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Kericho
Kericho is the biggest town in Kericho County located in the highlands west of the Kenyan Rift Valley. Standing on the edge of the Mau Forest, Kericho has a warm and temperate climate making it an ideal location for agriculture and in particular, the large scale cultivation of tea. The town is strategically located along Kenya's western tourism circuit with access to Lake Victoria, the Maasai Mara National Reserve and Ruma National Park. As of the 1999 census, the town has a population of 150,000. Kericho is the home town of the Kipsigis, who are a part of the Kalenjin people. Etymology The etymology of Kericho is unclear. One theory has it that it was home to the region's first hospital, built by the colonial British at the start of the 20th century. This is in reference to , the word for medicine in the Kipsigis language. Other theories have it that the town was named for a local medicine man called Kipkerich or after a Maasai chief, Ole Kericho who was killed in the 18th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kericho County
Kericho County is one of the 47 Counties of Kenya, counties in Kenya. The county seats between longitude 35°02' and 35°40' East and between the equator and latitude 0°23' South with an altitude of about 2002m above the sea level. It borders Uasin Gishu County to the North West, Baringo County to the North, Nandi County to the North-West, Nakuru County to the East and Bomet County to the South. It has a population of 901,777 (2019 census) and an area of 2,111 km². Its capital and largest town is Kericho. Kericho County is home to the best of Kenyan tea, Kenyan Tea which is renowned worldwide for its taste with its town square even known as Chai Square. Some of the largest tea companies including Unilever Kenya, James Finlay and Williamson Tea are based here. It is also home to the popular Ketepa brand. The defunct Buret District is now part of Kericho County. Physical and topical features County slopes gently from 2500m to about 1,800m above the sea level. The county ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kipsigis People
The Kipsigis or Kipsigiis are a Nilotic tribe in Kenya. They are contingent of the Kalenjin ethnic group and speak Kipsigis language, a tonal language which is closely related to a group of languages collectively known as Kalenjin language. It is observed that the Kipsigis and an aboriginal race native to Kenya known as Ogiek have a merged identity. The Kipsigis are the most numerous of the Kalenjin. The latest Census population in Kenya put the kipsigis at 1.972 Million speakers accounting for 45% of all kalenjin speaking people (both in Kenya and Uganda). They occupy the highlands of Kericho stretching from Timboroa to Mara River in the south, the west of Mau Escarpment in the east to Kebeneti in the west. They also occupy, parts of Laikipia, Kitale, Nakuru, Narok, Trans Mara District, Eldoret and Nandi Hills. Earlier impressions depict the Kipsigis as having 'beautiful' Caucasian physique and high positive regard, often declining tedious manual labour although they would cond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Kabianga
The University of Kabianga is located in Kabianga Division in Kericho West District. The university is situated in the Kabianga Complex, comprising the then Kabianga Famers Training Center, Kabianga High School and Primary School and the Kipsigis County Council Tea Farm. The Kabianga Complex has a long history. History The Government School, Kabianga, was started in 1925. Kabianga Teachers’ Training College existed between 1929 and 1963, when the College was moved to the present Kericho Teachers Training College. After the relocation, Kabianga Farmers Training Centre was established in 1959 at the premises. Its objective was to serve as an Agricultural Training facility for farmers from the South Rift and beyond. Kabianga Farmers Training Centre became Kabianga Campus of Moi University in May 2007. In May 2009, the university campus was elevated to a university college. On 1 March 2013, it was awarded charter by H.E, Hon. Mwai Kibaki and became a fully fledged university. Loc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigowet–Soin Constituency
Sigowet-Soin is an electoral constituency in Kericho County, Kenya ) , national_anthem = " Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Nairobi , coordinates = , largest_city = Nairobi .... Its one of six Constituencies of Kericho County. It was created for 2013 General Elections after it being curved out of Belgut Constituency. First member of Parliament was Justice Kemei and currently the sitting MP for the constituency is Kipsengeret Koros. It has four County Assembly Wards namely: County Assembly Wards in Sigowet – Soin Constituency Sigowet Ward # County Assembly Ward No.: 0962 # County Assembly Ward Name: Sigowet # County Assembly Ward Population (Approx.): 36,175 # County Assembly Ward Area In Sq. km (Approx.): 72.80 # County Assembly Ward Description: Comprises Sigowet, Kaptebengwo, Kamaget, Kebeneti Mindililwet, Kiptere, Kakeburu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgut Constituency
Belgut is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of six constituencies of Kericho County Kericho County is one of the 47 counties in Kenya. The county seats between longitude 35°02' and 35°40' East and between the equator and latitude 0°23' South with an altitude of about 2002m above the sea level. It borders Uasin Gishu County .... The constituency was established for the 1963 elections. A new Constituency Sigowet-Soin was curved out of this Constituency in 2013 after the promulgation of the new constitution (2010). Members of Parliament Locations and wards Political history Belgut in early 1963 comprised the current Ainamoi, Belgut and Sigowet-Soin. The journey started in 1963 where Alfred Kiptaro Kerich, who hailed from Kaptebeswet in the current Belgut, was elected unopposed. 1963-1969 > Alfred Kiptaro Kerich ( First Belgut MP used to work as a court clerk at Kericho Law Courts. Studied up to Class 8) 1969–1974 Contestants in that election o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kipkelion East Constituency
Kipkelion East is an electoral constituency in Kericho County, Kenya. It is one of six constituencies in the county. It was established for the 2013 general elections as constituency number 188 when Kipkelion Constituency was split into Kipkelion East and Kipkelion West constituency. Kipkelion East incorporates Tendeno, Londiani Londiani is a Kenyan town in the Kericho County. As of 2009, it had a total population of 44,953. Transport Londiani is located in the Kipkelion East Constituency between Nakuru and Kericho Kericho is the biggest town in Kericho Count ..., Kedowa/Kimugul and Chepseon wards. The incumbent member of national assembly is Hon. Joseph Limo. The Kipkelion East constituency area of the former Kipkelion has produced past MPs such as Moses Kiprono of Soget, Kipsongol, Dr Richard Koech, Eng. Samuel Rotich, Dr Sammy Ruto and Bishop Tonui. Wards The constituency is made up of four wards, each of which elects a representative (MCA) to the Kericho Cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenyan Premier League
The Kenyan Premier League (KPL), officially known as the FKF Premier League and as the BetKing Premier League (BPL) for sponsorship reasons, is a professional league for men's association football clubs in Kenya. Standing at the top of the Kenyan football league system, the league was formed in 1963 under the Kenya Football Federation but is now controlled by the Football Kenya Federation. It is contested by 18 clubs and operates on a promotion and relegation system with the Kenyan National Super League. Tusker F.C., Tusker are the current champions having won the 2021–22 FKF Premier League, 2021–22 season. The league was mostly stable until the late 1990s and since then its performance had been considered below average, with many of the league's clubs having little or no finances to support themselves. However, when SuperSport (TV channel), SuperSport became an official league partner, the league has taken on a more serious role with teams becoming professional and the major ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kipkelion West Constituency
Kipkelion West is a constituency in Kenya. It is one of six constituencies in Kericho County Kericho County is one of the 47 counties in Kenya. The county seats between longitude 35°02' and 35°40' East and between the equator and latitude 0°23' South with an altitude of about 2002m above the sea level. It borders Uasin Gishu County .... It was split from the now defunct Kipkelion Constituency to create two constituencies that is Kipkelion West and Kipkelion East after the promulgation of the New Constitution in 2010. Kipkelion West is made of 4 wards namely Kipkelion ward, Kunyak Ward, Kamasian Wardand Chilchila ward. Members of Parliament References Constituencies in Kericho County {{Kenya-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chandarana Records
Chandarana Records is a record company from Kericho, Kenya. The company was known throughout Africa for releasing several thousand 45-rpm singles (on at least 15 different labels) featuring a wide range of Kenyan (Luo, Luhya, Kipsigis, Swahili) and Tanzanian groups. Founded by A.P. Chandarana, the company, was one of the earliest record companies in Kenya, having been founded in 1958, recorded for many of Kenya's famous singers, including Collela Mazee and Daniel Owino Misiani. The company also recorded for a variety of genres, such as Benga, and sold well and were popular in Tanzania, Malawi, South Africa, Nigeria, Cameroun, and West Africa. The Daily Nation had commented that the company's large success was due to A.P Chandarana's efforts to take Benga music "beyond Luo Nyanza to Nairobi, Central Province and Ukambani." The company stopped selling copies of the original recordings from their shop in Kericho Kericho is the biggest town in Kericho County located ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalenjin People
The Kalenjin are a group of tribes designated as Highland Nilotes and are descended from Maliri people ''(thus related to Daasanach of Ethiopia.)'' The Kalenjin are cousins with Datooga people of Tanzania and Malawi. In contrast, their designation groups them with other Nilotes including Maasai, Luo, Turkana and Nuer, Dinka among others. They are indigenous to East Africa, residing mainly in what was formerly the Rift Valley Province in Kenya and Eastern slopes of Mount Elgon in Uganda. Upon their arrival in the forest region of Mau, the Kalenjin assimilated the aboriginal hunter-gatherer people known as Okiek. They number 6,358,113 individuals as per the Kenyan 2019 census and an estimated 300,000 in Uganda mainly in Kapchorwa, Kween and Bukwo districts. They have been divided into 11 culturally and linguistically related tribes: Kipsigis (1.9 million), Nandi (937,000), Sebei (350, 000) Keiyo (251, 000), Marakwet (119, 000), Sabaot (296,000), Pokots (778, 000), Tuge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenya Highlands Evangelical University
is fully-fledged (Chartered) private institution of higher learning. It is located in in . History The ideological heritage of educational instruction at the Kenya Highlands Bible College, which became the University, dates back to 1932 when missionaries of |
Bureti Constituency
Bureti Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of six constituencies of Kericho County. It was one of two constituencies of the former Buret District Buret District was a former administrative district in the Rift Valley Province of Kenya. Its capital town was Litein. The district had a population of 316,882 and an area of 955 km The district had two electoral constituencies: Konoin Constituen .... The constituency was established for the 1963 elections. Members of Parliament References {{coord missing, Kenya Constituencies in Kericho County Constituencies in Rift Valley Province 1963 establishments in Kenya Constituencies established in 1963 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
