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Mt Elgon village where hundreds visit to read a traditional 'rain gauge'

Joseph Kwemoi, a resident in Mt Elgon showing a rock that has features of traditional rain gauge at Chemweisus, Mt. elgon in Bungoma County’ [Benjamin Sakwa/Standard]

For many years, residents of Kapsokwony in Mount Elgon have trusted the oldest indigenous rock in the area to predict weather patterns.

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