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Elgeyo-Marakwet County is one of Kenya's 47 counties.Located in the former Rift Valley Province, its capital and largest town is Iten.It borders the counties of West Pokot to the north, Baringo County to the east, southeast and south, Uasin Gishu to the southwest and west, and Trans Nzoia to the northwest.
In 1994, Elgeyo-Marakwet District was split into Marakwet and Keiyo districts. In the 2009 census, the two districts had a total population of 369,998. [4] In 2010, as per the new constitution of Kenya, new counties were to be created based on the districts of Kenya that existed as of 1992. This effectively led to the creation of Elgeyo ...
The district had a population of 140, 629 people in the 1999 Census. [1] Local people are predominantly of the Marakwet tribe. The district was created in 1994 when Elgeyo-Marakwet District was split into Marakwet and Keiyo Districts in 1994. In 2010, the two districts were joined again to form Elgeyo-Marakwet County.
Embobut [1] (Embobit, Embotut) is one of the administrative wards for the Marakwet East Constituency in Elgeyo-Marakwet County, Kenya. [2]: 4–6 The area contains one of two major drainage basins for Elgeyo-Marakwet County, referred to locally as a "water towers". The other water tower in Elgeyo-Marakwet County is Cherangani Hills. [3]
The Marakwet people consist of five distinct territorial groups that, "forged some form of association through their common residence along the Kerio Valley and the Cherangani Hills". From north to south along the valley are, the Endoow, Markweta and Almoo, in the hills are, the Borokot and Cherang'any ( Sengwer or Kimaala ).
The development of quantitative methods for livestock production includes mathematical modelling based in plant-herbivore or predator-prey models to forecast and optimise meat production. An example is the Predator-Prey Grassland Livestock Model (PPGL) [7] to address the dynamics of the combined grass-animals system as a predator-prey dynamical ...
Marakwet East is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of four constituencies of Elgeyo-Marakwet County. Between 1992 and 2012, the constituency had eleven wards, all of which elected councillors for the defunct Marakwet County Council. However, after the promulgation of the new constitution, the constituency was subdivided into four ...
The Rimoi National Reserve is an animal conservation reserve located in Elgeyo Marakwet County, Kenya. It is a relatively small reserve, covering 66 km 2, and is protected by the Kenya Wildlife Service. It lies adjacent to Lake Kamnarock which has recently dried up and is part of a conservation area that is five larger than its size. [1]