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The Nandi people have had remarkable political figures like Jean-Marie Seroney, 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.
The Settlement of Nandi was the historical process by which the various communities that today make up the Nandi people of Kenya settled in Nandi County. It is captured in the folklore of the Nandi as a distinct process composed of a series of inward migrations by members from various Kalenjin ortinwek .
Nandi (Sanskrit: नन्दि), also known as Nandikeshvara or Nandideva, is the bull vahana (mount) of the Hindu god Shiva. He is also the guardian deity of Kailash , the abode of Shiva. Almost all Shiva temples display stone images of a seated Nandi, generally facing the main shrine.
Koitalel arap Samoei (c.1860 – 19 October 1905) was an Orkoiyot who led the Nandi people from 1890 until his assassination in 1905. The Orkoiyot occupied a sacred and special role within the Nandi and Kipsigis people of Kenya. He held the dual roles of chief spiritual and military leader, and had the authority to make decisions regarding ...
Kimnyole (son of Torokat), killed by the Nandi in 1890. The Nandi area was formally incorporated into British East Africa in 1888 (though it submitted only in 1906.) Koitalel Arap Samoei (son of Kimnyole), killed and decapitate by British forces in 1905. [1] Kipeles or Tamasun (also son of Kimnyole), whose reign continued past 1909.
S. Pedda Yerikal Reddy (4 June 1950 – 30 April 2019) was a three-time Lok Sabha MP and Industrialist who headed the Nandi Group of Industries. [2] He was born on 4 June 1950 in the Ankalammagudur village from Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh.
The Nandi people call it "kerit". Local legend holds that the Nandi bear has reddish hair, long feet and is said to scalp people. [1] In 1961, Gardner Soule noted that sightings were reported in Kenya throughout the 19th century and early 20th century, but it "never has been caught or identified". [6] Sightings of the Nandi bear decreased over ...
Nandi (mother of Shaka) (1760–1827), daughter of Bhebe of the Langeni tribe Onandi Lowe (born 1974), Jamaican footballer nicknamed Nandi Nandi Bushell (born 2010), South African-British drummer and musician