Description
This is a short history from a long and complex account of the Kipsigis community among the Kalenjins and the Maasai of Kenya. The Talai clan in discussion staged an unparalleled resistance to the British Colonial Powers at the establishment of the Kenya Colony.
The book is about the history of the Kipsigis Talai from mid 18th Century to-date, their culture, traditions, governance systems, resistance to the British Colonial government in Kenya , Historical Injustices, among other stories. Their Compensation Petition to the British Government is now (Year 2021) with U.N Agency- The Human Rights Rapporteurs’ Sections.
They have remained unheard of fighters in the published history of Kenya. Why? The author tells how and why.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
David Ngasura Tuei was born in 1952 at the Kericho Talai Youths Concentration Camp in Kericho Town. He attended his Primary education at the Kericho Township Primary School before joining Tambach Secondary School in 1969. He joined Kapsabet High School for his “A” levels in 1973. In 1975 he worked briefly with the KCB Kericho Branch. In 1977/78 he was sponsored by the N.C.C.K for Computer Course at CTC and ICL in Nairobi. He joined Brooke Bond Tea (K) Ltd now the Unilever Tea (K) Ltd in 1979 and retired in 1999. He has since been working on the Kipsigis Talai as his Thesis Project.
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