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Elgeyo Marakwet should leverage on athletics to boost tourism

Contingent of Athletes on a morning run at Iten, Elgeyo Marakwet County [Christopher Kipsang, Standard]

Elgeyo Marakwet is one of the counties under the North Rift Regional Economic Bloc, which brings together eight counties of Nandi, Uasin Gishu, West Pokot, Trans Nzoia, Turkana and Samburu.

Elgeyo Markwet is known as the ‘County of Champions’ because of its many sportsmen and women who have brought honour and pride to Kenya at international events.

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