Our Communities
“Many streams, one river.”
The Kalenjin nation is composed of fifteen natural communities — tribes, in the older tongue — each with its own clans, dialects, and country, all bound by one covenant and one tongue.
A note on framing: the elders’ settled record treats Arror, Samor and Lembus as distinct communities of the Baringo ridge country, each in its own right, alongside the others listed here. Earlier working briefs that grouped them under a single umbrella name are now superseded.
Arror
01Clan detail forthcoming from the elders’ record.
Read the record →Keiyo
02ClansIrongiek · Muteiyek · Metkeiyek · Moiiek · Tumeiyek
Read the record →Nandi
03ClansChepkendiek · Kameliloek · Kaptalamek · Kapbochek · Koilegeniek · Kaptumoisiek · Kipsindek · Kapsilek · Tapingotek · Chepsolek
Read the record →Ogiek
04Clan detail forthcoming from the elders’ record.
Read the record →Pokot
05ClansPochon · Suk
Read the record →Samor
06ClansSachek · Chepkeroek · Kakimoriek · Kebeniek · Bogoriek · Kabarngetiek · Ewalel · Chapchap
Read the record →Terik
07Clan detail forthcoming from the elders’ record.
Read the record →Lembus
08ClansSomek · Murkaptuk · Kamarusoek · Emomiek · Torobek
Read the record →Murule
09Clan detail forthcoming from the elders’ record.
Read the record →Sabaot
10ClansSabiny · Sebei · Bok · Bongomek
Read the record →Datooga
11Clan detail forthcoming from the elders’ record.
Read the record →Sengwer
12Clan detail forthcoming from the elders’ record.
Read the record →Endorois
13Clan detail forthcoming from the elders’ record.
Read the record →Kipsigis
14Clan detail forthcoming from the elders’ record.
Read the record →Marakwet
15ClansMarkweta · Almo · Endo
Read the record →Cherangany
16Clan detail forthcoming from the elders’ record.
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