Leaders have paid tribute to former Eldoret South MP Wilson Korir who passed on last week in an Eldoret hospital.
The leaders described Mr Korir as an astute leader who played a pivotal role in shaping the region's politics, having been a close ally of former President Daniel arap Moi. Korir was a one-time legislator who served from 1983 to 1988 a Kanu MP. He died at the age of 77 after falling sick.