The Nandi community in Kenya and their migration:They were pushed out of the Mt.Elgon region between 1700 and 1800 by the incoming Maasai. The decline of the Maasai in the 19th c made them rise to become a formidable group that conducted raids against their neighbours like the Abaluhyia and Luo. Their power only declined due to constant wars between them and the British colonialists.