="#Mid-19th_century"><span class="tocnumber">3.2</span> <span class="toctext">Mid-19th century</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-10"><a href="#Nandi_identity"><span class="tocnumber">3.2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Nandi identity</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11"><a href="#Late_19th-century"><span class="tocnumber">3.3</span> <span class="toctext">Late 19th-century</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-12"><a href="#Nandi_resistance"><span class="tocnumber">3.3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Nandi resistance</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-13"><a href="#20th_century"><span class="tocnumber">3.4</span> <span class="toctext">20th century</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-14"><a href="#World_War_I_(1914%E2%80%931918)"><span class="tocnumber">3.4.1</span> <span class="toctext">World War I (1914–1918)</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-15"><a href="#Nandi_Protest_of_1923"><span class="tocnumber">3.4.2</span> <span class="toctext">Nandi Protest of 1923</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-16"><a href="#Recent_history"><span class="tocnumber">3.5</span> <span class="toctext">Recent history</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-17"><a href="#Culture"><span class="tocnumber">3.5.1</span> <span class="toctext">Culture</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-4 tocsection-18"><a href="#Sport"><span class="tocnumber">3.5.1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Sport</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-4 tocsection-19"><a href="#Politics"><span class="tocnumber">3.5.1.2</span> <span class="toctext">Politics</span></a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-20"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-21"><a href="#Bibliography"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Bibliography</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-22"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(1)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Nandi_people&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-1 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-1"> <p>Before the mid-19th century, the Nandi referred to themselves as <span title="Kalenjin-language text"><i lang="kln">Chemwalindet</i></span> (pl. <span title="Kalenjin-language text"><i lang="kln">Chemwalin</i></span>) or <a href="/wiki/Chemwal_people" title="Chemwal people">Chemwal</a> (pl. <span title="Kalenjin-language text"><i lang="kln">Chemwalek</i></span>)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while other Kalenjin-speaking communities referred to the Nandi as <span title="Kalenjin-language text"><i lang="kln">Chemngal</i></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-archive.org_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-archive.org-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is unclear where the terms originated from, though in early writings the latter term was associated with <span title="Turkana-language text"><i lang="tuv">ngaal</i></span> which means camel in <a href="/wiki/Turkana_language" title="Turkana language">Turkana</a> 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".<sup id="cite_ref-archive.org_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-archive.org-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later sources do not make similar suggestions or references to this position. </p><p>The name Nandi came into use after the mid-19th century and more so after the defeat of the <a href="/wiki/Uasin_Gishu_people" title="Uasin Gishu people">Uasin Gishu</a> and the routing of the Swahili and Arab traders.<sup id="cite_ref-oocities.org_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oocities.org-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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 <a href="/wiki/Cormorant" title="Cormorant">cormorant</a> which is known as <span title="Swahili (macrolanguage)-language text"><i lang="sw">mnandi</i></span> in <a href="/wiki/Swahili_language" title="Swahili language">Kiswahili</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(2)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Nandi_position_and_facet_to_Kalenjin">Nandi position and facet to Kalenjin</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Nandi_people&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Nandi position and facet to Kalenjin" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-2 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-2"> <p>The Nandi people are one among a group of communities that share cultural traits and a Southern Nilotic language known as <a href="/wiki/Kalenjin_languages" title="Kalenjin languages">Kalenjin</a>. 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 <a href="/wiki/East_Africa" title="East Africa">East Africa</a> in <a href="/wiki/African_Great_Lakes" title="African Great Lakes">African Great Lakes Region</a>. They include: the <b>Nandi</b>, <a href="/wiki/Kipsigis_people" title="Kipsigis people">Kipsigis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tugen_people" title="Tugen people">Tugen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Keiyo_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Keiyo people">Keiyo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Okiek_people" title="Okiek people">Okiek</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marakwet_people" title="Marakwet people">Marakwet</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sengwer_people" title="Sengwer people">Sengwer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sabaot_people" title="Sabaot people">Sabaot</a>, <a href="/wiki/Terik_people" title="Terik people">Terik</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pokot_people" title="Pokot people">Pokot</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sebei_people" title="Sebei people">Sebei</a>. The confederation came about as a result of the upheavals of the <a href="/wiki/First_Mutai" title="First Mutai">First</a> and <a href="/wiki/Second_Mutai" title="Second Mutai">Second Mutai</a>. </p><p>The Kalenjin languages are broadly similar with most of the dialects being mutually intelligible. The Nandi use <a href="/wiki/Kalenjin_name" title="Kalenjin name">Kalenjin nomenclature</a>, which is similar across most communities apart from the <a href="/wiki/Marakwet_people" title="Marakwet people">Marakwet</a> 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 the males or females of Marakwet. <a href="/wiki/Kalenjin_mythology" title="Kalenjin mythology">Kalenjin mythology</a> 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. </p><p>The Nandi experience contributes a great deal to commonly perceived <a href="/wiki/Traditional_Kalenjin_society" title="Traditional Kalenjin society">Kalenjin heritage</a> as well as to contemporary <a href="/wiki/Kalenjin_people" title="Kalenjin people">Kalenjin culture</a>. Many customs are shared across Kalenjin communities though circumcision 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. </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(3)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Nandi_people&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: History" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-3 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-3"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Kalenjin_people" title="History of the Kalenjin people">History of the Kalenjin people</a></div> <p>A totality of various traditions making up the narrative of the <a href="/wiki/Settlement_of_Nandi" title="Settlement of Nandi">Settlement of Nandi</a> seem to date 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 <a href="/wiki/Nandi_County" title="Nandi County">Nandi County</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="19th_century">19th century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Nandi_people&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 19th century" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Settlement_of_Nandi">Settlement of Nandi</h4><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Nandi_people&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Settlement of Nandi" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Settlement_of_Nandi" title="Settlement of Nandi">Settlement of Nandi</a></div> <p>Within Nandi tradition, the existence of a differentiated Nandi identity is understood as a distinct process through which various Kalenjin and <a href="/wiki/Maasai_language" title="Maasai language">Maa</a>-speaking clans came to occupy 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<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="You can help -- (May 2021)">definition needed</span></a></i>]</sup> and formed the Kipoiis clan; a name that possibly means 'the spirits'. They were led by a man named <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kakipoch&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kakipoch (page does not exist)">Kakipoch</a>, founder of the Nandi section of the Kalenjin and are said to have settled in the <i>emet</i> (county) of <a href="/wiki/Aldai_Constituency" title="Aldai Constituency">Aldai</a> in south-western Nandi. </p><p>Studies of the settlement pattern indicate that the southern regions were the first to be settled, the <i>emet</i> of Aldai on the west and the <i>emet</i> of Soiin on the east, being the first to be established. It has been conjectured that the first <a href="/wiki/Bororiet" title="Bororiet">pororosiek</a> were Kakipoch in Aldai and Tuken in Soiin.<sup id="cite_ref-Museums_Trustees_of_Kenya_1910_7_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Museums_Trustees_of_Kenya_1910_7-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It is notable that <a href="/wiki/Sirikwa_holes" title="Sirikwa holes">Sirikwa holes</a> (known to the Nandi as <i>mukowanisiek</i>) were almost non-existent in the areas first settled, being only present on the <a href="/wiki/Nandi_escarpment" class="mw-redirect" title="Nandi escarpment">Nandi escarpment</a> itself. They were however found in great numbers in the northern regions of Nandi.<sup id="cite_ref-Museums_Trustees_of_Kenya_1910_7_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Museums_Trustees_of_Kenya_1910_7-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Emotinua_development"><i>Emotinua</i> development</h4><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Nandi_people&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Emotinua development" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>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 <i>emotinwek</i> of Chesume, Emgwen and Masop. This period would also have seen the establishment of more <i>pororosiek</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Museums_Trustees_of_Kenya_1910_7_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Museums_Trustees_of_Kenya_1910_7-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The final expansion would occur during the middle of the nineteenth century when the Nandi took the Uain Gishu plateau from the <a href="/wiki/Uasin_Gishu_people" title="Uasin Gishu people">Uasin Gishu</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Emotinua_organization">Emotinua organization</h4><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Nandi_people&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Emotinua organization" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>The <i>emotinwek</i> 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 <i>emet</i> (pl. <i>emotinua</i>/<i>emotinwek</i>). These were Wareng, located to 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 <i>emotinwek</i> were divided into districts known as <i>bororiet</i> (<i>borororisiek</i>) and these were divided into villages known as <i>kokwet</i> (<i>kokwotinwek</i>). The Nandi administrative system was unique among the Kalenjin in having the <i>bororiosiek</i> administrative layer. </p><p>Within the wider Kalenjin administrative system, the Kokwet was the most significant political and judicial unit in terms of day to day issues. The <i>kokwet</i> 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 the <i>kokwet</i> 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 <i>Bororiet</i> was the most significant institution and the political system revolved around it. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Cultural_development">Cultural development</h4><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Nandi_people&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Cultural development" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>The Nandi of the nineteenth century were a primarily martial community and little cultural development 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". </p><p>The social climate (see <a href="/wiki/First_Mutai" title="First Mutai">First Mutai</a> and <a href="/wiki/Second_Mutai" title="Second Mutai">Second Mutai</a>) led to the development of a learning system known as <a href="/wiki/Kamuratanet" title="Kamuratanet">Kamuratanet</a> that principally revolved around preparation for warfare, both defensive and offensive. It divided the male sex into boys, warriors and elders while the female sex is divided into girls and married women. The first stage began at birth and continued until initiation. </p><p>All boys who were circumcised together were said to belong to the same <a href="/wiki/Ibinda_(age_set)" title="Ibinda (age set)">ibinda</a> (age set) and once the young men of a particular <span title="Kalenjin-language text"><i lang="kln">ibinda</i></span> 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 was known as the age of that <span title="Kalenjin-language text"><i lang="kln">ibinda</i></span>. The Kalenjin have eight cyclical age-sets or <span title="Kalenjin-language text"><i lang="kln">ibinwek</i></span>, however the Nandi dropped the <span title="Kalenjin-language text"><i lang="kln">korongoro</i></span> at some point as a result of disaster. Legend has it that the members of this <span title="Kalenjin-language text"><i lang="kln">ibinda</i></span> 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 <span title="Kalenjin-language text"><i lang="kln">ibinda</i></span>, the <span title="Kalenjin-language text"><i lang="kln">korongoro</i></span> put on their ears some <span title="Kalenjin-language text"><i lang="kln">septook</i></span> (broken pieces of calabashes) to avoid listening to the wise words of the <span title="Kalenjin-language text"><i lang="kln">Orkoiyot</i></span>. During the war they were unsuccessful. For fear of a recurrence, the community decided to retire the age-set. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mid-19th_century">Mid-19th century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Nandi_people&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Mid-19th century" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Nandi_identity">Nandi identity</h4><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Nandi_people&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Nandi identity" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>The earliest recorded mention of Arab <a href="/wiki/Convoy" title="Convoy">caravans</a> in Nandi oral tradition date to the 1850s during the time when the Sawe <a href="/wiki/Ibinda_(Age_set)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ibinda (Age set)">ibinda</a> (age-set) were warriors. The contact was antagonistic with raids on the caravans carried out by Nandi warriors. By 1854, 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. </p><p>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 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 the battle of Kimondi in 1895. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nandi_warriors_from_the_LOC.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Nandi_warriors_from_the_LOC.jpg/220px-Nandi_warriors_from_the_LOC.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="275" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="818" data-file-height="1024"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 275px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Nandi_warriors_from_the_LOC.jpg/220px-Nandi_warriors_from_the_LOC.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="275" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Nandi_warriors_from_the_LOC.jpg/330px-Nandi_warriors_from_the_LOC.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Nandi_warriors_from_the_LOC.jpg/440px-Nandi_warriors_from_the_LOC.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>Nandi warriors of the nineteenth century</figcaption></figure> <p>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. </p><p>Due to the casualties to the caravans, direct trade increasingly became difficult. Caravans rarely entered or camped in Nandi and 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.<sup id="cite_ref-oocities.org_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oocities.org-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>"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 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 the wrong road and then conduct a night attack. The Arab traders even attempted a tactic that had worked with other tribes, <a href="/wiki/Blood_brotherhood" class="mw-redirect" title="Blood brotherhood">blood brotherhood</a>. 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."<sup id="cite_ref-oocities.org_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oocities.org-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Frustrated by failures, 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 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. </p><p>The Nandi warriors had had enough. They sought permission from the Kaptalam <a href="/wiki/Orkoiyot" title="Orkoiyot">Orkoiyot</a> to kill the Arabs. He gave permission, and the post was stormed. Some accounts credit the <span title="Kalenjin-language text"><i lang="kln">Orkoiyot</i></span>'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 <span title="Kalenjin-language text"><i lang="kln">kiptaiyat</i></span> (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 the area. </p><p>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.<sup id="cite_ref-oocities.org_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oocities.org-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Late_19th-century">Late 19th-century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Nandi_people&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Late 19th-century" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Nandi_resistance">Nandi resistance</h4><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Nandi_people&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Nandi resistance" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Nandi_Resistance" title="Nandi Resistance">Nandi Resistance</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Koitalel_Arap_Samoei_Museum.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Koitalel_Arap_Samoei_Museum.jpg/220px-Koitalel_Arap_Samoei_Museum.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 165px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Koitalel_Arap_Samoei_Museum.jpg/220px-Koitalel_Arap_Samoei_Museum.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="165" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Koitalel_Arap_Samoei_Museum.jpg/330px-Koitalel_Arap_Samoei_Museum.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Koitalel_Arap_Samoei_Museum.jpg/440px-Koitalel_Arap_Samoei_Museum.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>Koitalel Arap Samoei Mausoleum and Museum in Nandi Hills, Kenya</figcaption></figure> <p>By the later decades of the 19th century, at the time when the early European explorers started advancing into 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.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>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 the Nandi and incoming British".<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This would cause more than a decade of conflict led on the Nandi side by <a href="/wiki/Koitalel_Arap_Samoei" title="Koitalel Arap Samoei">Koitalel Arap Samoei</a>, the Nandi <span title="Kalenjin-language text"><i lang="kln">Orkoiyot</i></span> at the time. </p><p>The conflict would end on 19 October 1905, when <a href="/wiki/Richard_Meinertzhagen" title="Richard Meinertzhagen">Col Richard Meinertzhagen</a> 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. </p><p>Sosten Saina, grand-nephew of one of Arap Samoei's bodyguards notes that "There were about 22 of them who went for a meeting with the <i>mzungu</i> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-east_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-east-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="20th_century">20th century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Nandi_people&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: 20th century" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="World_War_I_(1914–1918)"><span id="World_War_I_.281914.E2.80.931918.29"></span>World War I (1914–1918)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Nandi_people&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: World War I (1914–1918)" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>Official records of the K.A.R show that a total of 1,197 Nandi were recruited during 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 the earned wages seem to engender an affection for the formal economy nor was any effort made towards participation in the political process.<sup id="cite_ref-greenstein_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-greenstein-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>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 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 <a href="/wiki/Tanzania_Mainland" class="mw-redirect" title="Tanzania Mainland">Tanganyika</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mozambique" title="Mozambique">Mozambique</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-greenstein_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-greenstein-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Economically, it 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 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.<sup id="cite_ref-greenstein_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-greenstein-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There were also minimal changes to 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 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.<sup id="cite_ref-greenstein_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-greenstein-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Politically, it is observed that the Nyongik assimilated back into 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 <i>korotinwek</i> 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 the pension issue did not impel the Nyongik to form any sort of coherent organization.<sup id="cite_ref-greenstein_10-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-greenstein-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>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, 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 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".<sup id="cite_ref-greenstein_10-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-greenstein-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Accounts by European adventurers in the 19th century, such as Thompson who spoke of having to deal with the 'overbearing' attitude of the Maasai seem to be in line with his assertion.<sup id="cite_ref-thompson_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thompson-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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".<sup id="cite_ref-greenstein_10-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-greenstein-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This attitude has been commented upon outside Africa as well.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The environment following the war was thus one in which the European population 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 <i>Piny Owacho</i> (Voice of the People) movement and <a href="/wiki/Harry_Thuku" title="Harry Thuku">Harry Thuku's</a> Young Kikuyu Association. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Nandi_Protest_of_1923">Nandi Protest of 1923</h4><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Nandi_people&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Nandi Protest of 1923" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>A number of factors taking place in the early 1920s led to what has come to be termed the Nandi Protest<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or Uprisings of 1923. It was the first expression of organized resistance by the Nandi since the <a href="/wiki/Nandi_Resistance" title="Nandi Resistance">wars of 1905-06</a>. </p><p>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 <a href="/wiki/Kipsigis_people" title="Kipsigis people">Kipsigis</a> and Nandi refused to pay and this amount was deferred to 1922. Further, due to fears of a spread of <a href="/wiki/Rinderpest" title="Rinderpest">rinderpest</a> following an outbreak, 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 <a href="/wiki/Kenya_Colony" title="Kenya Colony">colonial government</a>. </p><p>All these things contributed to a buildup of antagonism and unrest toward the government between 1920 and 1923. In 1923, the <i>saget ab eito</i> (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 a <i>saget ab eito</i> thus witnessed expressions of military fervour and for the ceremony all Nandi males would gather in one place. </p><p>Alarmed at the prospect and as there was also organized protest among the <a href="/wiki/Kikuyu_people" title="Kikuyu people">Kikuyu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Luo_people_of_Kenya_and_Tanzania" class="mw-redirect" title="Luo people of Kenya and Tanzania">Luo</a> at that time, the colonial government came to believe that the <a href="/wiki/Orkoiyot" title="Orkoiyot">Orkoiyot</a> was planning to use the occasion of the <i>Saget ab eito</i> of 1923 as a cover under which to gather forces for a massive military uprising. On 16 October 1923, several days before the scheduled date for the <i>saget ab eito</i>, the <i>Orkoiyot</i> <a href="/wiki/Barsirian_Arap_Manyei" title="Barsirian Arap Manyei">Barsirian Arap Manyei</a> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i>Orkoiyot</i> <a href="/wiki/Barsirian_Arap_Manyei" title="Barsirian Arap Manyei">Barsirian Arap Manyei</a> would spend the next forty years in political detention, becoming Kenya's, and possibly Africa's, longest serving political prisoner.<sup id="cite_ref-east_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-east-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Recent_history">Recent history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Nandi_people&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Recent history" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Culture">Culture</h4><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Nandi_people&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Culture" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Sport">Sport</h5><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Nandi_people&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Sport" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Julius_Yego_Beijing_2015.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Julius_Yego_Beijing_2015.jpg/220px-Julius_Yego_Beijing_2015.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="426"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 146px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Julius_Yego_Beijing_2015.jpg/220px-Julius_Yego_Beijing_2015.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="146" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Julius_Yego_Beijing_2015.jpg/330px-Julius_Yego_Beijing_2015.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Julius_Yego_Beijing_2015.jpg/440px-Julius_Yego_Beijing_2015.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>Julius Yego is from Nandi County and is an alumnus of Kapsabet Boys High School</figcaption></figure> <p>Like other Kalenjin, the Nandi have produced a number of notable Kenyan athletes. These include great distance athletes like <a href="/wiki/Kipchoge_Keino" title="Kipchoge Keino">Kipchoge Keino</a> (Kip Keino), a gold medalist at Mexico (1968) and Munich (1972) Olympic games, and <a href="/wiki/Mike_Boit" title="Mike Boit">Prof. Mike Boit</a>, a bronze medalist at Munich 1972 Olympics. Others include <a href="/wiki/Peter_Koech" title="Peter Koech">Peter Koech</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Lagat" title="Bernard Lagat">Bernard Kipchirchir Lagat</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wilson_Kipketer" title="Wilson Kipketer">Wilson Kipketer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pamela_Jelimo" title="Pamela Jelimo">Pamela Jelimo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wilfred_Bungei" title="Wilfred Bungei">Wilfred Bungei</a>, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Mateelong" title="Richard Mateelong">Richard Mateelong</a>, <a href="/wiki/Henry_Rono" title="Henry Rono">Super Henry Rono</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peter_Rono" title="Peter Rono">Peter Rono</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tekla_Chemabwai" title="Tekla Chemabwai">Tecla Chemabwai</a>, and Paralympian <a href="/wiki/Henry_Kirwa" title="Henry Kirwa">Henry Kirwa</a> among others. The father of Kenyan steeplechasers <a href="/wiki/Amos_Biwott" title="Amos Biwott">Amos Kipwambok Biwott</a> comes from the community as does <a href="/wiki/Julius_Yego" title="Julius Yego">Julius Yego</a>, the first Kenyan to win a World Championships gold medal in a field event. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Janeth_Jepkosgei" title="Janeth Jepkosgei">Janeth Chepkosgei</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eliud_Kipchoge" title="Eliud Kipchoge">Eliud Kipchoge</a> are also Nandi. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Politics">Politics</h5><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Nandi_people&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Politics" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:William_Ruto_at_the_54th_IAEA_General_Conference.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/William_Ruto_at_the_54th_IAEA_General_Conference.jpg/220px-William_Ruto_at_the_54th_IAEA_General_Conference.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3591" data-file-height="2380"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 146px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/William_Ruto_at_the_54th_IAEA_General_Conference.jpg/220px-William_Ruto_at_the_54th_IAEA_General_Conference.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="146" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/William_Ruto_at_the_54th_IAEA_General_Conference.jpg/330px-William_Ruto_at_the_54th_IAEA_General_Conference.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/William_Ruto_at_the_54th_IAEA_General_Conference.jpg/440px-William_Ruto_at_the_54th_IAEA_General_Conference.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>William Ruto at the 54th Regular Session of the IAEA General Conference.</figcaption></figure> <p>The Nandi people have had remarkable political figures like <a href="/wiki/Jean-Marie_Seroney" title="Jean-Marie Seroney">Jean-Marie Seroney</a>, the first MP for Nandi and Tindiret. Seroney was arrested and detained without trial for three and a half years for defending the independence of Parliament at a time when it was becoming an arm of the Executive. He worked hard to introduce Bills that would remove or at least check the excessive powers vested in the President as a result of the numerous amendments to the Kenya Constitution. He also brought in the first Private Member's Bill to help ensure that Kenya's <a href="/wiki/Elections" class="mw-redirect" title="Elections">elections</a> were free, fair and inclusive. Other Nandi leaders include <a href="/wiki/Henry_Kosgey" title="Henry Kosgey">Henry Kosgey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kimaiyo_Sego" title="Kimaiyo Sego">Kimayo Arap Sego</a>, <a href="/wiki/Isaac_Ruto" title="Isaac Ruto">Isaac Ruto</a>, and <a href="/wiki/William_Samoei_Ruto" class="mw-redirect" title="William Samoei Ruto">William Samoei Ruto</a>. </p><p>Notable Nandi female politicians include <a href="/wiki/Chelagat_Mutai" title="Chelagat Mutai">Philomena Chelagat Mutai</a>, a lifelong activist for the inclusion of women in Kenyan politics and society, and <a href="/wiki/Sally_Kosgei" title="Sally Kosgei">Sally Kosgei</a>, a former MP for <a href="/wiki/Aldai_Constituency" title="Aldai Constituency">Aldai</a>. </p><p><br> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jackson_Mandago" title="Jackson Mandago">Jackson Mandago</a>, first governor and 2nd senator of <a href="/wiki/Uasin_Gishu_County" title="Uasin Gishu County">Uasin Gishu County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Sang" title="Stephen Sang">Stephen Sang</a>, first senator and 2nd Governor of <a href="/wiki/Nandi_County" title="Nandi County">Nandi County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sally_Kosgei" title="Sally Kosgei">Sally Kosgei</a>, former minister of Agriculture.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Kosgey" title="Henry Kosgey">Henry Kosgey</a>, former member of Parliament of Kenya and minister of industrialization</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean-Marie_Seroney" title="Jean-Marie Seroney">Jean-Marie Seroney</a>, former member of Parliament for Tinderet constituency</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chelagat_Mutai" title="Chelagat Mutai">Chelagat Mutai</a>, former Eldoret North Member of Parliament</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eliud_Kipchoge" title="Eliud Kipchoge">Eliud Kipchoge</a>, marathon runner</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernard_Lagat" title="Bernard Lagat">Bernard Lagat</a>, middle and long distance runner</li></ul> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(4)"><span class="indicator mf-icon 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