Where locals dance with death to remain close to their ancestors

Residents of Chesegon in Marakwet East walking past the swept Chesegon Trading Center in April 2020 during a mass landslide. Kerio escarpments in Elgeyo Marakwet county has seen an annual event of landslide during rainy seasons causing mayhem to residents. [Christopher Kipsang, Standard]

It is scenic, with imposing rocks sitting on loose soil, but whenever it rains, agony over a trail of deaths resulting from landslides sweeps the beauty.

The Kerio escarpments and West Pokot Hills in Elgeyo Marakwet and West Pokot respectively have recorded the worst landslide calamities since the 1960s, with proposals to resettle residents living in the risky areas bearing no fruit.