The county seats between longitude 35°02' and 35°40' East and between the equator and latitude 0°23' South with an altitude of about 2002m above sea level.

A good number of rivers emanate from the county including Chemosit, Kiptaret, Kipsonoi, Timbilil, Maramara, Itare, Nyando, Kipchorian and Malaget.

[4] Kericho county has a total population of 901,777 of which 450,741 are males, 451,008 females and 28 intersex persons.

[8] The county has six constituencies: Source[9] Prof. Paul Kiprono Chepkwony was the Governor serving his last term in office after being elected twice 2013 Archived 27 July 2020 at the Wayback Machine, 2017 and his deputy is Lily Kirui.

The United Nations has criticised the British government for not providing "effective remedies and reparation" for colonial-era crimes,[28] with representatives for these communities attempting to sue the British government through the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).

[29] There are a number of industries in Kericho such as cement industry (Rai Cement Limited) and steel industry (Prime Steel Limited), Soin Sugar Company all three of them located in Soin ward, 18 tea processing factories, in various sub-counties, dairy processing plants in various sub-counties and Kipkelion District coffee union process coffee in Fort Ternan, Kipkelion Sub-county.

[3] The use of tea plucking machines has been controversial in the area, leading to acts of industrial sabotage by disaffected youths.