Orphan date February 2009 unreferenced date December 2006 The Arrors are the inhabitants of the Tugen people Tugen Hills stretching from the western shores of Lake Baringo on the East to the foot of the Keiyo escarpment along the Kerio Valley to the west, north of Baringo District Baringo District, Rift Valley Province , Kenya . Of the Kalenjin dialects, their speech is sharply accented and fast. Amazingly, they are able to easily understand all the other dialects of the Kalenjin, a feat which the others hardly accomplish. Due to this dynamism, their contribution to the Kalenjin lexicon is worth noting. As a result of the peculiarity of the Arror, their other Kalenjin counterparts often daunt them as rat eaters due to their ancestral mastery of hunting with bow and arrow. See also Tugen people Tugen . Category Kalenjin Kenya ethno group stub ... more details
Summary Information Description The Libersign, with arror passing through the letters TANSTAAFL Source Public domain Date 1972 Author The Libertarian Party other versions The Libersign Licensing PD text Trademark Copy to Wikimedia Commons bot Fbot priority true ... more details
Unreferenced date August 2009 Kabartonjo is the district headquarters of Baringo North District , Rift Valley Province , Kenya . Kabartonjo has a population of about 2,000. Its residents are mainly of the Arror dialect of the Tugen sub tribe in the Kalenjin cluster. Kabartonjo was founded in the early 20th century by Scottish missionaries who founded a church and a school. Kenya s second president, H.E. Daniel Toroitich Arap Moi went to school here, the primary school is now named in his honor. In the initial days of its existence, Kabartonjo was known to the locals as Kameshen , roughly translated as of the mission due to the mission established there. The name Kabartonjo is the name of an influential clan that live nearby who due to their influence in local politics managed to christen the town in their name. Kabartonjo is an area that was populated by the Kaplumbei and Kapcheptinya clans. It is located on top of a ridge and all the surrounding land is used up hence its prospects of expansion are extremely limited. There is a shortage of water since there are no large rivers or dams nearby. As the largest town in Baringo North, Kabartonjo is the hotbed of Arror politics. coord 00 38 N 35 48 E region KE type city display title Category Populated places in Rift Valley Province RiftValleyKE geo stub sw Kabartonjo sv Kabartonjo ... more details
Infobox language name Tugen nativename North Tugen states Kenya region West Central Kenya speakers 144,000 date 1987 ethnicity familycolor Nilo Saharan fam2 Eastern Sudanic fam3 Southern Nilotic fam4 Kalenjin languages Kalenjin fam5 Nandi Markweta fam6 Nandi languages Nandi iso3 tuy Tugen is the language spoken by the about 200 000 Tugen people of the broader Kalenjin people Kalenjin group in Kenya . As a part of the Kalenjin language Kalenjin dialect cluster, it is most closely related to such varieties as Kipsigis language Kipsigis and Nandi language Nandi . The Tugen is made up of three main sub groups, the Lembus to the south, the Arror in the north and the Samor in the central parts of Baringo district, Kenya. These Tugen sub groups have unique dialects that might interest linguist researchers. Kipturgo K.M External links http www.ethnologue.com show language.asp?code tuy Tugen in the Ethnologue . Category Kalenjin languages Category Languages of Kenya ns lang stub fr Tuken ... more details
Marakwet West is an Constituencies of Kenya electoral constituency in Kenya . It is one of two constituencies of Marakwet District . The constituency has eleven wards, all of which elect councillors for the Marakwet County Council. The constituency was established for the 1997 elections. Members of Parliament class wikitable Elections MP ref Center for Multiparty Democracy http www.cmd.or.ke images Politics 20and 20Paliamenterians 20in 20Kenya.pdf Politics and Parliamenterians in Kenya 1944 2007 ref Party Notes Kenyan general election, 1997 1997 David Kiprono Sutter Sudi Kenya African National Union KANU Kenyan general election, 2002 2002 David Kiprono Sutter Sudi Kenya African National Union KANU Kenyan general election, 2007 2007 Boaz Kipchumba Kaino Orange Democratic Movement ODM Wards class wikitable colspan 2 Wards colspan 2 Ward Registered Voters Arror 1,579 Chebororwa 2,812 Cherang any 3,395 Chesuman 1,282 Kamoi 3,637 Kapsowar 5,640 Koibarak 2,126 Kuserwo 3,740 Lelan 2,146 Moiben 3,532 Sengwer 3,422 Total 33,311 colspan 2 smaller September 2005 ref Electoral Commission of Kenya http www.agendaafrica.com files Voters.pdf Registered voters per polling station by electoral area ward and constituency ref . References Reflist coord missing Kenya Category Constituencies in Rift Valley Province Category Marakwet District ... more details
Tugen may also refer to Tugen Hills in Kenya The Tugen are a branch of the Kalenjin people Kalenjin community and they occupy the districts of Baringo District Baringo and Koibatek in Rift Valley Province Rift Valley , Kenya . Daniel arap Moi , the second president of Kenya 1978&ndash 2002 was from the Tugen branch. The Tugen people speak the Tugen language . The Tugen are cattle keepers and the cow occupies a central part in their cultural lives, as food meat and milk , currency, as dowry. Among the Kalenjin community they are known as resilient since they live in harsh climatic conditions. The Tugen are further subdivided into Arror live in the Highlands of Kabartonjo and the lowlands of Kerio Valley Barwessa and lake Baringo of North Baringo District Samors who live in the wider Kabarnet in Central Baringo district Lembus ethnic group Lembus who occupy the farmlands of Koibatek District Endorois who come from the lowlands of Koibatek District Traditionally, like other Kalenjin, the Tugen prayed to a God called Asis which means sun . Most have converted to Christianity.Islam has flourished in the major towns and it was these towns that some Tugens convert into Islam and adopted Islamic names. The Tugen social organisation centres around the age set, or ibindo. There are seven age sets ibinwek which are rotational, meaning at the end of one ageset new members of that generation are born. The order is roughly as given below. Among the some Kalenjin peoples, an age set called Maina exists. However, among the Tugen, this ageset is extinct. Legend has it that the members of this ibindo were wiped out by the Keiyo, their cousins in war. For fear of a recurrence, the community decided to retire the age set. Ibindo was given out at initiation and by simple arrangements, there ought to be one ibindo between a father and a son. For example, a korongoro cannot beget a kipkoimet. The Tugen don t consider a woman to have an ageset, hence she can marry any ageset except that in ... more details
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