{"id":11,"date":"2019-10-22T18:28:36","date_gmt":"2019-10-22T18:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/kalenjinKE\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2021-08-25T02:20:51","modified_gmt":"2021-08-25T02:20:51","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kalenjinmedia.co.ke\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-blockspare-blockspare-container alignfull blockspare-136bc3f8-861e-4\"><style>.blockspare-136bc3f8-861e-4 .blockspare-block-container-wrapper{background-color:#fff;padding-top:20px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:30px;border-radius:null}.blockspare-136bc3f8-861e-4 .blockspare-image-wrap{background-image:}<\/style><div class=\"blockspare-block-container-wrapper alignfull\"><div class=\"blockspare-container-background blockspare-image-wrap has-background-opacity-100 has-background-opacity\"><\/div><div class=\"blockspare-container\"><div class=\"blockspare-inner-blocks blockspare-inner-wrapper-blocks\">\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"blockspare-block-accordion blockspare-block blockspare-block-d50794\" data-item-toggle=\"true\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-blockspare-accordion-item blockspare-block-6373c4\"><div class=\"blockspare-accordion-item blockspare-type-fill \" data-act-color=\"#fff\" data-txt-color=\"#fff\" data-active=\"#6e432e\" data-pan=\"#f58634\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"><div class=\"blockspare-accordion-panel  blockspare-right\" style=\"background-color:#f58634\"><span class=\"blockspare-accordion-panel-handler\" role=\"button\" style=\"color:#fff\"><span class=\"blockspare-accordion-icon fa fa-plus\"><\/span><span class=\"blockspare-accordion-panel-handler-label\">The Kalenjin community History<\/span><\/span><\/div><div class=\"blockspare-accordion-body\" style=\"background-color:#fff\" data-bg=\"#fff\">\n<p>The Kalenjin community belongs to the larger Nilotic group called Highland Nilotes that lives mainly in East Africa. It comprises of the following sub-tribes in Kenya: Kipsigis, Nandi, Keiyo, Marakwet, Sabaot, Pokot, Terik, Ogiek, Tugen and Sengwer. They include Sebei in Uganda and Murle in Sudan. The Kalenjin people can also be traced in some parts of Tanzania, these are Barabaek, Tatireek, Hilbangraek, Sonjoek, Sirikwaek (Sindawi), Nataek, Badyut and Tatogaeek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kalenjins are believed to have descended from two ancestors namely: Kingo and Tapnai. They were blessed with many children. Before the demise of Kingo, his eldest son Olchiangwal inherited his younger wife and was named \u201cNon Kindii\u201d which means one who inherits. This was later shortened to Nandi and became a sub tribe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His other son relocated to a more fertile place and became prolific \u201cKipo-sigis\u201d or \u201cKipsigis\u201d&nbsp;which simply means the one who gives birth. Another version states that while Kingo\u2019s son was looking after the cattle, he came across a traditional bowl, locally called \u201cKisiet\u201d hence he was named \u201cKipsich-Kisiet\u201d and that probably gave birth to the generation\u2019s name&nbsp;Kipsigis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the sons disappeared mysteriously. He was waited for long in vain hence his people kept on saying \u201cKigeni\u201d which means having hope waiting hence his generation became&nbsp;Tugen.&nbsp;Another son was fondly known for his immense love for milking cows in the field. Whenever Kingo was asked about his whereabouts, he would respond \u201cKei-yoo\u201d&nbsp;which simply means \u201cthe mother is milking\u201d hence his generation became&nbsp;Keiyo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The son who demanded for a ram, locally called \u201cKwesta\u201d later became \u201cMarakwet\u201d locally \u201cMachkwesta\u201d which simply means the one who is in need of a ram. One of the sons was punished for the wrong he had done and out of anguish and anger, he fled away from home. Many thought he was dead but his mother kept on saying that \u201cSebei\u201d&nbsp;which means he is still alive thus his generation became Sebei of Uganda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Koony and Pokot remained in Kingo\u2019s homestead. \u201cPokoot\u201d is a local name which means the owner of the house. This is probably because he didn\u2019t leave his father\u2019s homestead. Koony means our home. Better known as \u201cKoonyon\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The term Kalenjin was brought about by early scholars of the community probably during 1940s most likely at Alliance High School since people from the community were known to utter the word \u201cKaleei\u201d which simply means \u201cI say\u201d. This word is common in all the sub-tribes of the Kalenjin ethnic group hence collectively known as Kalenjin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The original name of the Kalenjin is \u201cMiot\u201d following their immense love for honey and milk. Kalenjins are believed to be descendants of&nbsp;Lote.&nbsp;Miot could also refer to Moabites in the bible. A clear indication that they once came across each other and probably intermarried at a place called Goshen. It is important to note that present Kalenjin council of elders is called Miot because of the mentioned reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kalenjinmedia.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kalenjinmedia.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kalenjinmedia.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kalenjinmedia.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kalenjinmedia.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kalenjinmedia.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kalenjinmedia.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}