Sotik

Sotik
Town
Sotik
Sotik
Coordinates: 0°41′S 35°07′E / 0.68°S 35.12°E / -0.68; 35.12
MunicipalitySotik
Town CentreSotik
Town extensionsKaplong town, Chebilat town
SuburbsChemagel, Kachepkoro, Kimase and Manaret
Population
  Estimate 
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10,000

Sotik town is an urban centre situated in Sotik Sub-county within Bomet County in the Western region of Kenya and managed by Sotik Town Council. Initially, it was the home of Mugenik Barngetuny Araap Sitonik, a prominent Kipsigis prophet of the late 19th century. Sotik is a metropolitan town with a majority of the residents from the Kipsigis ethnicity and a minority being from other ethnicities from Kenya including notably, Somalis and Indians. The town is home to Kalenjin music artist Philip Yegon, Kenyan athletes: Paul Kipsiele Koech and Mercy Cherono; and Kenyan politicians: Lorna Laboso and the late Joyce Cherono Laboso.