The original indigenous occupants of the land were predominantly from the Kalenjin, Maasai and Kikuyu tribes.
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The Maasai tribe, who are pastoralists, found the amount of grazing land considerably reduced as the White Highlands expanded.
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His parents had earlier on been forced to leave their home area, Chinga, located in the Nyeri native reserve, back in 1928 to work in the white highlands.