Effects of the Nandi Resistance 1. There was depopulation because so many people lost their lives due to the rebellion. 2. There was massive destruction of property, villages, and homes. Cattle, crops yet the Nandi had taken a lot of time to build it. 3. The Nandi lost fertile land to British and it was used to construct the Railway. Nandi were put in reserve areas not as fertile as their original places. 4. Nandi accepted the British forces after 10 years and the British became their colonial masters. 5. Nandi realized the Whiteman’s supremacy and surrendered. They realized the Whiteman’s technology and his sophiscated warfare skills were incomparable to their local weapons and ways of fighting. 6. Nandi Migrated to other areas in search for jobs and fertile ground since the better part of their land had been taken by the British. 7. There was increased European settlement in Nandi and the rest of the region. Nandi embraced Christianity and abandoned their traditional religion. This is because they had been disappointed by their religious leaders. 8. Nandi lost their political independence. 9. Defeat of Nandi was a big lesson to their neighbors who had intentions of fighting the British. Societies like Masai, Luo and Luyia collaborated after realizing the superiority and might of the British. 10. Resistance led to the delayed construction of the Railway. The Nandi were relentlessin their fight,kept stealing the rail metals for their weaponry manufacturing and ofcourse their continued hostilities.However the construction of the railway was finally extended through Nandi Land, Kisumu and finally Uganda. 11. The Nandi rebellion gave rise to future rebellions in East Africa because they were now confident that….incomplete.
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