Traditional Kalenjin society
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Traditional Kalenjin society is the way of life that existed among the Kalenjin-speaking people prior to the advent of the colonial period in Kenya and after the decline of the Chemwal, Lumbwa and other Kalenjin communities in the late 1700s and early 1800s.
The areas around Lake Baringo are home to a number of Kalenjin sections
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