Lenana

Lenana signed a treaty with the British East Africa Company, granting them access to Maasai lands and establishing a protectorate. This agreement allowed the British to build the Uganda Railway through Maasai territory and secured Lenana's position as paramount laibon with British support.

Lenana agreed to the Maasai Moves agreement, relocating the Maasai from their traditional lands in the Rift Valley to a northern reserve. This displacement was orchestrated by the British to open land for European settlers, causing long-term disruption to Maasai pastoralism.

Lenana died in 1911, triggering a succession dispute among Maasai leaders. The British intervened to install a successor loyal to them, further entrenching colonial control over the Maasai. His death marked the end of an era of Maasai autonomy under British suzerainty.