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File Pokot Woman.jpg thumb A group of Pokot women walk to a meeting The Pokot people commonly spelled P koot , live in the West Pokot County and Baringo County s of Kenya and in Pokot District of eastern ... of the Kalanjen grouping. Kenya s 2009 census puts the total number of Pokot speakers at about 620,000 in Kenya. In addition, there are close to 100,000 Pokot speakers in Uganda. According to the census, there were 133,000 Pokot speakers in Baringo county and close to 500,000 in West Pokot county. A fair estimate indicates that there are close to 700,000 Pokot speakers in Kenya and Uganda. Based on area and cultural differences, the Pokot people can be divided into two groups Rottland 1982 the Hill P koot and the Plains Pokot . The Hill Pokot live in the rainy highlands in the west and in the central south of the Pokot area and are both farmer s and pastoralism pastoralist s. The Plains Pokot live in the dry and infertile plains, herding cows, goats and sheep. Many Pokot people from the present eastern part of the Pokot area claim that they come from the hilly areas of northern Cherengani ... people Maasai people. War with neighbouring tribe Pokot Since time immemorial, the Turkana and Pokot ... New York University. Bollig, Michael 1990. An outline of pre colonial Pokot history , Afrikanistische Arbeitspapiere , 23, pp. 73&ndash 91. Kurita, Kazuaki 1983. Material culture of the Pokot Kenya ... Uganda Border Western Pokot, 1900 1986. A Ph.D. dissertation University of Amsterdam. Kjartan Jonsson 2006. Pokot Masculinity, The Role of Rituals in Forming Men. A Ph.D. dissertation, Reykjavik University ... Roles of Pokot women. A Ph.D. dissertation, Lucy Cavendish Collage, Cambridge. Reckers, Ute 1992 . Nomadische Viehalter in Kenya die Ost Pokot aus human kologischer Sicht Arbeiten aus dem Institut ... Pokot District, Kenya. A Ph.D. dissertation, University of Washington. Visser, J.J. 1989. P koot Religion ...?code PKO P koot language on the Ethnologue http www.uiowa.edu africart toc people Pokot.html Pokot ... more details
West Pokot District is an districts of Kenya administrative district in the Rift Valley Province of Kenya . Its capital town is Kapenguria . The district has a population of 308,086 1999 census and an area of 9,064 km http www.statoids.com yke.html . Pokot people inhabit the area. Kenya Electricity Generating Company Kengen s Turkwel Hydro Power Plant is also situated in West Pokot District. It is a power plant that produces about 105MW of power that is fed to the national grid. Communities around the power plant and the extensive districts of West Pokot and Turkana do not enjoy the benefits coming from the power plant. Tegla Loroupe , one of the most famous Kenyan female runners is from West Pokot. District subdivisions class wikitable colspan 4 Local authorities councils colspan 4 Authority Type Population Urban pop. Kapenguria Municipality 56,019 12,984 Chepareria Town 8,212 901 Pokot County 243,855 0 Total 308,086 13,885 colspan 4 smaller 1999 census. Source http treasury.go.ke cbs.go.ke pdf authority.pdf class wikitable colspan 4 Administrative divisions colspan 4 Division Population Urban pop. Headquarters Alale 29,679 0 Chepareria 68,518 900 Chepareria Chesegon 21,343 0 Kacheliba 20,151 0 Kapenguria 62,746 12,438 Kapenguria Kasei 9,879 0 Kongelai 20,018 0 Kongelai Lelan 32,931 0 Sigor 42,821 0 Sigor Total 308,086 13,338 colspan 4 smaller 1999 census. Sources http www.cck.go.ke html final annex1 cover status.pdf , http www.ilri.cgiar.org html Urban 20Poverty 20all 20Kenya ... Kapenguria Constituency Sigor Constituency External links http softkenya.com county west pokot county West Pokot County http www.aridland.go.ke districts.asp?DistrictID 19 Aridland.go.ke http ... N 35.1167 E source kolossus dewiki display title Category West Pokot District Category Districts of Kenya de West Pokot District sw Wilaya ya Pokot Magharibi nl West Pokot no West Pokot distrikt sv V stra Pokot ... more details
Kalenjin may refer to Kalenjin people Elgeyo people Elgeyo Kipsigis people Kipsigis Marakwet Kalenjin tribe Marakwet people Nandi people Nandi Pokot people Pokot Sabaot people Sabaot Terik people Terik Tugen people Tugen Sebei people Sebei Kalenjin language Kalenjin languages disambig nl Kalenjin ... more details
colspan 2 Ward Registered Voters Local authorities of Kenya Local Authority Chekomos 626 Pokot County ... Pokot County Endugh 1,412 Pokot County Kaibos 1,118 Kapenguria municipality Kanyarkwat 2,203 Pokot ... 2,298 Pokot County Keringet Psigirio 3,091 Kapenguria municipality Keringet 2,012 Pokot County Kisiaunet 4,280 Kapenguria municipality Miskwony 1,634 Pokot County Nakwijit 545 Pokot County Ptoyo 1,511 Pokot County Riwo 3,417 Pokot County Senetwo 1,528 Chepareria town Siyoi 2,336 Kapenguria municipality Sook 832 Pokot County Talau 1,413 Kapenguria municipality Tamugh 1,305 Pokot County Ywalateke ... Category West Pokot District Category Constituencies in Rift Valley Province sw Jimbo la Uchaguzi ... more details
Kaptabuk is a village and an administrative Locations of Kenya location in the Lelan division of West Pokot District , Rift Valley Province, Kenya Rift Valley Province , Kenya http www.worldbank.org research povertymaps kenya ch5.3.5.pdf . Nearest towns are Kapenguria district capital of West Pokot and Kapsowar in Marakwet District . Kaptabuk is the birthplace of Kenyan runner Abraham Chebii . coord missing Kenya Category Populated places in Rift Valley Province RiftValleyKE geo stub sw Kaptabuk sv Kaptabuk ... more details
Kapenguria is a town lying north east of Kitale on the A1 road Kenya A1 road in Kenya . Kapenguria is capital of the West Pokot District . Kapenguria forms a municipality with an urban population of 13,000 and a total population of 56,000 1999 census ref Kenya National Bureau of Statistics http treasury.go.ke cbs.go.ke pdf authority.pdf Population of local authorities ref . Kapenguria municipality has seven wards Chemwochoi, Kaibos, Kapenguria, Keringet Psigirio, Kisiaunet, Siyoi and Talau . All of them belong to Kapenguria Constituency, which has a total of 23 wards, the remaining 15 are located within other local authorities ref Electoral Commission of Kenya http www.eck.or.ke downloads pollingcentres.pdf Registration centres by electoral area and constituency ref . Lying near the Saiwa Swamp National Park , Kapenguria is home to a museum in the prison where Jomo Kenyatta was incarcerated in 1953 for his alleged role in the Mau Mau Rebellion . It is the home of Tegla Loroupe , world record holder in the marathon, half marathon, 20,000 meter, 15,000 meter and 10,000 meter races. She holds annual http www.teglaloroupepeacefoundation.org index.htm Peace Race races here, to bring peace among the eight tribes in the West Pokot area. This is the location of the Tegla Loroupe Peace Academy , founded to provide education for orphans from the tribal wars. See also Kapenguria Six References Reflist First and second level administrative divisions of Kenya coord 1 14 N 35 07 E region KE type city display title Category West Pokot District Category Populated places in Rift Valley Province RiftValleyKE geo stub ca Kapenguria ka sw Kapenguria pl Kapenguria ro Kapenguria sv Kapenguria zh ... more details
Sigor Constituency is an Constituencies of Kenya electoral constituency in Kenya . It is one of three constituencies of West Pokot District . The constituency has 14 wards, all electing councillors for the Pokot County Council. The constituency was established for the 1988 elections. Members of Parliament class wikitable Elections MP ref Center for Multiparty Democracy http www.cmd.or.ke images Politics 20and 20Paliamenterians 20in 20Kenya.pdf Politics and Parliamenterians in Kenya 1944 2007 ref Party Notes Kenyan general election, 1988 1988 Christopher M. Lomada Kenya African National Union KANU One party system. Kenyan general election, 1992 1992 Philip Ruto Rotino Kenya African National Union KANU Kenyan general election, 1997 1997 Christopher M. Lomada Kenya African National Union KANU Kenyan general election, 2002 2002 Philip Ruto Rotino Kenya African National Union KANU Kenyan general election, 2007 2007 Wilson Litole Orange Democratic Movement ODM Wards class wikitable colspan 2 Wards colspan 2 Ward Registered Voters Batei 4,107 Cheptulel 2,334 Kaptabuk 3,216 Lelan 4,327 Lomut 3,365 Masol 1,273 Mwino 2,195 Parua 2,484 Porkoyu 826 Sekerot 947 Sekerr 3,063 Sondany 2,053 Tapach 3,024 Wei Wei 4,336 Total 37,550 colspan 2 smaller September 2005 ref Electoral Commission of Kenya http www.agendaafrica.com files Voters.pdf Registered voters per polling station by electoral area ward and constituency ref . References Reflist Kenyan constituencies Rift Valley coord missing Kenya Category West Pokot District Category Constituencies in Rift Valley Province sw Jimbo la Uchaguzi la Sigor ... more details
The Boya called Larim and Langorim by the Didinga people are an ethnic group numbering 20,000 to 25,000 people living in Budi County , part of the Greater Kapoeta region of the South Sudan ese state of Eastern Equatoria . ref name Gurtong The language of the Boya is the Nilo Saharan Narim language , related to that of the Didinga people Didinga , Tenet people Tenet and Murle people Murle in South Sudan Nile and the Pokot people Pokot in Kenya . The people mostly live in the south and west Boya Hills , in the Mt. Kosodek and Mt. Lobuli areas. ref cite web url http www.ethnologue.com show language.asp?code loh title Narim A language of Sudan work Ethnologue accessdate 2011 07 15 ref The main town is Kimatong , at the foot of the hills. They are agro pastoralist, cultivating sorghum, maize and beans, but mainly involved in livestock herding, hunting game and fishing. ref name Gurtong References reflist refs ref name Gurtong cite web url http www.gurtong.net Peoples PeoplesProfiles LarimBoya tabid 205 Default.aspx title Larim Boya publisher Gurtong accessdate 2011 07 15 ref Eastern Equatoria Category Ethnic groups in South Sudan SouthSudan ethno group stub eo Narimoj ... more details
Riwo is a village near Kabarnet in the Baringo District , Rift Valley Province, Kenya Rift Valley Province , Kenya . It is part of Kabarnet municipality. It is the birthplace of famous Kenyan runner Paul Tergat . The local primary school is supported by the World Food Programme . ref cite news author World Food Programme title Marathon man with a mission url http www.wfp.org newsroom in depth africa tergat0209.htm work date accessdate 2007 03 23 ref There is also village called Riwo in West Pokot District and Trans Nzoia District . References references coord missing Kenya Category Populated places in Rift Valley Province RiftValleyKE geo stub sw Riwo sv Riwo ... more details
Incubator code pko Infobox language name P koot states Kenya , Uganda region West Pokot and Baringo districts in Kenya . Karimojong borderland in Uganda . speakers 334,000 date 1994 2002 ethnicity familycolor Nilo Saharan fam2 Eastern Sudanic languages Eastern Sudanic fam3 Nilotic languages Nilotic fam4 Southern Nilotic languages Southern Nilotic fam5 Kalenjin languages Kalenjin iso3 pko P koot also known as Pokot , P kot , P kot and in older literature as Suk is a language spoken in western Kenya and eastern Uganda by the Pokot people. P koot is classified as the Northern branch of the Kalenjin languages found in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. The P koot are usually called Kimukon by the other Kalenjin peoples. A 1994 figure of SIL puts the total number of speakers at 264 000, while the only little more recent Schladt 1997 40 gives the more conservative estimate of 150 000 people, presumably based on the figures found in Rottland 1982 26 who puts the number at slightly more than 115 000. The P koot area is bordered to the north by the Eastern Nilotic languages Eastern Nilotic language Karimojong language Karimojong . Turkana language Turkana , another Eastern Nilotic language, is found to the northeast. To the east, the Maa languages Samburu language Samburu and Camus language Camus on Lake Baringo are spoken, and to the south, the other Kalenjin languages Tugen language Tugen and Markweta language Markweta are found, which show considerable influence from P koot. ref Rottland, Franz 1982 Die S dnilotischen Sprachen Beschreibung, Vergleichung und Rekonstruktion K lner Beitr ge zur Afrikanistik vol. 7 . Berlin Dietrich Reimer. esp. pp. 26, 138 139 ref References reflist Schladt, Matthias 1997 Kognitive Strukturen von K rperteilvokabularien in Kenianischen Sprachen Afrikanistische Monographien vol. 8 . K ln Institut f r Afrikanistik University of Cologne Universit t zu K ln . esp. pp. 40&ndash 42 External links http www.ethnologue.com show language.asp?code pko ... more details
Uasin Gishu smaller Eldoret West Pokot District West Pokot smaller Kapenguria Districts after 2007 Several ... Bomet Bomet Buret District Buret Litein Chepalungu District Chepalungu Sigor East Pokot District East Pokot Chemolingot Kajiado District Kajiado Kajiado Kajiado North District Kajiado North Ngong, Kenya ... North Narok Narok South District Narok South Ololulunga Njoro District Njoro Njoro North Pokot District North Pokot Alale Nyahururu District Nyahururu Nyahururu Pokot Central District Pokot Central ... Eldoret East Naiberi Wareng District Wareng Outspan West Pokot District West Pokot Kapenguria See also ... more details
The Turkwel River sometimes spelled Turkwell River is a river flowing from Mount Elgon in the border of Kenya and Uganda to Lake Turkana . The river is called Suam River from its source to the border with the West Pokot District of Kenya. The name Turkwel is derived from the Turkana language Turkana name for the river, Tir kol , which means translates to a river that withstands the wilderness . The River Turkwel or Turkwell begins from the lush green Mount Elgon , traverses the Southern Turkana Plains , crosses Loturerei Desert near Lodwar and empties to the world s largest desert lake, Lake Turkana . A Turkwel Hydro Power Plant controversial hydro power plant was built by the Kenyan government in the early 1990s with the help of France . The plan was to harness the waters of the Turkwel. The project was initially supposed to cost 4 billion Kenyan shilling s, but ended up costing more than 20 billion. References reflist coord 3 06 N 36 06 E region KE type river source dewiki display title Rivers of Kenya Category Rivers of Kenya Category Mount Elgon Category Lake Turkana EasternKE geo stub de Turkwel ka zh ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Joseph Pasquale Crazzolara April 12, 1884 March 25, 1976 was a Christianity Christian missionary in Africa , an ethnologist and a linguist . Works Outlines of a Nuer Grammar 1933 A Study of the Acooli Language 1938 The Lwoo 1950 54 Zur Gesellschaft und Religion der Nueer 1953 A Study of the Logbara Ma di Language 1960 A Study of the Pokot Suk Language 1978 Bibliography Refbegin indent yes BEGIN biblio format. If indent param. is used, Pls use a colon instead of asterisk for bullet markers in the references list cite book author aut Vittur, Franz year 2005 title P. Pasquale Crazzolara e la sua Africa la storia di un missionario comboniano location S. Martin de Tor Bolzano publisher Istitut ladin Micur de R isbn 9788881710638 oclc 61201626 language Italian Refend END biblio format style Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Crazzolara, Joseph Pasquale ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH April 12, 1884 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH March 25, 1976 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Crazzolara, Joseph Pasquale Category 1884 births Category 1976 deaths Category Christian missionaries in Africa Category Linguists Category Ethnologists Category Missionary linguists christian bio stub linguist stub anthropologist stub ... more details
Linah Jebii Kilimo born October 22, 1963 is a female Member of Parliament in Kenya s government. At the Kenyan general election, 2002 2002 general elections she was elected to represent Marakwet East Constituency on National Rainbow Coalition NARC ticket. Her political opponents opposed her running for office on the grounds that she had not been female circumcision circumcised and so was not fit to hold public office. She has however been instrumental in working with the Government and Non Governmental Organisations NGOs in working towards eradicating FGM. She has also been instrumental in bringing a lasting peace between the Pokot s and Marakwet s. The Marakwet community and particularly those from Marakwet East Constituency had been persecuted raided severally by marauding Pokot warriors, which the Kenya African National Union KANU Government had failed to stop despite the presence of the Army, the Police and Paramilitary police units in the area. This peace was achieved only after the National Rainbow Coalition NARC Government was elected in December 2002, as a result the two communities now live in peace and harmony. Lina Kilimo has also been successful in developing the Marakwet East constituency, through providing funding to local school by way of books, more teachers, food programs and even clothing. She has worked with the Government to enhance access to the constituency by construction of an all weather road, with the intention to make the same a tarmac road in the short term future. Linah Kilimo is married to an Engineer working with the Government and they have five children. At the Kenyan constitutional referendum, 2005 2005 Kenyan constitutional referendum , she supported its rejection. Along with number of other ministers, she was kicked out the government after the referendum, which failed to pass the proposed new constitution. She joined the Orange Democratic Movement, but later left the party to support the re election of president Mwai Kibaki . ref ... more details
, West Pokot District DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Kirop, Helena Loshanyang Category 1976 births Category Living people Category People from West Pokot District Category Kenyan long distance ... more details
Hosea Mwok Macharinyang born 12 June 1986 in West Pokot District is a Kenya n runner who specializes in the 10,000 metres and cross country running . He won three consecutive team titles with Kenya at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships from 2006 to 2008. Career Typical of many Kenyan elite athletes, his first experiences of running came about through travelling to and from school. In 2004 he came second in the junior race at the Kenyan Cross Country Championships and was later selected for the world championship team. As a cross country running cross country junior athlete he came sixth at the World Cross Championships that year, improving to fourth place the following year. Macharinyang made his first appearances on the track and field track in 2004 and after a fourth place over 10,000 metres at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics , he went on to take the silver medal at the 2005 African Junior Athletics Championships . He moved up to the senior ranks at the 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and helped Kenya to the team medal with his sixth place finish in the long race. Further team golds came at the 2007 and 2008 events, where he was fifth and eleventh overall, respectively. ref name Focus Mokabi, James & Mutuota, Mutwiri 2011 03 01 . http www.iaaf.org news athletes newsid 46496.html Focus on Athletes Hosea Mwok MACHARINYANG . IAAF. Retrieved on 2011 12 05. ref He won the 2007 Great Edinburgh Run and made his half marathon debut at the 2008 Stramilano , finishing fifth. ref James Wokabi and Mutwiri Mutuota 2008 03 22 . http www.iaaf.org news athletes newsid 46496.html Focus on Athletes Hosea Mwok MACHARINYANG . IAAF . Retrieved on 2011 01 19. ref ref Sampaolo, Diego 2008 04 06 . http www.iaaf.org WHM08 news kind 100 newsid 44354.html Kipchumba ... 1986 PLACE OF BIRTH West Pokot District, Rift Valley Province, Kenya DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH ... Pokot District Category Kenyan long distance runners Category Male long distance runners pl Hosea ... more details
The Tugen Hills also known as Saimo are series of hills in Baringo District , Kenya . The Tugen Hills represent one of the few areas in Africa preserving a succession of deposits from the period of between 14 and 4 million years ago, making them an important location for the study of human and animal evolution. Excavations at the site conducted by Richard Leakey and others have yielded a complete skeleton of a 1.5 million year old elephant 1967 , a new species of monkey 1969 and fossil remains of hominids from 1 to 2 million years ago. ref name bbc cite news url http news.bbc.co.uk 2 hi science nature 4201666.stm title First chimpanzee fossils found accessdate 2008 03 16 date 2005 08 31 work BBC News ref Six million year old hominid fossils were discovered here in 2000 by Martin Pickford , the oldest ever discovered in Kenya, and the second oldest in the world after Sahelanthropus tchadensis . The species was named Orrorin tugenensis after the location. ref cite journal ref harv last1 Senut first Brigitte last2 Pickford first2 Martin last3 Gommery first3 Dominique last4 Mein first4 Pierre coauthors Cheboi, Kiptalam Coppens, Yves title First hominid from the Miocene Lukeino Formation, Kenya journal Comptes Rendus de l Acad mie de Sciences year 2001 volume 332 issue 2 page 140 doi 10.1016 S1251 8050 01 01529 4 url http www2.ku.edu lba Anth703 Articles ORRORIN.pdf accessdate December 2010 bibcode 2001CRASE.332..137S ref Footnotes reflist External links http news.bbc.co.uk 2 hi science nature 4201666.stm First chimpanzee fossils found http faculty.smu.edu bjacobs miocene.htm Pokot woman in native dress, photographed in the Tugen Hills, Kenya coord missing Kenya Category Great Rift Valley RiftValleyKE geo stub ... more details
Infobox power station name Turkwel Hydro Power Plant image image caption location map Kenya country Kenya locale Turkwel lat d 1 lat m 55 lat s 0 lat NS N long d 35 long m 20 long s 30 long EW E coordinates type source dewiki region KE 700 scale 50000 type landmark coordinates display title owner status Active primary fuel Hydropower conveyance combined cycle generation units 4 max planned cap 106 Watt Megawatt MW commissioned 1991 decommissioned The Turkwel Hydro Power Plant is Kenya s largest hydroelectricity hydro power plant having an installed electric capacity of 106 Megawatt MW ref cite web url http www.kengen.co.ke index.php?page business&subpage hydro&id 12 title Kengen Turkwel History ref . The dam , Kenya s largest, is located on the Turkwel River in NW Kenya. It has a height of 153 m, crest length of 150 m, dam volume of 170,000 m and retains a water volume of 1,641,000,000 m . It is well known in being a failed aid project where the dam was built on the wrong information, and it has never run to its full capacity. 800 people had to move because of the dam, with little or no compensation, and the damage to the environment and the local people has been huge. See also List of hydropower stations in Africa References Reflist External links http en.structurae.de structures data index.cfm?ID s0009251 structurae Category West Pokot District Category Hydroelectric power stations in Kenya Hydroelectric power plant stub Kenya stub de Turkwel Talsperre no Turkwel vannkraftverk ... more details
Infobox settlement official name Marigat image flag flag size image skyline imagesize image caption pushpin map Kenya mapsize 200px map caption Location of Marigat coordinates display inline,title coordinates region KE subdivision type Country subdivision type1 Province subdivision name Kenya subdivision name1 Rift Valley Province established title established date population as of population urban population metro population note population total population density km2 timezone East Africa Time EAT utc offset 3 latd 0.47 longd 35.98 elevation ft footnotes Marigat is a settlement in Kenya s Rift Valley Province . Marigat is a fast growing town located in the lowlands of Baringo district. Its growth is supported by the Perkerra irrigation scheme where onions, pepper, papaws and maize, among other crops, are grown. Marigat town is about 20 km from both the famous L. Baringo and L. Bogoria this exposes the town to new ideology through interaction between visitors and the locals. Marketing of local products such as honey kumyante , goat s meat beny , and cultural artifacts is made effective by the surging local and foreign tourists and travellers. Tourists go for art such as braided callabush, the ilchamus club, ilchamus sheets and the tugen bow and arrows. Passengers buy onions, tomatoes, honey, water, melon, bananas, oranges from the Parkerra irrigation scheme as they wait for the bus at the Matatu stage to surprise their families. Marigat is inhabited by the Tugen Samor mainly from the upper regions, i.e. south, southeast and southwest, the Njemps Ilchamus mainly from the low regions northwards and at the western Pokot communities who are mainly pastoralists. References reflist Great Rift Valley, Kenya Category Populated places in Rift Valley Province ... more details
nofootnotes date December 2010 Image Lornah Kiplagat.jpg thumb right Lornah Kiplagat Kalenjin is an ethnic group of Nilotic origin living in the East African Rift in western Kenya and eastern Uganda . The Kalenjin population is estimated at roughly 4.4 million. There are several smaller tribal groupings within the Kalenjin Elgeyo , Endorois , Kipsigis people Kipsigis , Marakwet , dubious date October 2011 Nandi ethnic group Nandi , Pokot , dubious date October 2011 Sabaot , dubious date October 2011 Terik people Terik , Tugen and Sebei . dubious date October 2011 the Kalenjin people are not speakers of Kalenjin languages, but ethnic Kalenjin. The Marakwet, Pokot, Sabaot etc. are AFAIK not. They are pastoralism pastoralist s and are believed to have migrated to their present location from Sudan 2,000 years ago. Until the early 1950s the Kenyan peoples now known as the Kalenjin did not have a common name they were usually referred to as the Nandi speaking tribes by scholars and administration officials, a practice that did not immediately come to a halt after the adoption of the common name Kalenjin cf. Evans Pritchard 1965 . In the late 1940s and the early 1950s, several Nandi speaking peoples united to assume the common name Kalenjin , a Nandi expression meaning I say to you . Due to this effort, the peoples were transformed into a major ethnic group in Kenya. The Kalenjin make up about 12 of Kenya s population nowadays, i.e., 4.4 million out of a total population of Kenya of 37 million. The adoption of the name Kalenjin also involved a standardization of the different dialects of Nandi. The languages of the Kenyan Kalenjin peoples are classified under the language family of Kalenjin languages , which also encompasses languages spoken in Tanzania e.g. Akie language Akie and Uganda e.g. Kupsabiny language Kupsabiny . Due to this even broader use of the term Kalenjin , it is common practice in linguistic literature to refer to the languages of the Kenyan Kalenjin peop ... more details
and Embobut Mosop . Marakwet people speak the Markweta language . War with neighboring tribe Pokot The Marakwet and Pokot tribes are both sub groups of the larger Kalenjin people Kalenjin . The war ... more details
, with headquarters at Amudat . The main ethnic group in the district are the Pokot , a group that shares a common culture and customs with the Pokot and Kalenjin of Kenya . The district ... more details
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