Wonders of Sergoit Hills

  1.  Wildlife Sanctuary Sergoit Wildlife Sanctuary is a private sanctuary that is run and managed by the Kruger family,  Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS) and the African Fund for Endangered Wildlife (AFEW).   In 1995 the Kruger family established a wildlife Sanctuary at Sergoit Hill and brought in thirteen giraffes. The sanctuary is now home to various wildlife such as the Rothschild Giraffe – one of a priority species in wildlife conservation. Other animals found on the hill include antelopes, duikers, and a large variety of birds. 2.  Sergoit Golf and Wildlife Resort Sergoit Golf and Wildlife Resort is currently setting up a multi-billion shillings tourist resort around Sergoit Hill to boost tourism in Western Kenya. The Resort, which is owned by the Sergoit Holdings, has plans to expand the property to include a PGA style golf course, a five-star hotel offering over two thousand villas, a private hospital for residents, and a facility geared towards shoppi...

By Dominic Ng'etich The Kapbrar farm in Chembulet, is a vast land located about 35Kms from Eldoret town along Eldoret-Iten Road.   The sprawling 2000 acres land was once inhabited by a white settler named Britham Brar Singh, of Indian origin. He acquired the land in the late 1960s from a Boer farmer who was leaving the country for South Africa after Kenya gained independence.  Brar Singh was a wheat farmer.  In the early 1990s, during the Moi regime, the late powerful Energy and Lands Minister Nicholas Kipyator Biwott acquired the the land and gave it to the Keiyo community, mostly women's groups.  Chiefs from Kaptarakwa, Chebior, Kitany, Kapkoi, Mutei, and Irong asked locals to send their daughters, wives, mothers, and any female who was willing to pay 5000 to own an acre of land.  The northern side of the land was given to the people from Irong, the eastern side to Mutei and Kaptarakwa, and parts of the southern and lower western sides were given to peopl...