Pastoralists shift from livestock to mango growing

Francis Kiplagat in his mango farm in Kerio Valley. PHOTO | STANLEY KIMUGE | NMG

For years, residents of Kerio Valley, Elgeyo Marakwet County, considered their area unsuitable for any meaningful agricultural activities.

Therefore, pastoralism has been, since time immemorial, their major economic mainstay notwithstanding the recurrent banditry and cattle rustling incidents that have claimed several human lives and wiped away livelihood of cores of families.

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