By MOSES LEKURA DAPASH
Waterfalls are commonly formed in the upper course of the river. At these times the channel is often narrow and deep. Water falls in the country are the most tourist attractions sites.
When the river courses over resistant bedrock, erosion happens slowly, while downstream the erosion occurs more rapidly. As the watercourse increases its velocity at the edge of the waterfall, it plucks material from the riverbed.
Whirlpools created in the turbulence as well as sand and stones carried by the watercourse increase the erosion capacity. This causes the waterfall to carve deeper into the bed and to recede upstream. Often over time, the waterfall will recede back to form a canyon or gorge downstream as it recedes upstream, and it will carve deeper into the ridge above it. The rate of retreat for a waterfall can be as high as one and half meters per year.
Narok County is a reservoir of resources; someone can actually say, it is a sleeping giant as far as resources on rapid Water falls, Agricultural produce, Game reserves are concerned.
The waterfall (pictured below) is located at Empurkel near Enoosaen in Transmara Sub County.
It is a tourist attraction site with very exciting features including a height of up to approximately 100 metres! It has a narrow gorge and heavy vegetation around it with a whirlpool approximately 5 (Five)feet.
This area has the potential not only to attract the tourists but also a great economic power of the rich agricultural backyard.
To access the waterfall, one goes through a meander of interlocking spurs and through an undulating slope of the hill ridge which for hikers and picnic seekers is a breathtaking experience. It is picturesque and quite appealing to the eye and refreshing to the soul.
Residents are urging the county or national government to take immediate neccessary measures to protect this natural resource from encroachment of the inhabitant a d develop a sytem to mint revenues both from local and foreign tourist in the site.
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