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Five years after poll chaos, Eldoret has never been better

An aerial view of Eldoret town. [PHOTOS: KEVIN TUNOI/STANDARD]

Eldoret is fast shedding off the post-election violence hot spot tag and is gearing for economic take off, writes Edwin Cheserek and Vincent Bartoo

Today, nothing betrays the events of 2007/2008 when Eldoret town became the epicentre of the violence that rocked the country after the bungled presidential polls then.

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