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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.

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References

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

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