Trans Nzoia
Foot of Mount Elgon
“The mountain gives water to every field, and asks no name.”
The maize country at the foot of Mount Elgon, meeting ground of Sabaot and settlers.
- Capital
- Kitale
- Region
- Foot of Mount Elgon
- Altitude
- 1,800 to 2,300 metres
- Economy
- Maize, dairy, horticulture, industry
- Sabaot
- Nandi
- Keiyo
- Marakwet
- Arror
- Samor
- Pokot
Kitale · Kwanza · Endebess · Cherangany · Saboti · Kiminini
Trans Nzoia is the great maize plain at the foot of Mount Elgon. Kitale is its capital, and one of the older Kalenjin market towns of western Kenya.
The county carries the Sabaot along the Elgon foothills, the Cherangany along the escarpment above Kwanza, and settler households from Nandi, Keiyo, Marakwet, Arror, Samor, and Pokot in the wards below. It is one of the most inter Kalenjin counties in the country.
Foundation work here concentrates on the Sabaot and Cherangany councils of elders, on Elgon forest recovery, and on secondary schools of the plain.
Elgon and forest
Working with the Sabaot on forest recovery and land tenure around Mount Elgon.
Cherangany council
Support for the Cherangany elders along the escarpment above Kwanza.
Schools of the plain
Bursaries and libraries in Kitale, Endebess, and Kiminini.
Trans Nzoia County Liaison (placeholder)
Regional Coordinator, Elgon Foothills
info@kalenjin.foundation
If you live or work in Trans Nzoia and would like to be involved, please write to us and mention the county in your subject line.