Uasin Gishu County government has proposed to re-erect a monument at the peak of the region’s highest point, Kapsiliot Hill, in Karuna Meibeki Ward, as governor Jackson Mandago moves to boost the tourism sector.
Friday, Mr Mandago ordered the replacement of a monument said to have been established in 1870s by Scottish missionary Dr David Livingstone.
Dr Livingstone is credited to have helped end slave trade in countries across East African region.
He placed the other monuments in three other hills as “beacons” for surveying.
However, the moment is said to have been demolished by some unknown people in 1980s, on suspicion that it had mercury inside it.
It had been established on the crest of the hill where on clear skies one can spot Mt Kenya and Mt Elgon peaks.
“The county government will go back to the achieves and see if we can get a picture of the monument and then we will make a replica of it because this is a pillar of tourism,” Mr Mandago said after making history as the first governor and high profile leader to climb atop.
He added: “County officials should consider coming here for team building and meetings. My government will look into it that we support our tourism sector by coming here for training and other functions, that way we shall be championing for the success of our own destiny.”
Mr Mandago who was flanked by area MCA Josephat Lowoi urged the youth to take advantage of loans offered by the county government to venture into business.