Kalenjin people
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The Kalenjin are a group of tribes indigenous to East Africa, residing mainly in what was formerly the Rift Valley Province in Kenya and the Eastern slopes of Mount Elgon in Uganda. They number 6,358,113 individuals per the Kenyan 2019 census and an estimated 273,839 in Uganda according to the 2014 census mainly in Kapchorwa, Kween and Bukwo districts.
The beads and pendants forming this c. 3,000-year-old neck chain are of the Elmenteitan culture and were among the finds at Njoro River Cave.
Beads were used for adornment by most of East Africa's pastoral communities and were a popular import good
Koitalel Arap Samoei Mausoleum and Museum in Nandi Hills, Kenya
Kenya African Democratic Union Eldoret Branch
Turkana people
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The Turkana are a Nilotic people native to the Turkana County in northwest Kenya, a semi-arid climate region bordering Lake Turkana in the east, Pokot, Rendille and Samburu people to the south, Uganda to the west, to the South Sudan and Ethiopia to the north.
Turkana mother preparing a meal.
Traditional Turkana dance being presented by local schoolchildren.
Ostrich feather caps are worn as the ceremonial headress.