It is also home to some 40,000 Maasai pastoralists, who have been struggling for their human and civil rights since 1958 when they were resettled in the area by the colonial government.
Eneo hili pia ni makazi ya wafugaji wa Kimaasai wapatao 40,000, ambao toka mwaka 1958,n walipohamishiwa eneo hilo na serikali ya kikoloni, wamekuwa wakipigania haki zao za kisiasa na kiraia.