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Results of the maasai collaboration with the british

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Results of the Maasai collaboration with the British
a) Lenana was made a paramount chief of the Maasai in 1901.
b) The collaboration led to the separation of the Maasai related clans. The Purko Maasai were divided into the Loita and Ngong Maasai.
c) There was massive land alienation with the Maasai
being moved to the Ngong and Laikipia reserves and later the southern reserve.
d) Maasai freedom in conducting rituals was curtailed with their confinement to a five –square-mile reserve for initiation rites.
e) The Maasai lost their independence. Just like any other part of kenya,
Maasailand became part of the British protectorate.
f) There was total disruption of their territorial integrity. Even their cattle economy was disrupted as the number of livestock was reduced.