Uasin Gishu people
| (Maa-speaking, related to Kwavi people) Maa-speaking, related to Kwavi people (including those of ancestral descent) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
| Kenya | |
| Languages | |
| Maa and Swahili | |
| Religion | |
| Traditional beliefs and Christianity | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Maasai people, Samburu people, Laikipiak people, Kwavi people | |
The Uasin Gishu were a significant community in the 19th century, known for their conflicts with the Maasai and their eventual dispersal. |
The Uasin Gishu people were a community that inhabited a plateau located in western Kenya that today bears their name. They are said to have arisen from the scattering of the Kwavi by the Maasai in the 1830s. They were one of two significant sections of that community that stayed together. The other being the Laikipiak with whom they would later ally against the Maasai.