Laikipia
Central Kenya plateau
“A house planted on new ground still carries the name of its fathers.”
The Kalenjin communities on the Laikipia plateau.
- Capital
- Rumuruti
- Region
- Central Kenya plateau
- Altitude
- 1,700 to 2,600 metres
- Economy
- Wheat, livestock, conservancies, tourism
- Arror
- Samor
- Pokot
- Marakwet
- Kipsigis
- Nandi
Rumuruti · Nyahururu edge · Ol Moran · Sipili · Kinamba
Laikipia is the plateau county. Kalenjin families settled here across a hundred years, moving out of the Rift ridges into the open grasslands of Rumuruti, Ol Moran, and Sipili. The Foundation counts many of its constituents in these settlement wards.
It is a working landscape of wheat, cattle, and conservancy country. The Kalenjin households of Laikipia often live side by side with Pokot, Turkana, Samburu, Meru, and Kikuyu neighbours, and much of the community's life here is spent building peace across those lines.
Foundation work in Laikipia concentrates on peace, education, and land security for Kalenjin settler communities, and on shared water and pasture arrangements with neighbouring peoples.
Land security
Support for settler community trusts and title processes.
Peace across neighbours
Elder council work with Pokot, Samburu, and other neighbours on shared water and pasture.
Schools of the plateau
Bursaries and library support in Ol Moran, Sipili, and Rumuruti.
Laikipia County Liaison (placeholder)
Regional Coordinator, Central Plateau
info@kalenjin.foundation
If you live or work in Laikipia and would like to be involved, please write to us and mention the county in your subject line.