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Chamgei. Bakule is a Greek name. Reserved. Only invoked when things want to go southern or northern. You call Bakule someone whom you went to Gaa sambur (home of Sampur) together and you didn't die there. The year we were going was 1998. The year was good. Elders had beat the stomach of a goat and everything was right. Korgob kogel had a child next to her. All signs in the sky and earth was very good to open girls and boys. It was also ripe to remove kitikab kirugik ak kweesik.  How we were opened and released is a story of another day. That aside, this is how I saved my Bakule from lefting school after being opened. An opened man in those days was purely dry and going back to school especially primary to be told to kneel down and bent forward like a cow was a total taboo, savage Cains was not a problem, he could endure even 100 strokes. It was February 1999. I had opened school, high school, mark it. Baringo to be specific. One of the biggest schools in Kenya nowadays. I had been ...

Historical Background of the Kipkochoi and Kibagor -  Kibagor family of tungo clan. The Kipkochoi and Kibagor families traces its origin through rich oral traditions preserved across generations. The two founding figures, Kipkochoi and Kibagor, were brothers and are regarded as the patriarchs of a large and closely related community. According to oral history, their ancestral homeland lies around Lake Kamnarok, along the Endo River, specifically in areas such as Kabutiei near Barwesa in present-day Baringo West. This region is widely recognized as the cradle of their lineage. Kipkochoi is believed to have belonged to the Kaplelach or Kipnyigei age-set, placing him within the traditional Kalenjin age-set system. In the mid-19th century (around the 1800s), the two brothers migrated southwards in search of pasture, water, and security. Their journey led them to settle in Mogoswok, particularly in Cheptorit/Kapchepketem, where they established permanent homesteads. This migration mark...

Historical Background of Kibagor Chebor  Kibagor Chebor of tungo clan  Kibagor is believed to have been born in the mid-1800 to Kaplelach ageset around the area near Lake Kamnarok,along the Endo River in what is today Kabutiei Location of Baringo North (  also see Kipkochoi ) .  Oral traditions passed down through generations indicate that Kibagor later separated from his extended family and began a southward migration. His journey took him first to Kapkiai village in Timboiwo - Baringo Central. From there, he continued moving south through Tenges before eventually settling at a place called Kapchepketem/Cheptorit, near Ngendui, within the present-day Cheberen location. He established his homestead near the Perkera River, a key geographical feature in the area. Kibagor lived the rest of his life in Kapchepketem/Cheptorit near Ngendui and later died of old age and join his ancestors . He was buried there by his children. Genealogy of the Chebo...