Editing Kipsigis people (section)

===== 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" />