Kimnyole

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Kimnyole (18.. - c.1890) was the Nandi Orkoiyot who predicted the arrival of Europeans ("the white tribe") and the railways ("the Iron Snake") who were to change everything for the Nandi.

Kimnyole was assassinated by the Nandi.

The killing of Kimnyole was as a result of his inaccurate predictions. Before the Nandi warriors would raid other tribes to steal cattle, they would get the blessings of the Orkoiyot Kimnyole. He would bless the warriors and predict whether they would be successful or not. In many occasions his predictions were wrong and the warriors were killed. As a retaliation for the mistakes, ironically, Kimnyole was stoned to death, by the same warriors he was to protect.