Keiyo District
Keiyo District is a district in Kenya's Rift Valley Province. 1999, the population was 143 865. The capital of the district is Iten / Tambach.
The district was created in 1994 from the splitting of the Elegeyo - Marakwet District from 1927 in Keiyo Marakwet and District.
Sons and daughters of the district
Keiyo is home to many internationally successful long distance runners such as:
- Ahmad Hassan Abdullah
- Bernard Barmasai
- Sally Barsosio
- Vivian Cheruiyot Jepkemoi
- Hilda Kibet
- Sylvia Kibet Jebiwott
- Moses Kigen Kipkosgei
- Wilson Boit Kipketer
- Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich
- Saif Shaheen Saaeed