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Kiplangat Terer
Kiplagat (also Kiplangat) is a personal name used by the Kalenjin people in Kenya and Uganda, meaning son born at dusk. The son of Kiplagat would be lagat. This may also mean: *Benjamin Kiplagat (born 1989), Ugandan steeplechase runner *Bisluke Kiplagat (born 1988), Kenyan steeplechase runner *Boaz Kiplagat Lalang (born 1989), Kenyan middle-distance runner and 2010 Commonwealth Games champion *Edna Kiplagat (born 1979), Kenyan long-distance runner and two-time world marathon champion *Florence Kiplagat (born 1987), Kenyan long-distance runner and half marathon world record breaker *Hosea Kiplagat, Kenyan businessman and politician *Hosea Kiplagat Kosgei (born 1989), Kenyan long-distance track runner competing for Bahrain as Aadam Ismaeel Khamis *Isiah Kiplangat Koech (born 1993), Kenyan long-distance track runner and World Championships medallist *Kiptanui Kiplagat Jackson, Kenyan politician representing the Orange Democratic Movement *James Kiplagat Magut (born 1990), Kenyan middle- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalenjin People
The Kalenjin are a group of tribes designated as Highland Nilotes and are descended from Maliri people ''(thus related to Daasanach of Ethiopia.)'' The Kalenjin are cousins with Datooga people of Tanzania and Malawi. In contrast, their designation groups them with other Nilotes including Maasai, Luo, Turkana and Nuer, Dinka among others. They are indigenous to East Africa, residing mainly in what was formerly the Rift Valley Province in Kenya and Eastern slopes of Mount Elgon in Uganda. Upon their arrival in the forest region of Mau, the Kalenjin assimilated the aboriginal hunter-gatherer people known as Okiek. They number 6,358,113 individuals as per the Kenyan 2019 census and an estimated 300,000 in Uganda mainly in Kapchorwa, Kween and Bukwo districts. They have been divided into 11 culturally and linguistically related tribes: Kipsigis (1.9 million), Nandi (937,000), Sebei (350, 000) Keiyo (251, 000), Marakwet (119, 000), Sabaot (296,000), Pokots (778, 000), Tuge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
