 A widespread trend across the region as the Mutai of the 19th-century dragged on.According to Kalenjin and Maasai traditions, the territory of the Uasin Gishu people extended over the Uasin Gishu and Mau plateaus following the conquest of these regions from the 'Senguer' or Siger.This period also saw the fragmentation of Loikop society.