The stolen Orrorin Tugenesis to be brought back to Baringo

Baringo County Chief Executive Officer in charge of trade and investment Hon. Kipchumba Keitany has said that plans are underway to bring back Arrorin Tugenesis fossil from Nairobi to Baringo County.

Hon. Keitany in his remarks as a panelist during the ongoing Baringo Entrepreneurial Expo Summit (BEES) yesterday at Kabarnet show grounds said Orrorin Tugenesis shall be returned to Kipsaraman where huge deposits of the fossil are found.

"We shall bring back the fossils to Kipsaraman so that tourists are able to follow the fossil all the way from Nairobi and it will be a big investment for Baringo,” Keitany reiterated.

Keitany added that the fossils are believed to be the remains of the first man and play a big role in attracting tourists to come to the county hence encouraging investors to devote in the county.

Keitany further invited investors to focus in developing cultural villages and centers due to cultural diversity in the county which attracts more tourists.

Keitany added that sports tourism along Tugen hills is an exciting opportunity as caves and waterfalls are found along the hills together with gorges and over 450 bird species which converge at Tugumoi.

"We normally have a bird skipping festival at Tugumoi during the September-November period when varieties of bird species converge," Keitany stated.

Keitany said that the county has an added advantage as it sits along the equator something that attracts tourists and two national reserves with over 500 elephants without forgetting beaches at lake Bogoria and Baringo where geysers are found.

Baringo county governor Hon. Benjamin Cheboi urged the local investors to invest their funds in the county instead of investing them elsewhere for fear of being questioned where they got the funding as borrowing is one of the ways to raise funds.

"Local investors should avoid investing in places outside the county such as Nairobi for fear of being asked where they got the money even when you can borrow," Cheboi added.