Letter from Marigat: Future of this country is in arid lands

President WilliamRuto admires some of the goats which were presented for auction during the Kimalel Goat auction held at Kimalel kimalel grounds Baringo County. [File, Standard]

Just before the exams we usually do a rehearsal. My Christmas rehearsal was a trip to Marigat in Baringo. It's 256km from Nairobi.

I last took that route about two decades ago, when the Lake Bogoria geysers were active and spectacular. Are they still there? I never went beyond Marigat.