c.1860 (1860-05-16UTC17:09:34) Samitui, Aldai, Nandi County
Died
19 October 1905(1905-10-19) (aged 45) Ketbarak, Nandi Hills, Kenya Colony
Koitalel arap Samoei (c.1860 – 19 October 1905) was an Orkoiyot who led the Nandi people from 1890 until his assassination in 1905. The Orkoiyot occupied a sacred and special role within the Nandi and Kipsigis people of Kenya. He held the dual roles of chief spiritual and military leader, and had the authority to make decisions regarding security matters particularly the waging of war and negotiating for peace.
Koitalel was the supreme chief of the Nandi people of Kenya. He led the Nandi resistance against British colonial rule.
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KoitalelarapSamoei (c.1860 – 19 October 1905) was an Orkoiyot who led the Nandi people from 1890 until his assassination in 1905. The Orkoiyot occupied...
leader, KoitalelSamoei, killed in 1905 by the colonialists. As of 2014[update] the university was in the process of admitting students to KoitalelArap Samoei...
the KoitalelSamoei Museum, Kapsimotwa Gardens and the Nandi Bears Club. KoitalelArapSamoei Museum was instituted in commemoration of Koitalelarap Samoei...
led by KoitalelArapSamoei, the Orkoiyot of the Nandi at the time. On 19 October 1905, on the grounds of what is now Nandi Bears Club, ArapSamoei was asked...
refuge among the Kipsigis people while KoitalelArapSamoei found refuge among the Tugen people. Chebochock Kiptonui arap Boisio settled in Londiani. He established...
resisted by some ethnic groups—notably the Nandi, led by Orkoiyot KoitalelArapSamoei from 1890 to 1900—but the British eventually built it. The Nandi...
would cause more than a decade of conflict led on the Nandi side by KoitalelArapSamoei, the Nandi Orkoiyot at the time. The conflict would end on 19 October...
construction was disturbed by the resistance by Nandi people led by KoitalelArapSamoei. He was killed in 1905 by Richard Meinertzhagen, ending the Nandi...
waging of war. Notable Orkoiik include Kimnyole Arap Turukat, KoitalelArapSamoei and Barsirian Arap Manyei. The origin of the word is unknown though...
while the Afrikaans converged at the Wagon Wheel for recreation. Daniel Arap Moi was born in the neighboring Baringo District, and under his presidency...
for being the father of KoitalelArapSamoei, the leader of the Nandi Resistance. He was also the father of Kipchomber Arap Koilege, the first Kipsigis...
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occupation. The most notable include the Nandi Resistance led by KoitalelArapSamoei of 1895–1905; the Giriama Uprising led by Mekatilili wa Menza of...
and politician who established himself as a militant nationalist KoitalelArapSamoei 1860 19 October 1905 Orkoiyot, the supreme chief of the Nandi people...
Barsirian was born to KoitalelarapSamoei in 1894 in Samitui, part of present Aldai, Nandi County. He was the second born son of Koitalel's second wife, Taparchok...
the Nandi Orkoiyot (spiritual leader) KoitalelArapSamoei. He arranged a meeting to negotiate by Koitalel's home on 19 October 1905, at which he planned...
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university is admitting students to undertake courses in the proposed KoitalelArapSamoei University College for law, business management and education courses...
an intense fight. The fight lead to capture of some leaders e.g KoitalelarapSamoei of the Nandi, while the Tachonis' were subjected to a total brutal...
as the Kikuyu people, the Kamba people, the Kalenjin people under KoitalelArapSamoei, and the Giriama people under Mekatilili Wa Menza all initially resisted...
clearing. The setting of a public university in the County dubbed as KoitalelArapSamoei University is now at an advance stage. Controversies There were reports...
British Army intelligence officer Richard Meinertzhagen assassinated KoitalelArapSamoei, leader of the Nandi people of Kenya. On the pretext of negotiating...
Africa: White Man's Conquest of the Dark Continent from 1876 to 1912 (1991) "Koitalel Museum: Visit hero's tomb to learn rich history of the". Daily Nation....
and their cattle confiscated. The same year, after the murder of KoitalelarapSamoei, like the Nandi, the Kipsigis were devastated. Sir Edward Hertslet...
Araap Kisiara and the three brothers of Koitalel Araap Samoei (Kipchomber araap Koilege, Chebochok Kiptonui arap Boisio and Kibuigut). By the time of the...
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