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Describe the political organization of the Nandi during the pre-colonial period.

      

Describe the political organization of the Nandi during the pre-colonial period.

  

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gideon
- The smallest unit was the family headed by the father who dealt with internal matters like
discipline, allocation of
land, cattle and succession.
- They had a decentralized system of government.
- Above the family was a neighborhood council of elders called kokwet.
- Above the Kokwet organization was the clan. The clan dealt with, among other things the matter
of grazing right.
- The clan was headed by the council of elders
- Above the clan was large social political unit comprising of different war groups located in the
same geographical
zone called pororiet.
- Pororiet was the highest in the judicial matter.
- Pororiet could negotiate war and peace.
- They had warriors from age sets who maintained law and order.
- They borrowed the office of the Orkoyiot from the Maasai.
gideon1 answered the question on October 6, 2017 at 09:22


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