First students finally report at University named after freedom hero -Koitaleel

Professor Gedion Misoi (second left) and Professor Lishenga Josphat (right) with other senior lecturers at Koitalel Samoei University in Nandi. [Peter Ochieng/Standard]

Nandi leader Koitalel arap Samoei is often described as a seer of legendary repute, who struck fear in the hearts of British colonialists.

But one thing he could not have foreseen is that 114 years after his death, an edifice in the heart of Nandi County would proudly bear his name.