Kipchomber araap Koilegen
Kipchomber araap Koilegen,the eldest son of Oloibon Kipyole Simbolei araap Turugat was one of the greatest heroes/diviners and woorkoiyoot of his time.
After his dad was killed by Kapmelililo and Kapsiondoi war divisions of the Nandi, araap Koilegen went to rule the Kipsigis and expanded their territories by pushing the Luos and Abugusi further hence his other name was Kochichilem.
Around 1901-3, a very Big Bull disappeared from King' George kraal in Northern England. the Bull crossed the English Channel and traveled all the way from North Africa to Kenya. The bull was first discovered in Laikipia where there European settlement but slowly moved towards Kericho. The veterinary doctors at the time discovered the strange bull which refused to be tamed.
A message was sent to the settlers whether they had lost a bull and no one had lost any. A telegram was further sent to South Africa and none reported missing any bull.
The veterinary doctors followed the Bull all the way from Laikipia to Kiptere in Belgut when it went and stayed peacefully in the Boma of araap Koilegen. when the bull reached araap Koilegen's boma, araap Koilegen touched its head and went straight to where there were other cattle and mingled freely with the rest of the livestock.
This shocked the veterinary doctors at the time. They just took the Number which was emblazoned on the bull's ear and left. after months of investigation, word reached Kenya that a bull had disappeared in the boma of King George. it turned out to be the one that was in araap Koilegen's Boma.
The interpretation is that the powers of the two Kings were competing.
_(14781614624).jpg "Kipchomber or Arap Koileke, the Chief Medicine Man of the Kipsigis, with his son, Sonaiet or Arap Kipchomber, his principal advisers, and the headmen of Bureti and Sotik")
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