A Dynamic Country with Dynamic Kericho city WITH commerce and business

Location
Kericho County is located in the Rift Valley. It covers an area of 2,479 sq. Km with temperatures ranging from 16°C to 27°C. Average rainfall range between 1,400 mm and 2,000mm per annum. The county has covers 6 former Local Authorities in the old dispensation of the wider Kericho District (They are Kericho Municipal Council, Kipsigis, Bureti County Councils, Kipkelion, Litein, and Londiani Town councils).

Kericho town was their administrative capital and to date it remains the County headquarters.

Economy of Kericho County
Kericho County is renowned for its large tea industry. Its tea is among the best in the world largely due to its good quality, flavor and fragrance. Many large tea companies are based in Kericho County and provide employment opportunities for the county’s people. Subsistence farming is also practiced in the county. A large part of the Mau forest considered Kenya’s biggest water catchment area lies in the county. The forest gives rise to some of the major rivers that flow out of it among them the Ewaso Ng’iro River, Sondu River, Mara River and Njoro River.
Conservation efforts would see the county contribute water resources to other part of the country.