Editing Kipsigis people (section)

==Post-independence==
=== Emerging socio-cultural trends and dynamics ===
The Kipsigis culture and heritage has transformed and attritioned initially as a result of the contact with British colonialists and a remarkable switch to Christianity, forsaking the belief in Asiis or incorporating some aspects of their traditional religion into Christianity. Later on, a formal colonial government meant the tribe had to comply with government rules and laws which in part vitiated some traditional norms such as warring and raiding neighboring antagonistic tribes. After independence, the declining of adherence to culture and heritage subsisted, significantly, the banning of female genital mutilation led to abandonment of initiation of girls while schooling limited the period of time boys spent in seclusion during initiation; apparently, because of the spread of HIV and the devastating impact associated as some of the first cases were reported in Kenya in the late 1980s, circumcision of boys was promoted and as a result, the custom of initiation of boys persisted.

==== Music, film and written arts ====
Contemporary [[Kalenjin music]] has long been influenced by Kipsigis producers, artistes, and musicians leading to [[Kericho]]'s perception as a cultural innovation center in Kenya and effectively in the [[African Great Lakes|Great-Lakes Region]] of Africa.<ref>The King of Kalenjin gospel, [https://www.nation.co.ke/counties/kericho/The-King-of-Kalenjin-gospel/3444860-1303720-14bb4evz/index.html Daily Nation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181028225655/https://www.nation.co.ke/counties/kericho/The-King-of-Kalenjin-gospel/3444860-1303720-14bb4evz/index.html |date=28 October 2018 }}</ref> Community introspection reveals how [[Chepalungu Constituency|Chepalungu constituency]] has beaten the odds to carve a niche for itself as the home of Kalenjin secular artistes. One notable [[Raphael Kipchamba arap Tapotuk]] was a luminary artiste, songwriter and producer credited as being a forebearer of Kalenjin pop culture often manifesting his works as folk song, country, and jazz. His music records are beloved by the entirety of Kalenjin; [[Daniel arap Moi|Daniel Toroitich Arap Moi]], [[William Ruto|William Samoei Ruto]] and a host of Kalenjin leaders and celebrities in attending Kipchamba's funeral in his home in Chepalungu, 14 April 2007 remarked the might and their love for the artiste.

A song "[[Chemirocha|Chemirocha III]]" collected by ethnomusicologist [[Hugh Tracey]] in 1950 from the Kipsigis in Kapkatet in Kericho was written in honour of [[Jimmie Rodgers (country singer)|Jimmie Rodgers]]. The song's title is an approximation of the musician's name.<ref name="NYer">{{cite magazine |last=Petrusich |first=Amanda |date=16 February 2017 |title=Recordings of Kenya's Kipsigis |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-magnificent-cross-cultural-recordings-of-kenyas-kipsigis-tribe |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |access-date=18 July 2019 |archive-date=26 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220726181337/https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-magnificent-cross-cultural-recordings-of-kenyas-kipsigis-tribe |url-status=live }}</ref> According to legend, tribe members were exposed to Rodgers' music through British soldiers during [[World War II]]. Impressed by his yodeling, they envisioned Rodgers as "a [[faun]], half-man and half-antelope."<ref>{{Cite web |title=In A Kenyan Village, A 65-Year-Old Recording Comes Home |url=https://www.npr.org/2015/06/28/417462792/in-a-kenyan-village-a-65-year-old-recording-comes-home |website=NPR.org |publisher=NPR |access-date=5 March 2020 |archive-date=26 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220726181338/https://www.npr.org/2015/06/28/417462792/in-a-kenyan-village-a-65-year-old-recording-comes-home |url-status=live }}</ref> "Chemirocha III" is credited to "Chemutoi Ketienya with Kipsigis girls", and was described by Tracey as "humorous" in his notes. "Chemirocha III" is included on Tracey's "The Music of Africa: Musical Instruments 1: Strings" LP, from 1972.<ref name=":3" />

Kimursi, an actor in the 1950 [[adventure film]]: [[King Solomon's Mines (1950 film)|''King Solomon's Mines'']], is credited as being of Kipsigis ethnicity. In the cast, he took on the role of Khiva.

The Kenyan long-distance runner [[Ezekiel Kemboi]] danced to a Kalenjin hit single, "[[Emily Chepchumba]]", during the 2011 IAAF Daegu World championship, after crossing the finish line in the 3000 metres steeplechase and during the [[London Olympics cauldron|London Summer Olympics]] held in August 2012, after crossing the finish line in the 3000 metre steeple chase finals and winning gold. The song was written, sang and recorded by a Kipsigis artist, [[Bamwai]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The man behind Kemboi's dance song |url=https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/standard-entertainment/article/2000068087/the-man-behind-kembois-dance-song |access-date=2022-10-24 |website=The Standard |language=en |archive-date=24 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024161311/https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/standard-entertainment/article/2000068087/the-man-behind-kembois-dance-song |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kimutai |first=Gilbert |title=Music brought me fame only, 'Chepchumba' hitmaker says |url=https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/standard-entertainment/article/2001432441/music-brought-me-fame-only-chepchumba-hitmaker-says |access-date=2022-10-24 |website=The Standard |language=en |archive-date=24 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024151255/https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/standard-entertainment/article/2001432441/music-brought-me-fame-only-chepchumba-hitmaker-says |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Sports===
Kalenjin are reputable as an ethnic conglomerate endemic with athletic prowess. The Kipsigis, the most populous tribe among the Kalenjin has had a culture of sportsmanship among its population and through the years, there have been excellent sportsmen and sportswomen from the tribe. It is believed that genetic predisposition, altitude and environmental adaptation, diet, poverty and all-inclusive training philosophy contribute to the success of Kalenjin sportspersons.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sinusoid |first=Darya |date=2022-01-04 |title=Why Kenyan Runners Excel: It's More Than Genetics |url=https://www.shortform.com/blog/kenyan-runners/ |access-date=2022-09-02 |website=Shortform Books |language=en-US |archive-date=2 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220902063345/https://www.shortform.com/blog/kenyan-runners/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
|+'''Table of Notable Kipsigis Sportspersons'''
!Notable Sportsperson
!Achievements
!Notes
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|[[Wilson Kiprugut|Wilson Kiprugut Chumo]]
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* Bronze [[1964 Tokyo Olympics]] 800 m
* Gold 1965 [[All African Games|All-African Games]] Brazzaville 400m
* Gold 1965 [[African Games|All-Frican Games]] Brazzaville 800m
* Silver [[1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games|1966 Commonwealth Games]] Kingston 800 yd
* Silver [[1968 Summer Olympics|1968 Olympics]], Mexico 800 m
|[[File:Wilson Kiprugut 1968.jpg|center|thumb|103x103px]]
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|[[Kipkurui Misoi]]
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* Bronze 1998 [[Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]] [[Kuala Lumpur]], [[Malaysia]] 3000 m st.
* Gold 1999 [[Athletics at the 1999 All-Africa Games|All-Africa Games]] [[Johannesburg]], [[South Africa]] 3000 m st
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|[[David Kimutai|David Kimutai Rotich]]
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* Gold 1999 All-African Games Johannesburg, South Africa 20&nbsp;km walk
* Bronze 2002 Commonwealth Games Manchester, UK 20&nbsp;km Walk
* Gold 2006 African Championships Bambous, Mauritius 20&nbsp;km Walk
* Silver 2007 All African Games Algiers, Algeria 20&nbsp;km Walk
* Silver 2010 African Championships Nairobi, Kenya 20&nbsp;km Walk
* Silver 2012 African Championship, Porto Novo, Benin 20&nbsp;km Walk
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|[[Joyce Chepchumba]]
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* Bronze [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Summer Olympics Sydney Marathon]]
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|[[William Chirchir]]
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* Bronze 2001 Grand Prix Final, Melbourne, Australia 1500m
* Silver 2002 Commonwealth Games Manchester UK 1500m
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|[[John Cheruiyot Korir]]
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* Silver 2002 African Championship Tunis 10000m
* Gold 2002 World Military Championship Tivoli 10000m
* Gold 2007 World Military Championship Hyderabad 10000m
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|[[Cornelius Chirchir]]
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* Bronze 2002 [[2002 IAAF Grand Prix Final|IAAF Grand Prix Final]] Paris,  France 1500m
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|[[Paul Kipsiele Koech]]
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*Bronze [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Olympics]] Athens, Greece 3000 m steeple
*Gold 2005 World Athletics Final Monte Carlo Monaco
*Gold 2006 African Championships, Bambous, Mauritius
*Gold 2006 World Athletics Final, Stuttgart Germany
*Silver 2006 IAAF World Cup Athens, Greece
*Gold 2007 World Athletics Final, Stuttgart Germany
*Silver 2008 World Indoor Championships Valencia Spain
*Gold 2008 World Athletics Final Stuttgart Germany
*Gold 2008 Diamond League
|[[File:2011-06-09 Paul Kipsiele Koech.jpg|center|thumb|119x119px]]
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|[[Edwin Soi|Edwin Cheruiyot Soi]]
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* Gold [[2007 World Championships in Athletics|2007 World Athletics]] Final 3000m
* Gold [[2007 World Championships in Athletics|2007 World Athletics]] Final 3000m
* Gold [[2008 IAAF World Athletics Final|2008 World Athletics]] Final 5000m
* Bronze [[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing Summer Olympics]] 5000m
* Bronze 2012 World Indoor Games Istanbul 3000m
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|[[Caroline Kilel|Caroline Cheptanui Kilel]]
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* Gold 2009 [[IAAF World Half Marathon Championships|World Half Marathon Championships]] Birmingham 
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|[[Emily Chebet]]
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* Gold [[2010 IAAF World Cross Country Championships]] Senior race
* Gold [[2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships]] Senior race
* Bronze [[Commonwealth Games]] Glascow 10000m
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|[[Mercy Cherono]]
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* Silver [[2013 World Championships in Athletics|2013 Moscow World Championships]] 5000m
* Gold [[2014 Commonwealth Games|2014 Glassgow Commonwealth Games]] 5000m 
|[[File:Mercy Cherono by Augustas Didzgalvis.jpg|center|thumb|92x92px]]
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|[[Peter Cheruiyot Kirui]]
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|[[Lineth Chepkurui]]
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|[[Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot]]
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|[[Hellen Chepngeno]]
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|[[Paskalia Chepkorir Kipkoech]]
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|[[John Korir Kipsang]]
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|[[Nicholas Kipkirui]] 
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|[[Kenya national football team|Harambee Stars]] player contracted to [[Gor Mahia F.C.|Gor Mahia]]
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|Dominic Kiprono 
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|contracted to [[Zoo Kericho F.C.|Zoo Kericho F.C]]
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|Isaac Kipyegon
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|contracted to [[Zoo Kericho F.C.|Zoo Kericho F.C]]
|}

==== Science and academia ====
It is observed that among the Kipsigis, knowledge is measured binomially where to be thought of as knowledgeable, ''ng’om'', one has to display the application of the corresponding knowledge.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Day |first=Nicholas |date=10 April 2013 |title=Parental ethnotheories and how parents in America differ from parents everywhere else. |work=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]] |url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/how_babies_work/2013/04/10/parental_ethnotheories_and_how_parents_in_america_differ_from_parents_everywhere.html}}</ref> In academia, the 'Kipsigis' word or eponym has inspired the nomenclature of an extinct genus of East African antelope from the middle Miocene ([[Kipsigicerus]]). Other academic terms associated with the Kipsigis include ''[[Acraea sotikensis]]'' and [[Sotik lion]] (''[[Panthera leo melanochaita]]'').

[[Taaitta Toweett|'''Dr. Taaitta Araap Toweett''']] was a Kipsigis elite and political leader. He was awarded scholarship by the [[Kipsigis County Council]] in 1955 to the [[South Devon Technical College]], [[Torquay]], to study for a diploma in public and social administration. He obtained a B.A. (1956) and B.A. (Hons) 1959 from the [[University of South Africa]]. On his return from Britain in 1957, he was appointed Community Development Officer for [[Nandi District]], the first African CDO to be recruited locally in Kenya. During this period was the editor of the Kipsigis vernacular magazine ''[[Ngalek Ap Kipsigisiek]]'', published quarterly. He was one of the eight original Africans elected to the Legislative Council in 1958 as Member for the Southern Area, a constituency comprising mainly Kipsigis and Maasai Districts. He formed [[Kalenjin Political Alliance Party]] that later on got into an alliance with [[Kenya African Democratic Union|KADU]]. He served on the Dairy Board and played a crucial role in the foundation of the co-operative movement nationally. In 1960, 1962, 1963 he attended the [[Lancaster House Conferences (Kenya)|Lancaster House Conferences]] held in London to draft Kenya's Constitution, paving the way for complete self-rule. Before Kenya's independence, he was appointed [[Assistant Minister of Kenya|Assistant Minister]] for Agriculture (1960), Minister of [[Labour and Housing Ministry|Labour and Housing]] in 1961 and Minister of [[Lands, Surveys and Town Planning Ministry|Lands, Surveys and Town Planning]] in 1962. After Kenya's Independence, he was appointed Minister for Education in 1969, Minister for [[Housing and Social Services Ministry|Housing and Social Services]] in 1974, Minister for [[Education Ministry|Education]] in 1976. He was also elected President of the 19th General Assembly of [[UNESCO]] (1976–1978). In 1977, he finished his PhD thesis on "A Study of Kalenjin Linguistics". In 1980, he was appointed as the chairperson of [[Kenya Literature Bureau]]. In 1983–1985, he served as the Charperson, [[Kenya Airways]] after which he was appointed the chairperson, [[Kenya Seed Company]]. He also served as a Director of the ''[[Kenya Times]]'' newspaper and went on to edit and publish his own newspaper, ''[[Voice of Rift Valley]]'', between 1997 and 2000.

[[Professor Jonathan Kimetet Araap Ngeno]] was a Kipsigis elite who was sponsored by [[Africa Inland Church|African Inland Church]] from [[Litein]] to study in the United States. He was invited back to Kenya and reintegrated by [[Daniel arap Moi]] to achieve political attrition over [[Taaitta Toweett|Dr. Taaitta Toweett]]. He was appointed to Ministerial positions and was elected the Fourth [[Speaker of the Parliament of Kenya]] succeeding coincidentally his ''baghuleita'' (a male agemate who was initiated in the same seclusion home), [[Moses Kiprono arap Keino]].

In the 1990s, [[Davy Kiprotich Koech|'''Professor Davy Kiprotich Koech''']] by then the Director of [[Kenya Medical Research Institute]] and [[Arthur O. Obel|Dr. Arthur O. Obel]], the Chief Research Officer published in two medical journals the initial results of the newfound drug "Kemron" that was perceived from the preliminary study of 10 patients to cure AIDS. The drug was introduced in a public ceremony presided by Kenya's former [[Daniel arap Moi|President, Daniel Toroitch Arap Moi]] and the work of the new wonder drug discovered was hailed as a major step against [[HIV/AIDS]].<ref name="nytimes.com">{{Cite news |last1=Perlez |first1=Jane |date=3 October 1990 |title=In Kenya, a New AIDS Drug Gets Mired in Politics and Financial Disputes |website=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/10/03/world/in-kenya-a-new-aids-drug-gets-mired-in-politics-and-financial-disputes.html |access-date=6 March 2020 |archive-date=25 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150525190925/http://www.nytimes.com/1990/10/03/world/in-kenya-a-new-aids-drug-gets-mired-in-politics-and-financial-disputes.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Kemron]] was the trade name for a low-dose of [[alpha interferon]], manufactured form of a natural body chemical in a tablet form that dissolves in the mouth.<ref name="nytimes.com" /> Clinical trials of [[Kemron]] funded by [[World Health Organization|WHO]] in five African Countries did not find any health benefits reported by [[Kenya Medical Research Institute|Kemri]] Scientists. Thereafter, WHO in a press release in its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, termed Kemron as an experimental drug of unproven benefit for HIV/AIDS treatment. The American National Institute of Health concluded that no one had been able to duplicate the effects claimed by scientists behind Kemron.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Faith in 'false cure' leads to renewed trials |url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg13618461-100-faith-in-false-cure-leads-to-renewed-trials/ |website=New Scientist |access-date=6 March 2020 |archive-date=13 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413023137/https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg13618461-100-faith-in-false-cure-leads-to-renewed-trials/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1998 [[Davy Kiprotich Koech|Prof. Davy Koech]] led the [[Davy Koech Commission|Commission of Inquiry into the Education System of Kenya]]. Hosted by [[Kenya Broadcasting Cooperation]] (KBC) in 2019, Prof. Koech cited bad [[peer review]] on his experimental drug and that he was currently overseeing reexamination of Kemron and further research in China.

[[Richard Mibey|'''Professor Richard Kiprono Mibey''']] has discovered more than 120 species of fungi, made major input to the discovery of environmentally friendly fungi for bio-control of the obnoxious [[Water hyacinth in Lake Victoria|water hyacinth]] weed in [[Lake Victoria]] has contributed to the preservation of rare and highly specialised micro-fungi of Kenyan plants.

[[Paul Chepkwony|'''Professor Paul Kiprono Chepkwony''']], the incumbent governor of [[Kericho County]] has declared in a Kenyan comedy show, [[Churchill Show]] (hosted in [[Tea Hotel]] Kericho in 2018) a lengthy list pending and granted patents on various fields of [[Biochemistry]].

[[Moses Rugut|'''Professor Moses King'eno Rugut''']] is a Kenyan Research Scientist and the current C.E.O of the [[National Commission for Science, Technology and Innovation]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Moses Rugutt named Nacosti head |url=https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/corporate/Education-minister-picks-Moses-Rugutt-as-Nacosti-chief-executive/539550-2543260-35ugcu/index.html |access-date=6 March 2020 |website=Business Daily |archive-date=25 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200225144306/https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/corporate/Education-minister-picks-Moses-Rugutt-as-Nacosti-chief-executive/539550-2543260-35ugcu/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He sits in the board of National Quality Control Laboratory,<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 March 2011 |title=Kenya Gazette |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-_5LcOevtrwC&q=moses+rugut&pg=PT3 |access-date=26 February 2020 |via=Google Books}}</ref> Kenya Agricultural & Livestock Research Organization, committee member on Drug Registration at Pharmacy & Poisons Board since 1999 and National Museums of Kenya. He also served as the Director General of the defunct KARI that was de-gazetted and was preceded by a newly established state agency KALRO<ref>https://roggkenya.org/wp-content/uploads/OAG-Reports/ocr_ed/684-kenya_agricultural_and_livestock_research_organization_OAG-Report_OCR_by_RoGGKenya_2018-Dec3.pdf{{Dead link|date=June 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and as Deputy Secretary at the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kenyan Woman Issue 31 |url=https://issuu.com/awcfs/docs/kw31 |access-date=26 February 2020 |website=Issuu |archive-date=24 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230224094153/https://issuu.com/awcfs/docs/kw31 |url-status=live }}</ref> before being appointed the chief executive officer, [[National Commission for Science, Technology and Innovation]]. He was awarded Head of State's Commendations in the year 2008 for his distinguished service to the nation<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kenya Law {{!}} Kenya Gazette |url=http://kenyalaw.org/kenya_gazette/gazette/volume/NDMy/Vol.%20CX%20%20-%20%20No.%2097%20/ |access-date=6 March 2020 |archive-date=27 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200227083003/http://kenyalaw.org/kenya_gazette/gazette/volume/NDMy/Vol.%2520CX%2520%2520-%2520%2520No.%252097%2520/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and subsequently awarded with the Order of the Grand Warrior, OGW in the year 2016<ref>{{Cite web |title=the kenya gazette – Gazettes.Africa |url=https://archive.gazettes.africa/archive/ke/2016/ke-government-gazette-dated-2016-12-12-no-154.pdf |access-date=6 March 2020 |archive-date=27 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200227101206/https://archive.gazettes.africa/archive/ke/2016/ke-government-gazette-dated-2016-12-12-no-154.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Prof. Moses Rugut has authored, co-authored or authored publications alongside other authors. Some of these publications include: Seroepidemiological survey of Taenia saginata cysticercosis in Kenya; Diagnosis of Taenia saginata cysticercosis in Kenyan cattle by antibody and antigen ELISA; Anthelmintic resistance amongst sheep and goats in Kenya and ''Epidemiology and control of ruminant helminths in the Kericho Highlands of Kenya.''
[[File:Rare Rising Award Ceremony2.jpg|thumb|268x268px|[[Gladys Ngetich|Gladys Chepkirui Ngetich]] at the Rare Rising Stars Awards of 2018]]
[[Gladys Ngetich|'''Gladys Chepkirui Ngetich''']] is a Kenyan engineer of Kipsigis origin, and a [[Rhodes scholar]]<ref name="rhodes">{{cite web |title=Rhodes Scholars |url=https://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/community/list-of-rhodes-scholars/scholars/rhodes-scholars-class-of-2015/ |access-date=29 July 2018 |website=Rhodes Scholarship |publisher=Rhodes Trust}}{{Dead link|date=December 2019|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> pursuing a [[doctorate degree]] in [[aerospace engineering]] at the [[University of Oxford]], in the United Kingdom.<ref name="1R3">{{cite web |last=Cherono |first=Stella |date=25 July 2018 |title=Student rejected for 298 KCPE marks shines in the UK |url=https://www.nation.co.ke/news/-Gladys-Ngetich-rejected-for-298-KCPE-marks-shines-in-UK/1056-4679954-r39yqi/index.html |access-date=26 July 2018 |location=Nairobi |newspaper=[[Daily Nation]] |archive-date=26 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726025257/https://www.nation.co.ke/news/-Gladys-Ngetich-rejected-for-298-KCPE-marks-shines-in-UK/1056-4679954-r39yqi/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=25 July 2018 |title=Kenyan Girl With 298 KCPE Marks Shines in UK |work=Kenyans.co.ke |url=https://www.kenyans.co.ke/news/31708-gladys-ngetich-listed-among-10-rising-stars-uk |access-date=2 August 2018 |archive-date=3 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803023809/https://www.kenyans.co.ke/news/31708-gladys-ngetich-listed-among-10-rising-stars-uk |url-status=live }}</ref> She is the recipient of the [[Tanenbaum Fellowship and the Babaroa Excellence Award]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Briggs |first=Helen |year=2018 |title=Why are there so few female engineers? |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42655179 |access-date=2 August 2018 |archive-date=3 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803051355/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42655179 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Kamasah |first=Andreas |title='Lazy' student rejected by African schools wins UK's top 10 best students award |url=https://www.pulse.com.gh/filla/lazy-student-rejected-in-africa-wins-uk-s-best-student-award-id8654617.html |access-date=2 August 2018 |archive-date=26 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726111733/https://www.pulse.com.gh/filla/lazy-student-rejected-in-africa-wins-uk-s-best-student-award-id8654617.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2018, Ngetich was credited with a patent in collaboration with [[Rolls-Royce Holdings|Rolls-Royce Plc]].<ref name="1R3" /> Her research work has been in ''BBC Science'' and the ''Oxford Science Blog and Medium''.<ref name="1R3" /> She received the ASME IGTI Young Engineer Turbo Expo Participation Award, for her paper at the 2018 Annual American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) conference.<ref name="1R3" /> In September 2018, ''[[Business Daily Africa]]'' named Ngitech among its "Top 40 Under 40 Women in Kenya in 2018".<ref name="8R">{{cite web |date=September 2018 |title=Top 40 Under 40 Women in Kenya, 2018 |url=https://cdn.nation.co.ke/pdfs/Top40under40Women2018.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929080021/https://cdn.nation.co.ke/pdfs/Top40under40Women2018.pdf |archive-date=29 September 2018 |access-date=16 October 2018 |location=Nairobi |newspaper=[[Business Daily Africa]]}}</ref> In 2019 she started investigating sustainable space science using a Schmidt Science Fellowship.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Briggs |first=Helen |date=21 July 2019 |title=Five women shaking up the science world |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-48953793 |access-date=21 July 2019 |archive-date=21 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721091237/https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-48953793 |url-status=live }}</ref> Ngetich is the co-founder of the ILUU, a [[Nairobi]]-based non-profit that aims to inspire girls and women.<ref name="1R3" /><ref name="4R">{{cite web |author=Skoll |date=24 July 2018 |title=Gladys Ngetich: Student, Skoll Centre For Social Entrepreneurship |url=http://skoll.org/contributor/gladys-ngetich/ |access-date=26 July 2018 |publisher=Skoll Foundation |archive-date=27 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180727024603/http://skoll.org/contributor/gladys-ngetich/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Richard Chepkwony|''' Dr Richard Kiprotich Chepkwony''']] is a Kenyan wildlife ecologist of Kipsigis origin and currently the Senior Assistant Director at the Kenya Wildlife Service and the State Department of Wildlife, Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Heritage. He hails from Cheborgei Bureti Sub-County, Kericho County. He studied at Chepsir Primary school in Kericho East. He was awarded a scholarship by the Interdisciplinary Research Fund [[INREF-CCGIAR-EVOCA programme]] in 2016 to the [[Wageningen University and Research(WUR) in the Kingdom of the Netherlands]], from where he obtained his doctorate degree in wildlife Ecology and Innovations in 2021. He is an alumnus of Kaplong Boys' High School in Bomet County and Moi University Eldoret, Kenya, where he obtained his bachelor's and Master of Science degrees in wildlife management and Ecology. He has also studied environmental sciences at Tokyo International centre, Japan; Information technology at the Kenya School of Government; Kenya Wildlife Service Law Enforcement Academy-Manyani, among others. He has published widely in the fields of ticks and tick-borne diseases, technology and innovation, Spatial biopolitics of infectious disease control, human-wildlife interactions and Plant Ecology. He is supervising PhD and master's students from Wageningen University and Research. He has a vast knowledge of human-wildlife coexistence, spanning more than 23 years.

===Politics===

==== Community politics ====
The Kipsigis community is a rich political arena. The Kipsigis present themselves in a united political front along with their kin, the Kalenjin mass. With the leadership of Daniel Moi, Kalenjin community took a leftist form and were in favour of divolved governance under the alias ''Majimboism''. When Moi became the president of Kenya, Kalenjins shifted to a right wing front with solemn support for Moi and his government. During Moi's regime, incidences of politically motivated violence took place and Kipsigis for the most part were touted as perpetrators. Under Mwai Kibaki, Kipsigis and Kalenjin in entirety took a passive political approach which then bounced back to a roller coaster of leftist and right wing support in alliagence to the rising star of Kalenjin Politics, Dr. William Samoei Ruto.

===== Prominent leadership =====

====== Presidency ======
[[File:William Ruto IAEA.png|thumb|[[William Ruto|William Kipchirchir Ruto]], the 5th [[President of Kenya]] ]]
Whilst the Kipsigis tribe consider [[Jomo Kenyatta]] as the spurious love child of the Kipsigis Orkoiyot, Chebochok Kiptonui Arap Boiso, they aspire to present Kenya with a president. Apparently. [[William Ruto|William Samoei Kipchirchir Ruto]], Kipsigis in origin and from Komosi clan has served in various ministerial positions, and as the [[Deputy President of Kenya]] under [[Uhuru Kenyatta]]'s presidency. As of August 2022, William Ruto was announced the winner of the Kenyan 2022 general elections and after a court appeal by the defeated candidate, [[Raila Odinga]], Ruto's win was upheld. [[William Ruto|William Samoei Ruto]] was inaugurated in September 2022 as the fifth president of the [[Kenya|Republic of Kenya]] and is currently the incumbent president.

====== Ambassadors ======

# [[Francis Sigey]] (Kibororek): distinguished civil servant and Ambassador of Kenya to Nigeria and currently serving as a Member of parliament Sotik constituency
# [[Joshua Terer]] (KipKesbaek): Ambassador of Kenya to India and

====== Speaker of Parliament ======

# [[Moses Kiprono arap Keino]]Kipkelesek clan''): Third Speaker of the Parliament of Kenya from 1988 until 1991
# [[Jonathan Kimetet arap Ng'eno|Professor Jonathan Kimetet arap Ng'eno]] (''Becherek clan''): Fourth Speaker of the Parliament of Kenya from 1991 until 1993
# [[Joyce Laboso|Joyce Cherono Laboso]]: Deputy Speaker of the [[National Assembly (Kenya)|National Assembly of Kenya]], between 2013 and 2017.

====== Cabinet Ministers and Cabinet Secretaries ======
There have been a number of cabinet ministers and cabinet secretaries from the Kipsigis ethnicity. A number of them include

# [[Taaita Toweett|Dr. Taaita Towett]] (Zoigoeek Clan): Labour and Housing (1961), Lands, Survey & Town Planning (1962), Education (1974) and Housing and Social Services (1974)
# [[Jonathan Kimetet Arap Ng'eno|Prof. Jonathan Kimetet Arap Ngeno]] (Bechereek Clan): Education (1974), Housing and Social Services
# [[John Koech]]: East Africa Community
# [[Franklin Bett]] (Moochoeek Clan): Roads and Transportation
# [[Davis Chirchir]]: (Bechereek Clan) Engineering and Petroleum (2013–207)
# Eng. John Mosonik(): Transport (2013–2017)
# [[Charles Keter]]: Energy (2017–2022)

===== MAU Settlement Programs and evictions =====
{{Main|Mau Forest}}
The Kipsigis initial settlement was at Tulwaap Kipsigis in Londiani; strategically, the hill makes up part of the Mau Forest reserve in Kenya. The Kipsigis believe they have a 'god-given' claim upon the forest which alludes to the adoption at some point in the Kipsigis history of the aboriginal hunter-gatherer tribe, the Okiek who are native to a region between Mount Kenya stretching up all the way to Mau Forest in Rift Valley. Mau crisis started when the trust land was allocated to group ranches between the 1980s and 1990s who were mainly ethnic Maasai elite during Daniel Moi's Kanu era. The problem exacerbated about when the group ranches went beyond the cutline and occupied forest land. Part of the Mau Forest was initially a trust land under the defunct Narok County Council. Traditionally, the forest has been inhabited by the Ogiek. However, due to immigration from other ethnic groups, large parts of the forest area were cleared for settlement. In 2004, the famous Ndungu Report listed these land allocations, terming them illegal and recommended their revocation of them. Some evictions were done between 2004 and 2006 without a resettlement option. In 2005, the government placed a caveat on all title deeds issued to claimants, saying they were irregularly issued.<ref name="Njeru">{{Cite web |last=Njeru |first=Betty |title=Explainer: What we know about the Mau Forest crisis |url=https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/rift-valley/article/2001340588/explainer-what-we-know-about-the-mau-forest-crisis |access-date=2022-10-29 |website=The Standard |language=en |archive-date=3 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230403235411/https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/rift-valley/article/2001340588/explainer-what-we-know-about-the-mau-forest-crisis |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2008, the Kibaki regime through the then [[Prime Minister Raila Odinga]] ordered evictions to be effected by October 2008 in order to protect the forest from destruction. The order was opposed by several Rift Valley politicians led by [[Isaac Ruto]]. The then Agriculture Minister [[William Ruto]], proposed evictees be allocated land elsewhere. Later, Environment Minister John Michuki would reverse the order. Subsequently, in 2008, there was a political row over the resettlement of people in the Mau Forest who had been allocated land in the 1980s and 1990s.<ref name="Njeru"/>

===== Redress for violations by British colonial government =====
In 2017, a consortium from the Kipsigis community organised by [[Paul Chepkwony|Professor Paul Kiprono Chepkwony]] and led by [[Karim Ahmad Khan]] sought redress for human rights violations committed by the British government during the colonial period. The plaintiffs were more than 100,000 ethnic Kipsigis victims and the members of [[Oretab Talai|Talai Clan]].

===== Provisions for Oorgoiik =====
The [[Oretab Talai|Talai]] clansmen returned or continued to peacefully live with Kipsigis people after independence. After the campaign of AIM and Catholic church the Talai clansmen were sidelined and hated but today, they exist peacefully with the Kipsigis and take upon the identity of the Kipsigis equally like any other clansmen. Notably, the residents of Chepalungu constituency (today's [[Sotik Constituency|Sotik]] and [[Chepalungu Constituency|Chepalungu]] constituencies) voted in [[Tamason Barmalel]], the grandson of [[Koitalel Arap Samoei]], as their [[Member of Parliament|MP]] between 1969 and 1974.

Allocations of land made by the [[Government of Kenya|Kenyan Government]] under [[Taaitta Toweett|Taaita Towet]] and [[Daniel arap Moi]] to the Talai clansmen has been reported to be grabbed and commercialised by corrupt agents and thus, those living in Kericho live in wanting situations and poverty.{{Citation needed|date=May 2022}}

==== Conflicts and violence ====
While fairly known for a disposition to be welcoming and hospitable, the Kipsigis are also infamous in Kenya for having participated or led offensive stance during some of Kenya's ethnic violence where in some, ethnic cleansing was a characteristic. The overarching cause for this violence has primarily been discriminatory politics, land contentions and incitement. The Kipsigis amass into the Kalenjin group which in totality portray a united political alliance thus making them subject to discrimination and incitement. Secondary intrinsic factors for violence machinate through a condition of sinuosity jumbled up between historical injustices, conceitedness from historical precolonial war efforts and demographics where unemployment is rife among the youth and a majority of the population is disadvantaged and disenfranchised economically.

After a comprehensive risk assessment of social, economic and political factors that increase the likelihood of genocide in Kenya, the [[Sentinel Project for Genocide Prevention]]'s May 2011 report identified several risk factors including; a low degree of democracy, isolation from the international community, high levels of military expenditure, severe government discrimination or active repression of native groups, socioeconomic deprivation combined with group-based [[Social inequality|inequality]] and a legacy of intergroup [[hatred]] among other risk factors.<ref>{{cite web |title=Risk Assessment: The Risk of Genocide in Kenya 2011 |url=http://thesentinelproject.org/wp-content/uploads/Risk-Assessment-Kenya-2011.pdf |access-date=26 June 2011 |publisher=The Sentinel Project for Genocide Prevention |archive-date=1 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110601064243/http://thesentinelproject.org/wp-content/uploads/Risk-Assessment-Kenya-2011.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Risk Assessment: The Risk of Genocide in Kenya 2012 |url=http://thesentinelproject.org/wp-content/uploads/Kenya-Risk-Assessment-2012-Final.pdf |access-date=7 July 2013 |publisher=The Sentinel Project for Genocide Prevention |archive-date=6 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130406114437/http://thesentinelproject.org/wp-content/uploads/Kenya-Risk-Assessment-2012-Final.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===== 1992 skirmishes =====
In 1992, a series of events contributed to a feeling of uncertainty in Kenya, these events included widespread charges of government corruption that had brought halts or cuts in the flow of foreign aid upon which Kenya's economy depended on, and protests against the government of President [[Daniel arap Moi]] that resulted in police attacks on demonstrators.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Perlez |first=Jane |date=1992-03-29 |title=ETHNIC VIOLENCE IS SHAKING KENYA |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/29/world/ethnic-violence-is-shaking-kenya.html |access-date=2022-08-30 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=30 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830090128/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/29/world/ethnic-violence-is-shaking-kenya.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Forby, under diplomatic pressure, the [[Kenya African National Union|KANU]] regime under Daniel Toroitich Arap Moi caved to the political demand and need for multi-party democracy. Prior to 1992 elections, because of their support for the nascent opposition, KANU affiliates incited Kalenjin against Kikuyu around the idea that Kikuyu were non-indigenous and had appropriated Kalenjin land.<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |last=Muriithi |first=Judy Wangari |title=the 1992- 1993 Post election violence in Kenya |url=https://www.academia.edu/9720330 |access-date=30 August 2022 |archive-date=3 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230403235410/https://www.academia.edu/9720330 |url-status=live }}</ref>  As a result, ethnic cleaning campaigns before during and after the 1992 general elections erupted in a bid out of spite for the out-group and phobia for the tribal claim on land.<ref name=":2" />  According to some accounts 779 people were killed and about 56,000 displaced.<ref name=":2" />

===== 2008 post-election violence =====
In January and February 2008, following the [[2007 Kenyan general election]]s, post-election violence spontaneously erupted throughout the country but in the [[Rift Valley Province|Rift Valley province]]; the violence span out and evolved from acts of riots and protests to all out violence against the [[Kisii people|Kisii]] and [[Kikuyu people|Kikuyu]] communities who were affiliated to the [[Mwai Kibaki|President Mwai Kibaki]]'s PNU party. A characteristic of the violence it seemed was to expel the out-groups but not necessarily to kill. There was also looting of businesses and firms run by the out-groups as well as on some government properties. The pattern of violence subsequently showed planning and organization by politicians, businessmen, village leaders and local leaders, who enlisted criminal gangs to execute the violence. This was particularly the case in Rift Valley and Nairobi. In Naivasha, Nakuru and the slum areas of Nairobi, Kikuyu gangs were mobilized and used to unleash violence against [[Luo people|Luos]], [[Luhya people|Luhyas]] and [[Kalenjin people|Kalenjins]], and to expel them from their rented residences. In many instances the police action added to the violence, with considerable evidence that officers took sides and used terror tactics against slum dwellers. In some instances, sexual violence took the form of individual and gang rapes and female and male genital mutilation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Post-election Violence in Kenya and its Aftermath |url=https://www.csis.org/blogs/smart-global-health/post-election-violence-kenya-and-its-aftermath |access-date=2022-08-30 |website=www.csis.org |language=en |archive-date=30 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830093609/https://www.csis.org/blogs/smart-global-health/post-election-violence-kenya-and-its-aftermath |url-status=live }}</ref>

===== 2018 Maa-Kipsigis skirmishes =====
The Maasai and the Kipsigis have historically and traditionally antagonised each other right from and a period earlier than the Maasai era. This usually manifested as cattle raids, eventual battles and the subsequent southward thwarting and ejection of the Maasai. After Kenya's independence, there have been periodic tensions between the Maasai and the Kipsigis which have backgrounds in history and traditions and fuelled by political incitement especially during the elections period. Politicians have been said to fuel the clashes with their remarks, both in public forums and on social media. In 2018 for instance, Narok County Senator [[Olekina Ledama|Ledama Olekina]], part of the Maasai community, has been criticised for remarks about the evictions.<ref name="landportal.org">{{Cite web|url=https://landportal.org/news/2018/09/kenya%E2%80%99s-mau-forest-evictions-balancing-conservation-human-rights-and-ethnic-clashes|title=Kenya's Mau Forest Evictions: Balancing Conservation, Human Rights, and Ethnic Clashes|date=18 September 2018|website=Land Portal|language=fr|access-date=19 March 2020|archive-date=3 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230403235413/https://landportal.org/news/2018/09/kenya%E2%80%99s-mau-forest-evictions-balancing-conservation-human-rights-and-ethnic-clashes|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2018 particularly, the Uhuru government under the Minister of Lands evicted a section of the [[Mau Complex Settlement|Mau Complex]] settlers who are mainly of Kipsigis ethnicity. The evictions were particularly forceful, inconsiderate, inhuman and without compensation. A major section of the Maasai leaders supported the evictions and are said or known to have committed hate speech. In the wake of the polarisation, the Maasai are reported to have attacked Kipsigis evictees and in retaliation, Kipsigis men in Narok and Bomet counties retaliated. The battles implored the use of crude or/and traditional weaponry including nuts (a nut used to fit to a screw fitted onto a wooden handle about a foot and a half long), spears, bows and arrows, swords and torches (or at least, petrol/gasoline and lighters).

Following the 2018 evictions and Maasai-Kipsigis clashes, several human-rights defenders came together to file a paper in protest of the human-rights violations committed by the Kenyan government in evicting people from the forests; it said in part, "The actions of the Government of Kenya in forcibly evicting tens of thousands of people from forests violates a range of human rights, which are contained in international instruments to which Kenya is a State Party." Kenyan lawyer [[Leonard Sigey Bett]] filed a petition with the [[International Criminal Court]] at [[The Hague]] in the [[Netherlands]] challenging the evictions. Environmental conservation groups generally support the eviction of people from the forest, but only if the exercise is done amicably and humanely.<ref name="landportal.org"/>