This expansion was followed by the development of three groupings within the Loikop society. The Sambur who occupied the 'original' country east of Lake Turkana as well as the Laikipia plateau. The Guash Ngishu occupied the grass plateaus of the Uasin Gishu and Mau while the Maasai territory extended from Naivasha to Kilimanjaro. The mythological rendition of this account as record by Straight et. al (2016) states that three Maa clan clusters - Loiborkineji, Maasai, and Laikipiak - came out together...from the (baobab) Tree of Tangasa.