Kipsigis language

Kipsigis is part of the Kenyan Kalenjin dialect cluster, It is spoken mainly in Kericho and Bomet counties in Kenya. The Kipsigis people are the most numerous tribe of the Kalenjin in Kenya, accounting for 60% of all Kalenjin speakers. Kipsigis is closely related to Nandi, Keiyo, South Tugen, and Cherangany.
The Kipsigis territory is bordered to the south and southeast by the Maasai. To the west, Gusii is spoken. To the north-east, other Kalenjin people are found, mainly the Nandi. East from the Kipsigis, in the Mau forests, live some Okiek speaking tribes.

Phonology

can be heard as either a trill or a tap.
may also be realized as a palatal stop.
may also have a voiced allophone, as well as become spirantized as a voiced fricative.

Usually, the pronunciation of a double vowel does not mean a repetition of that vowel sound but rather an elongation of that particular vowel sound. An exception to that generalization shows up with the double ee.
Normally, the elongated vowel sounds follow the Latin vowel sounds. A few examples are given in the table below

The sound of the double ee may vary in pronunciation. For example:

As in Kipsigis	As in English
akweet 'flock'	wet
beek 'water'	bake
meet 'death'	for this word, there are two sounds, as in lay-ette