Wonders of Sergoit Hills

 By William Kiptoo In the Kerio Valley, market livestock like cattle and goats are a big deal. Along the Beretwo-Tot-Chesegon Road, there are market centers where goats are sold. Traders gather the goats and take them to bigger markets or across the Kerio River into Baringo. Cattle from areas like Koitilial, Arror, and Chesogoch are sold at the Barwessa market by the people who raise them or sometimes by traders. Buyers from Baringo, the fluorspar mines in Kimwarer, and Eldoret visit markets in the valley area south of the Beretwo - Kabarnet road. Resale markets for valley cattle can be found in places like Sergoit, Cheptongei, and KaptaIamwa. Chepkorio is a big resale market in the southern division, while Kapcherop and Chebororwa are important resale markets in Kapcherop Division. Kondabilet is the top resale market for small stock. Buyers from outside the county come to these markets to purchase livestock, which are then moved on foot to their destinations. Producers from the Ke...

By William Kiptoo I just found out that Jacobus Christian Theunissen owned the farm known today as Kimumu Farm #46, Uasin Gishu. He was the Secretary and Director of the Uasin Gishu Farmers' Association (KFA) in 1927. He also served in the military during the World War 1. In 1927, he imported a variety of wheat from Colombia. The first consignment sent for milling reached Nairobi in January 1933. Because it was a wheat of poor milling quality, and therefore fetched a lower price than other varieties, Sabanero did not at first catch on to any great extent; but it did stand up to rust. Its cultivation spread. In 1957 about 20% of all wheat grown in Kenya was of the Sabanero variety. Theunissen died in 1944 and was buried in Eldoret Cemetery. Source: https://www.europeansineastafrica.co.uk/ ll re William Kiptoo writes about peace, land and memory at Journeys of a Peace Worker .