Sacho is a township in
Baringo County
Baringo County is one of the 47 counties in Kenya. It is located in the former Rift Valley Province. Its headquarters and largest town is Kabarnet. The county is home to Lake Baringo.
Geographical location
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Kabarnet
Kabarnet is a town in Baringo County, Kenya. The town has an urban population of 9,583 and a total population of 24,661 (1999 census).
Geography
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Eldama Ravine
Eldama Ravine is a town in Baringo County, Kenya, a few miles north of the equator, geographical coordinates 0° 30' 0" North, 35° 43' 0" East. It was established as an administrative point by British colonialists and later served as a transit r ...
road 24 kilometres south of Kabarnet and 6 kilometres north of
Tenges.
Sacho is the headquarters of ''Sacho division'', an
administrative division
Administrative division, administrative unit,Article 3(1). country subdivision, administrative region, subnational entity, constituent state, as well as many similar terms, are generic names for geographical areas into which a particular, ind ...
in Baringo County. Sacho division has a population of 11,856 (1999 census ). Sacho division has the following
locations: Chepkero, Kabasis, Kibonjos, Sacho Mosop and Sacho Soi. Sacho is part of Baringo county Council and
Baringo Central Constituency 'Baringo Central Constituency'' is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of six constituencies in Baringo County. The constituency was established for the 1966 elections.
Kabarnet is the largest town located within this constituency.
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Daniel arap Moi
Daniel Toroitich arap Moi ( ; 2 September 1924 – 4 February 2020) was a Kenyan politician who served as the second president of Kenya from 1978 to 2002. He was the country's longest-serving president. Moi previously served as the third vice ...
, the second president of Kenya, was born in Sacho Kurieng'wo village, near Sacho High School, a private secondary school that he later owned.
References
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Populated places in Baringo County