KALENJIN

member of the Nandi (q.v.), Kipsikis, Suk (Pokot), Tatoga, and other related peoples of west central Kenya, northern Tanzania, and Uganda who speak Eastern Sudanic languages (also called Kalenjin) of the Chari-Nile branch of the Nilo-Saharan family. The name Kalenjin, which means I tell you, was adopted in the 1940s. They depend for their subsistence primarily on agriculture. The Kalenjin peoples expanded into the Rift Valley about AD 1500. During the 18th century, a Masai expansion pushed them into the area between the Rift Valley and Lake Victoria, where they live today.