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Kericho was founded by British settlers in 1902. [3] It hosts Africa's largest Sikh Gurudwara [4] and the second largest Catholic cathedral in Kenya. [5]The Gurdwara Sahib, built on the site of the home and workshop of Kericho Wagon Works founder Sant Baba Puran Singh Ji of Kericho, is now a place of worship for the Sikh community and a museum gazetted by the Government of Kenya as a place of ...
Kericho was a district in the Rift Valley Province of Kenya. Its capital was Kericho. It had a population of 468,493 (1999 census) and an area of 2,111 km 2. [1] Kericho District traces its origins back to when the region was part of the Protectorate of Uganda. It was until 1902 when Lumbwa District transferred to the East Africa Protectorate.
Kericho county has a total population of 901,777 of which 450,741 are males, 451,008 females and 28 intersex persons. There are 206,036 household with an average household size of 4.4 persons per household and a population density 370 people per square kilometre.
Litein is a town located in the Kericho County, Kenya.It was previously the capital of the former Buret District.Litein has an urban population of 4,000. [1] The town is along the Kericho-Sotik road.
Before the new constitution of Kenya that came into force on 27 August 2010, Kenya was divided into eight provinces (see map). The provinces , excluding Nairobi Province, were subdivided into 46 districts as at 1992, which were further subdivided into 262 divisions .
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Kericho Airport (IATA: KEY, ICAO: HKKR) is located in Kericho District, Rift Valley Province, in the town of Kericho, in the southwestern part of Kenya on the map.Its location is approximately 206 kilometres (128 mi), by air, northwest of Nairobi International Airport, the country's largest civilian airport. [1]
Following a High Court ruling in September 2009, there were 46 legal districts in Kenya, [7] excluding Nairobi which constituted a 47th district. Following the Kenyan general election, 2013, these districts and Nairobi now constitute the 47 counties which will be the basis for rolling out devolution as set out in the 2010 Constitution of Kenya (district headquarters are in parentheses):