Kipsigis Cultural Museum
Cultural Centre in Kericho
Kipsigis Cultural Museum: Kapkatet Centre
This is perhaps the only place in Kericho County which can properly be called a museum. Kipsigis Cultural Museum at Kapkatet, started in 2008 by Paul Tum, a lecturer at Moi University, contains a gripping display of traditional artefacts of the Kalenjin Community, specifically of Kipsigis group, aiming to preserve and assist travellers to this region understand the history of the Kipsigis indigenous way of life, philosophy and traditional religion. The museum’s display includes tools for tilling, harvesting and serving food, herbs and charms for treating various ailments as well as weapons. It also houses traditional musical instruments of the Kipsigis.
Among these instruments include the one-stringed kimeng’eng, the five-stringed chepkesem, the six-stringed chemonge and the eight-stringed ketuba. It also has exhibits of the lost language, herbs and indigenous practices. Presently, there are over 800 unique items housed in the former farm house. Better still, a drive here goes through the less-travelled areas of Kericho’s pretty tea plantations, a much prized but rare route. It is located in the extreme southwestern corner of Kericho County, at Kapkabet Shopping Centre, 38 km southwest of Kericho town through Tagabi, Changoi and Litein. Kipsigis Museum is open daily between 9am and 5pm.
That Kenya has a rich cultural diversity needs no introduction. It is an invaluable blessing to the nation. To foster an understanding of this heritage, there are cultural centers around Kenya that provide insights into the tapestry of cultures and traditions in their regions. These centers preserve and celebrate traditional practices and customs amidst the shift towards modernization and globalization.
Index of Cultural Centres in Kenya
Baringo County - Mogotio Equator Center, Bomet County - Kipsigis Oasis Sanctuary Culture , Kaplelach Cultural Centre , Busia County - Kakapel Cultural Centre , Garissa County - Garissa Cultural Centre , Isiolo County - Gotu Cultural Centre , Malka Cultural Centre , Kakamega County - The Nabongo Mumia Centre , Kericho County - Kipsigis Cultural Museum , Kiambu County - Gikuyu Cultural Museum, Kirinyaga County - Thingira Cultural Centre , Lamu County - Swahili House Centre , Mosque College Lamu , House of Habib Swaleh , Machakos County - The Syokimau Cultural Centre, Makueni County - Makueni Cultural Center , Meru County - Murithi Mpuri Cultural Centre , Thiiri Centre , Mombasa County - Swahili Cultural Centre , Little Theatre Club , Bombolulu Cultural Centre , Ngomongo Villages , Muranga County - Mukurwe Wa Nyagathanga , Nairobi County - Bomas of Kenya, Kenya Cultural Centre, The Goethe Institut, Alliance Française, Nakuru County - Bomas of Nakuru, Nandi County - Cheruiyot Ecosystem , Nyamira County - Otenyo Cultural Centre , Samburu County - Umoja Women Village , Tana River County - Tana Delta Cultural Center , Tharaka Nithi County - Ura Gate Meru
Located in southwestern part of Kenya within the former Rift Valley Province, Kericho County, a healthful highland, has innumerable picture-postcard tea-farm vistas. Kericho County is famous for its vast tea plantations. It is all around a tea-riffic countryside clutching traditions and culture with one hand and a forward-looking yen on the other. It is home to large forests, historic sites and resorts, too.
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35 Destinations in Kericho County , arranged as one would visit these - east, north, south then west - with aid of narratives, images, strip maps and distance chart:
Mau Forest Reserve , Chereres Waterfalls , A.I.C Kericho , Chesumot Estate , Chagaik Arboretum , Chesumot Dam, Kimugu River Lodge , James Finlays Tea Factory , Dimbolil Dam , The Sacred Heart Cathedral , A.C.K Kericho , Kericho Golf Club , Gurdwara Sahib , Kericho Wagon Works , Kericho Tea Hotel , Chebown Sanctuary , Chelimo Arboretum , Tagabi Monkey Sanctuary , Changoi Tea Estate , Chebulu Conservancy , The Kiptui Falls, Kapkatet Kipsigis Cultural Museum , The Tulwap-Kipsigis Hill , Londiani-Koru-Awasi Route , Londiani Dam , Masaita Forest Station , KFC Hospitality Centre , Londiani Falls , Kimasian Railway Bridge , Kiminket Garden, Kipkelion Monastery , The Van Wicker's Cave , Fort Tenan Pre-Historic Site , Tinderet Mountain , Ole Soi Resort , Bagao Caves
Know More About Kericho County: Its Geography, Land-Use, Highlights, Population, Roads - including a distance chart, Airports, Climate & National Monuments
What’s The Air Like In Kericho?
The annual mean temperature ranges between 29 o C and 10 o C. The central part of the county, where tea is grown, receives the highest rainfall.
What’s The Lay Of The Land In C.35?
Kericho has an undulating topography, with the overall slope of the land being to the west – forming a hilly shelf between the Mau Hills and the lowlands of Kisumu.
