Elgeyo Marakwet Deputy Governor Wisley Rotich is now calling on President Uhuru Kenyatta to act and help restore peace in Kerio Valley. Rotich notes that previous calls for action to be taken seem to have fallen on deaf ears, even
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A section of political and community leaders in Elgeyo Marakwet County have appealed to President Uhuru Kenyatta to classify ongoing bandit attacks in Kerio Valley as terrorism. Led by Elgeyo Marakwet Deputy Governor Wisely Rotich and elders from the county,
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Elgeyo Marakwet Governor Eng Alex Tolgos has expressed optimism that Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader Raila Odinga will win the presidency in the upcoming poll. Eng Tolgos was among over 30 governors that on Monday, January 17, 2022, declared support
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The Office of the President on Wednesday, January 12, 2022, announced a number of transfers and redeployment of multiple county commissioners. Among the County Commissioners affected were those from Elgeyo Marakwet and Baringo counties. Elgeyo Marakwet’s Ahamed Omar Ahmed has
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Rift Valley Regional Coordinator George Natembeya has ordered security agents to restore sanity in the volatile Kerio Valley. He pointed out that the region could be gazetted as disturbed ahead of a disarmament exercise. Natembeya also asked residents to send
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Elgeyo Marakwet Deputy Governor Wisely Rotich has written an open letter to President Uhuru Kenyatta seeking his intervention over what he termed as ongoing genocide in Kerio Valley. Rotich, in the letter dated January 4, 2022, notes that there is
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The Kenya Climate-Smart Agriculture Project (KCSAP) Elgeyo Marakwet unit, on Thursday, December 23, 2021, flagged off nine motorcycles meant to ease extension services and data collection in six implementing wards across the County. Presiding over the event, the Chairperson Agriculture
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A ray of hope is beaming for children with autism challenges in Elgeyo Marakwet County. This is after the county’s Department of Health partnered with Smiles for Speech- a United States-based organization that supports children with disabilities by providing access
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