Lessos Explained

Lessos, also referred to as Ol'lessos, is an agricultural settlement located in Nandi county situated in the Rift Valley, Kenya. The settlements population was 2,438 as of 2019.[1]

The settlement is located along the C36, a major road connecting the A104 (Eldoret-Nakuru highway) and the C39 (Eldoret-Kapsabet highway). The postal code for Lessos is 30314.[2]

Economy

The Ollessos Technical Training Institute is the primary employer in the center.[3]

Other major employers in Lessos include the National Cereals Produce Board which has a warehouse of 4,500Mt capacity in the center,[4] New KCC which has a cooling plant in Lessos[5] and Ketraco which has a 400kv electricity substation located in the town as part of the Olkaria–Lessos–Kisumu High Voltage Power Line.

Other employers include an Access Bank branch,[6] a post office, and small scale service providers such as shops, butcheries, furniture makers, cafes, restaurants and bars.

References

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Notes and References

  1. Kenya National Bureau of Statistics . December 2019 . 2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census; Volume II: Distribution of Population by Administrative Units . Kenya National Bureau of Statistics . 147 . 16 April 2023.
  2. Web site: Dataset records: Postal codes . . mapanet.eu . Mapnet . 16 April 2023 . Locality: Ollessos Postcode: 30314.
  3. Web site: Ollessos Technical Training Institute . 2023 . otti.ac.ke . Ollessos Technical Training Institute . 16 April 2023 .
  4. Web site: Kenya Storage Assessment . . logcluster.org . World Food Programme . 16 April 2023 .
  5. News: Too . Titus . Milk farmers who supply KCC cry foul over falling prices of commodity . The Standard . Rift Valley . 16 April 2023.
  6. Web site: Access Bank: Branch & ATM Locator . . kenya.accessbankplc.com . Access Bank . 16 April 2023 .