BY Rupi Mangat
Part 2 of 2 I’m sitting on the saddle of the Sekerr mountain range between the peaks of Katugh and the rest: Kaimut, Chaichai and the famous Mtelo that is the peak and the fifth highest point in Kenya at 10,944 feet. It is also the sacred mountain of the Pokot and all face the […]
BY Rupi Mangat
Part 1 of 2 Above: Baboon parliament on Kaimot Hill in Sekerr Range. Copyright Rupi Mangat Published 24 August 2019 saturday Nation magazine Little known and shrouded in secrecy, the Sekerr range is a striking feature of the Pokot land in north-western Kenya. Reaching Kapenguria at dusk from South Nandi forest we’re unsure whether we […]
BY Rupi Mangat
Part 1 of 2 Above: Baboon parliament on Kaimot Hill in Sekerr Range. Copyright Rupi Mangat Published 24 August 2019 saturday Nation magazine Little known and shrouded in secrecy, the Sekerr range is a striking feature of the Pokot land in north-western Kenya. Reaching Kapenguria at dusk from South Nandi forest we’re unsure whether we […]
BY Rupi Mangat
Above: Mtelo Peak from Mtelo View Eco Lodge. Copyright Rupi Mangat. Published: The East African Nation media It’s dark and the sky is blanketed in stars. We’re following John Yaposiwa Ywalasiwa riding on his pikipiki up a road through the Sekerr mountains in the land of the Pokot in north-western Kenya. It’s an area only […]
