Burnt Forest is a town in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya.[1]
Burnt Forest | |
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Burnt Forest Location in Kenya | |
Coordinates: 00°53′00″N 35°07′00″E / 0.88333°N 35.11667°E | |
Country | Kenya |
County | Uasin Gishu County |
Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
In the 1960s, forested land in what is now the town of Burnt Forest was cleared to make way for farms.[2]
The town was has suffered ethnic clashes after the 1992, 1997 and 2007 Kenyan presidential elections.[2]