Joy as Kenyan man who has been missing for 62 years finally returns home

Sammy Koech (right) speaks about his brother William Kipsum (left) who disappeared from their Kitale home in 1954 when he went to herd cattle for a white settler in Endebess. The family on held a ceremony to celebrate the return of Kipsum to their current Kapekeben, Uasin Gishu home. PHOTO: KEVIN TUNOI/STANDARD

UASIN GISHU: William Kipsum Songok left home over half a century ago in pursuit of greener pastures.

The first born of the late Songok and Martha Koech left their home, which was then in Kitale, for Endebess in 1954 to herd a white settler’s cattle. His family tried over the years tried to locate him in vain. But they have never lost hope.