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Kitale is a town in the north west of Kenya, in the former Rift Valley province, between Mount Elgon and the Cherangany Hills. It has an elevation of around 1 900 metres ( 6 200 ft). [ 3 ] Its population was 162 174 as of 2019.
The Kitale massacre was a mass murder that occurred at a farm near Kitale, Kenya Colony on 12 May 1929, when a native named Mogo killed twelve people and wounded another with a spear. The perpetrator was subsequently arrested and sentenced to death.
Trans-Nzoia County is a county in the former Rift Valley Province, Kenya, located between the Nzoia River and Mount Elgon, 380 km northwest of Nairobi.At its centre is the town of Kitale which is the county capital and largest town.
Kitale Airport is a small airstrip commonly referred to as kambi miwa airstrip by the local people, the airstrip serves the town of Kitale and surrounding communities. . Situated at 6,070 feet (1,850 m) above sea level, [2] the airport has a single asphalt runway which measures 4,757 feet (1,450 m) in length and 57 feet (17 m) in
First opened in 1924 to the public, the Kitale Museum is the first domestic museum opened in Kenya. Originally, it was known as the Stoneham Museum, [ 1 ] named after Colonel Hugh Stoneham. He had been a large contributor and collector of the artifacts held within the museum up until his death in 1966.
Kitale massacre: 12 May 1929 Kitale: 12 A tenant farmer, Mogo, killed 12 people, including his wife and daughter, after being accused of being a Wizard. He was later captured, tried, and hanged for murder. Ruck Family massacre: January 1953 Great Rift Valley: 4 The Ruck family, and a worker were massacred by Mau Mau supporters. Lari massacre ...
The road starts at Kisumu, on the northeastern shores of Lake Victoria.It takes a general northerly direction through Kakamega and Webuye, to end at Kitale, on the Suam–Endebess–Kitale–Eldoret Road, a total distance of about 160 kilometres (99 mi). [2]
The power line starts at the 106 MW Turkwel Hydroelectric Power Station, in West Pokot County, as a 220kV single circuit high voltage power line.From there, the line travels in a general southerly direction through the town of Ortum also in West Pokot County, to end at Kitale in Trans-Nzoia County. [1]