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Gloom for residents as famous goat auction fails to take place

Kimalel goat auction in Baringo county.

Christmas usually marks the peak of the festive season, followed by a period of financial squeeze as children go back to school.

But for residents of Kimalel, Marigat sub-County in Baringo County, this period reminds them of the good old days when the late President Daniel Moi would lead a high-powered delegation of government functionaries, political and corporate world to participate in the much-publicised goat auction.

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