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The Kipsigis emerged victorious and defeated Maasai with the later disavowing what is today Bomet county and Narok West constituency. Battle of Ng'oino 1850 1st cycle Sawe Bureti/Roret The Kipsigis army was defeated and had to restructure their regiment system. [18] Battle of Tiriitab Moita Battle of Kibongwa Battle of Chelemei Battle of Kipsabanut
The first name of the Kipsigis males is prefixed by the term 'Kip' and then added a suffix descriptive of the prenatal, natal or post-natal places or time or weather and situations. It was to be widely used before initiation and rarely after, only as the mother mourns a dead soldier son or during divorce.
The family that established the office of Orkoiyot (warlord/diviner) among both the Nandi and Kipsigis were migrants from northern Chemwal regions. By the mid-nineteenth century, both the Nandi and Kipsigis were expanding at the expense of the Maasai. [38] The Iloikop wars ended in the 1870s with the defeat and dispersal of the Laikipiak.
The Kipsigis people are the most numerous tribe of the Kalenjin in Kenya, accounting for 60% of all Kalenjin speakers. Kipsigis is closely related to Nandi, Keiyo (Keyo, Elgeyo), South Tugen (Tuken), and Cherangany. The Kipsigis territory is bordered to the south and southeast by the Maasai. To the west, Gusii (a Bantu language) is spoken. To ...
Traditional Kalenjin society is the way of life that existed among the Kalenjin-speaking people prior to the advent of the colonial period in Kenya and after the decline of the Chemwal, Lumbwa and other Kalenjin communities in the late 1700s and early 1800s.
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Kipsigis language, a Nilotic language spoken by the Kipsigis people Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Kipsigis .
The office that the Orkoiyot held was referred to as the Orkoinotet [5] and was established among the Nandi by Kipsegun, a Segelai Maasai.The abilities that distinguished an Orkoiyot were hereditary and thus the office passed on to his son Arap Kipsegun though their dynasty was short-lived and ended with the son.