Baoriat Real Estate Limited

  The origin of Eldoret town – or rather Eldoret Municipality can be traced back to 1912 when the then colonial governor established an administrative centre by setting up a Post Office that was renamed from ‘64’ to the new official name being used to date – ‘Eldoret’. Eldoret is a name that has an origin from the Maasai word ‘Eldare’ – in reference to the Sosiani River (Stony River), but a spelling error led to the name being ‘Eldoret’ instead of‘Eldaret’ . The growth of Eldoret town in the early years was stimulated by it being an administrative centre that led to an enormous increase in trade within the prospective city. A bank and several shops were built. On November 14th 1912, Eldoret, with an acreage of 2,770 was officially proclaimed a township. When the Governor of Kenya, Sir Robert Coryndon arrived in Eldoret on the first train in 1924, a new era began for the town and Western Kenya. Goods could now be imported cheaply and farm produce transported out at competitive...

  Land leasing is one of the common practices especially in agricultural areas like Uasin Gishu County. With the harvesting season almost over in most parts of the county – for those who planted maize or wheat, there are many landowners who are willing to lease out their land – just as there are so many people looking for the land they can lease, for agricultural purpose, ahead of the next planting season. At Baoriat Agencies , we help connect a person willing to lease out land and the one looking for make use of the land available for lease. Assuming you have already identified a piece of land you want to lease – for whatever reason – be it agricultural or business purposes, here are 4 things you must do before finalizing that deal.   1.   Land Search   Only a legitimate landowner can lease it out to another person – the rule has always been that ‘you cannot give what you don’t have’. The only way to tell if the person leasing land is the rightful owner is...

  Land leasing is a process in which a legitimate landowner agrees to allow another person to use his/her land for a given period of time in exchange for land. Normally, a person, or an entity leasing land does so for a commercial reason – seeking to use the land in an activity that will generate profit for him/her. A lease can go for up to 99 years for public land or up to a year for agricultural land – the most common among locals in Uasin Gishu. So who can lease land? If you own land and have proper documentation for it, you can lease land. The government is also allowed to lease public land while local authorities can also lease trust land. The maximum term of government  leases  is 99 years . What are the types of land leasing available in Uasin Gishu? Being an agricultural county, the most common type of land leasing is for agricultural purposes. In this type of land leasing, a landowner gives away his/her land to a person intended to use the land for agri...

Uasin Gishu is a county known for its rich agricultural soils. In Kenya, it is among the few counties that produce maize, wheat and milk in high quantities – ranking it among the country’s food basket. Apart from the traditional farming – that is maize and wheat, there has been a slow but steady paradigm shift – with farmers now focusing on high-value crops, or rather cash crops. With the fertile soils in Uasin Gishu, the county has a huge potential to be a top cash crop producing area. Here are some of the top 5 cash crops you can grow in Uasin Gishu and end up earning you some good money; Pyrethrum Pyrethrum can only be cultivated under certain temperatures – lucky enough – the needed temperatures for this crop can be found in Kesses, Ainabkoi and Moiben sub-counties.  If you are a farmer in those three areas or you were looking to lease land for agricultural purposes in the three sub-counties, pyrethrum is your best bet for high returns. Coffee Traditionally, coffee does very we...

  Ranked as the fifth most populated urban area in Kenya today after Nairobi, Mombasa, Nakuru and Ruiru, Eldoret was founded in 1910. According to an excerpt from the book ' On the Wings of a Sparrow'  by G. Sang & H. Kili, Willie van Aardt was granted block no. 64 (now Eldoret) but found it unsuitable to farm. The Post Master General Mr J. Gosling toured the area and determined that land as suitable for a post office and set about to construct one. Curiously, the land was also exactly 64 miles from Londiani and so it was that the place was named Sixty-four. However, after Governor Sir Percy Girouard came to visit in 1912, the settlers suggested to him that the town be named after him. Some said it should be called ‘Girouardfontein’ maintaining the Afrikaner naming culture. Girouard declined saying that his French name would be difficult for the British (and Afrikaner) settlers to pronounce let alone the natives - (the ‘d’ is silent). The fact that they wanted the ...

  Farming as a business is quite big and the beauty of it is that – all profits, at times, are abnormal. Assuming you don’t have land, for now, we would encourage you to lease for a start. A lease is an agreement that permits you to use a piece of land  owned by someone else at a certain period of time in exchange for a fee. Leasing of land in Kenya, more so in Uasin Gishu, is  quite affordable. It can range to as high as Sh50,000 but standard price is usually around Sh10,000, depending on the location of the land. If you’re still not sure whether leasing land for agricultural purposes in Uasin Gishu is profitable – rethink your position. Lease just an acre and then plant garlic – ‘Kutunguu Saumu’, you will make an abnormal profit. Here is a quick estate of costs and profits; -           Leasing - 50,000 -           Seeds- 120,000 (200kgs) -      ...