[Cock-Meup]

My advice kikuyus in the north rift is they should arm themselves and protect they interests in rift valley. If anybody is interested in their land they should buy at the current market value. My arm yourselves and protect your interests. If it means burning kenya down so be it. The boundaries in rift valley and central kenya were created by the british to achieve the exact results it has achieved. So rise up against any fool who believe he can take your property. We will support you from where we are. Idps must be settled today not tomorrow. Any fool who thinks otherwise can kiss his mother's ass

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Originally Posted by cock-meup

my advice kikuyus in the north rift is they should arm themselves and protect they interests in rift valley. If anybody is interested in their land they should buy at the current market value. My arm yourselves and protect your interests. If it means burning kenya down so be it. The boundaries in rift valley and central kenya were created by the british to achieve the exact results it has achieved. So rise up against any fool who believe he can take your property. We will support you from where we are. Idps must be settled today not tomorrow. Any fool who thinks otherwise can kiss his mother's ass

nilotic migrations highland nilotes


the nilotes moved out of their original homeland which was to the west of lake turkana, between 10th and 14th centuries ad. They moved in different directions and these consisted of the kalenjin, the maasai, the turkana, the iteso and the luo.

The first group which was made up of the kalenjin, moved southwards into kenya and this became the ancestors of the kalenjin. At about 1000 ad the pre-kalenjin communities were occupying the uasin gishu plateau. On the eastern side of the kalenjin another very important expansion was taking place which led to the withdrawal of the kalenjin from some of the grasslands along the rift valley, which they formerly occupied, to their present homes.


This is of course, in reference to the expansion of the maasai southwards along the rift valley, which dates from the 1600 ad. The maasai drove the kalenjin from the eastern grazing lands in the nakuru and tugen areas towards the present elgeyo, elgon, nandi and kipsigis. With the resulting loss of much of their grazing lands, the kalenjin were forced to reduce their herds and to rely more on agriculture. Also the different kalenjin groups were isolated permanently into separate communities such as kipsigis, nandi, tugen.


Later the kalenjin migrated to sirikwa. Thus the nandi, elgeyo, kipsigis and maasai hived of to immigrant settlers at sirikwa and migrated to the present homeland. The bok came from sirikwa in the elgeyo area and then moved on to kitale and stayed there for about five years and then to swam hill (malikisi) where they settled. Plain nilotes the maasai moved into the highlands before settling in the rift valley area by the 18th century. By the 19th century, the maasai society began to disintegrate as a result of wars.

The kalenjin, especially the nandi began to expand into the western highlands at the expense of the maasai. Other bantu communities, especially the kikuyu and the kamba also exploited the situation to extend their territories into what were formerly maasai areas. River lake nilotes the luo group moved up from lake turkana area, westwards to the lake albert and river nile. They began moving southwards in the 14th and 15th centuries and gradually settled in kenya between the 15th and 17th centuries ad. 1500 ad marked the advent of the luo who displaced the luyia speakers from the lake basin.


The luo occupation of the lake region during the last 500 years resulted in the retreat of the luhyia eastwards to higher ground. The teso of busia district originated in the sudan and then moved on to the country of the karamajong. From here they dispersed, and some went to turkana and others to soroti. They then moved into ngora in the teso district of uganda, kumi, kachubalang in the same district and then into kanginima, which is the teso country of uganda and on into tororo and akoret in uganda.

They dispersed and spread all over the place and by the 18th century, they were settled in their present homeland in busia district.

Sources: i) kenya an official handbook ii) story of africa from the earliest times, book one, a.j. Willis iii) longman ghc, e s atieno odhiambo, john n b, n i were