Kitale

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The National Museum of Western Kenya in Kitale is a natural history museum.[5]

Location

Kitale lies between Mount Elgon and Cherang'any Hills is 72.3 km (44.9 mi) by road north west of Eldoret.

History

In 1920, Arthur Champion, the colonial district commissioner, established a new administrative centre in the Trans Nzoia region, at the future site of the township of Kitale.[6]

In 1930, locusts caused extensive damage to crops.[7]

Climate

Kitale has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb) very closely bordering on Cwb.

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