Laikipia still dances to ‘vulture’s tune’ a century later

Maasai Morans in the 1960s [File]

The vulture is a patient bird. And those that circle around Laikipia seem to be ever celebrating, since the original inhabitants, the Lakipiak, were decimated in 1874, erasing the clan out of existence. 

After the defeat of the Laikipiak clan of the Maasai 147 years ago, the highlands have witnessed unmitigated bloodshed as different groups tried to claim its pastures, farmlands and livestock.