Masheleldet or masheleleet or namaqua dove in the pigeon family

Masheleldet or masheleleet or namaqua dove in the pigeon family

  12:53    Tabutany ak Cheplangat

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Masheleldet or masheleleet or namaqua dove in the pigeon family. As a youth I trapped all the birds,sometimes using gum from rerendeet plant but I never caught this little bird which likes shuttling along paths hence saying--- igerte or kou masheleleet.

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NAMES OF KALENJIN BIRDS

NAMES OF KALENJIN BIRDS

  00:13    Tabutany ak Cheplangat

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NAMES OF KALENJIN BIRDS

Chesulul,
Chesireret,
Chepkolinyet,
Chebiswet,
Chebisakyat,
Cherumbeniat,
Tang'anykwony,
Chetuget,
Sororiet,
Chepyakwayet,
Chesilyot,
Tergekyat,
Taiywet,
Sugurut,
Chemunjeret,
Riryat,
Kiplalang,
Kipkositwet,
Chelogomiet,
Cheptalamiat,
Kong'onyot,
Reresiet,
Cherebesit,
Merewet,
Chepchupo,
Chekurbeit,
Batait,
Segetetiet,

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Kalenjin Herbs & Medicines

Kalenjin Herbs & Medicines

  23:36    Tabutany ak Cheplangat

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Kalenjin Herbs and Medicines


1.Chemurguiwet : leaves are used to treat cough, skin diseases
2. Tilalwet : Leaves shoot is used to treat skin diseases
3: Chemurguiwetab suswek : skin diseases, wounds, eye infections
4.Nyamdutiet:antidiarrhoea, wounds, oedema, foot and mouth in livestock, pneumonia
5.Cheperenet: leaves is used as paste for stepping up snake bites
6.Cheptereret: leaves is used to treat for cough, backache
7.Kipkesio : leaves and flower ash (internal) are used for cough, anti-diarrhea, orchitis
8.Ndakariat : leaves ash are used for dry cough, pneumonia, chronic asthma, cancer, tonsils, flu (mireiwek')
9.Rokorabchepkimis/chepyochoit : leaves ash are used for sorcery, charms, ulcers,
pneumonia
10.Tangaratwet : leaves and roots infusion are used for typhoid, skin diseases, malaria, colds, ear problems, wounds, coccidiosis
11.Chesirimiot/Chesirimto root ash is used for cough
12. Mbogiat : leaves are used for treating cancer, boils.

Note  

Ordinarily, herbs and their usage aren't freely shared, except at family level (kaitoonik). Secrecy in such matters is traditional.
If you've been to Mau, you'll probably recognize the following plants and their value in ethnomedicine:
Isongoroit, susuriet, yemdit, tegeldit, sirondit, kwamamayiet, nderemiat/tapatapig, narubat, puindaii, lobotuet, silibuet, tiliet, kimoyat, sigowet, chepindoruet, kikomit, tipsoleit, tenetuet/tenduet, tagaimamiet, sumbeiyuet, kosisito/ilonyilit, pisiinda, ketegan, muruguiyuet, masaita, sachonet, chelumbut, toiliotilio, kaptaleit, segumeriet, manarariat, chesaleit, masageriet, molosuet, pumbuetyet, nderiot, sumeito, mtondoruet, chepkolongolio, lebekuet, girpanyat, nukiat, senetuet, chepsagitiet, sagawaita, teldet,

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The Earliest Chiefs in Kipsigisland

The Earliest Chiefs in Kipsigisland

  01:26    Tabutany ak Cheplangat

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The following are some of the earliest Chiefs in Kipsigisland.
They were araap Ngulolu, Kipsiongo araap Terer of Kipkoibon, araap Taptugen of Peelguut, araap Buiywo araap Nyarino, araap Tamasoon, araap Kirui of Kapkugoeek clan, araap Tompo, araap Mastamet, araap Cheriro, Kendeiywo araap Baliach,arap Moigi and araap Tengecha who stood out among all of them.

Historian Komma Toru, writes in “The Dwelling and Its Symbolism Among the Kipsigis” that Chief araap Tengecha, a close friend of Kenyatta was an orphan who used to rough boys in Menjo. Komma adds and I quote:He Came from a group of hunter-gatherers called Ndorobo in East Africa. It is said that araa Tengecha was originally a member of the Ogieek,or the Omotik and that he was able to speak Ikwobek, a dialect of the Maasai, in addition to the Kipsigis languages. Arap Cheriro was a semi-prophet chief”

Komma(1981) also writes that Menya araap Kisiara was expelled from Kipsigis for marrying Chebo-Chepkochok, a woman from Kapkericheeh like Kisiara. Kisiara was later banished from Kipsigis land with Chebo Chepkochok and became members or Kapkaoon. Menya left for Maasailand together with warriors named Tapkile and Kipketes(Kipkeles?).Orchardson writes that Kipkeles was of Naracheek clan. Kiburio Mookwo is said to have taken over Menya araap Kisiara after he(Kisiara) did the abomination of marrying a girl from Kapkericheek clan. Kiburio Mookwo and Ole Lang’unywa are praised in Kipsigis legends.

Menya araap Kisiara may not have taken part in the war of Mogori(Saosao War in Gusi) but was instrumental in pushing the Gusi from Bereti during Chemoiben War.

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