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Eldoret businessman alleges death threats from in-laws amid ongoing assault case • Mar. 11, 2025, 4:55 AM ET (The Standard)
Ruto gives Sh20m to Eldoret church as youth protest at Jesus Winner • Mar. 9, 2025, 11:13 PM ET (The Standard)
Two lawyers, a beer bottle and death: How three-day 2019 Eldoret house party turned tragic • Feb. 27, 2025, 2:13 AM ET (Nation.Africa)
Politics, crime and chaos: Alarm over ‘protected’ Eldoret gangs • Feb. 21, 2025, 4:13 PM ET (Nation.Africa)
Day dreaded Eldoret goons attacked municipality manager as county officers watched • Feb. 20, 2025, 9:13 PM ET (Nation.Africa)

Eldoret, town, western Kenya, located on the Uasin Gishu Plateau west of the Great Rift Valley (in the East African Rift System). Situated at an elevation of 6,857 feet (2,090 meters) above sea level, it has a healthful climate that attracted many European settlers during the colonial period. It serves an agricultural area; the chief crops are corn (maize), wheat, and pyrethum (a plant used in manufacturing insecticides). Cattle raising in the vicinity is important. Local industries include flour-milling and food-processing plants. Eldoret is a rail stop on the line running northwest into Uganda. It is the seat of a Roman Catholic bishopric and is home to Moi University (1984). Pop. (2009) 252,061; (2019) 475,716.

The Editors of Encyclopaedia BritannicaThis article was most recently revised and updated by Amy McKenna.