List of Rulers of the
Nandi (
Kenya
Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country located in East Africa. With an estimated population of more than 52.4 million as of mid-2024, Kenya is the 27th-most-populous country in the world and the 7th most populous in Africa. ...
), or
Orkoiyots:
(Dates in italics indicate ''de facto ''continuation of office)
Oleiyo
Barsabotwo and kobokoi
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Turukat (son of Kopokoii)The name means Blessed Mouth _literary
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Kimnyole (son of Torokat), killed by the Nandi in 1890. The Nandi area was formally incorporated into
British East Africa
East Africa Protectorate (also known as British East Africa) was a British protectorate in the African Great Lakes, occupying roughly the same area as present-day Kenya, from the Indian Ocean inland to the border with Uganda in the west. Cont ...
in 1888 (though it submitted only in 1906.)
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Koitalel Arap Samoei (son of Kimnyole), killed and decapitate by British forces in 1905.
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Kipeles or Tamasun (also son of Kimnyole), whose reign continued past 1909.
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Barsirian Arap Manyei (son of Koitalel Arap Samoei) reigned from 1919 to 1922 when he was detained by the British.
[EastAfrican, 5 December 2008]
Murder that shaped the future of Kenya
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The Orkoiyots originated as chief ritual leaders (or " medicine men", later emerging as leaders exercising both political and military authority. The position is hereditary, and the dynasty descend from Maasai origins.
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