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Sacho is a township in Baringo District
Baringo District
Baringo District is an administrative district in the Rift Valley Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Kabarnet. The district has a population of 264,978 and an area of 8,646 km² ....

, Rift Valley Province, Kenya
Kenya
Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...

. It is located along Kabarnet
Kabarnet
Kabarnet is a town in the Rift Valley Province of Kenya. The town has an urban population of 9,583 and a total population of 24,661 - Geography :...

 - Eldama Ravine
Eldama Ravine
Eldama Ravine is a kenyan town a few miles north of the equator,geographical coordinates 0° 30' 0" North, 35° 43' 0" East. It was established as an administrative point by British colonialists and later served as a transit route for lumber harvested from surrounding forests.It is the headquarters...

 road 24 kilometres south of Kabarnet and 6 kilometres north of Tenges.

Sacho is the headquarters of Sacho division, an administrative division
Divisions of Kenya
||The districts of Kenya are divided into 262 divisions . Divisions of Kenya are further subdivided into locations. The divisions are listed below, by district:-Baringo District:*Kabarnet*Kabartonjo*Marigat*Mochongoi*Mogotio*Nginyang...

 in Baringo district. Sacho division has a population of 11,856 (1999 census ). Sacho division has the following locations
Locations of Kenya
||Locations are a type of administrative region in Kenya. Location are a fourth level subdivision below Provinces, Districts and Divisions. Locations are further subdivided into Sub-locations . As of 1999 census there were 2,427 locations and 6,612 sublocations in Kenya .Each division in Kenya is...

: Chepkero, Kabasis, Kibonjos, Sacho Mosop and Sacho Soi . Sacho is part of Baringo county Council and Baringo Central Constituency
Baringo Central Constituency
Baringo Central Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of three constituencies in Baringo District, Rift Valley Province. The constituency was established for the 1966 elections....

 .

Daniel arap Moi
Daniel arap Moi
Daniel Toroitich arap Moi was the President of Kenya from 1978 until 2002.Daniel arap Moi is popularly known to Kenyans as 'Nyayo', a Swahili word for 'footsteps'...

, the second president of Kenya, was born in Sacho Kurieng'wo village next Sacho High School, a private secondary school owned by Mr. Moi.
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