# Lessos

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{{Short description|Settlement in Kenya}}
'''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.<ref>{{cite report |author=Kenya National Bureau of Statistics |date=December 2019 |title=2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census; Volume II: Distribution of Population by Administrative Units |url=https://www.knbs.or.ke/download/2019-kenya-population-and-housing-census-volume-ii-distribution-of-population-by-administrative-units/ |publisher=Kenya National Bureau of Statistics |page=147 |access-date=16 April 2023}}</ref> 

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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mapanet.eu/en/postal-codes/?c=ke&n=4&r1=40&r2=05&r3=04&l=0 |title=Dataset records: Postal codes |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website=mapanet.eu |publisher=Mapnet |access-date=16 April 2023 |quote=Locality: Ollessos Postcode: 30314}}</ref>

==Economy==
The Ollessos Technical Training Institute is the primary employer in the center.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.otti.ac.ke/ |title=Ollessos Technical Training Institute |date=2023 |website=otti.ac.ke |publisher=Ollessos Technical Training Institute |access-date=16 April 2023 |quote=}}</ref>

Other major employers in Lessos include the National Cereals Produce Board which has a warehouse of 4,500Mt capacity in the center,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dlca.logcluster.org/display/public/DLCA/2.6+Kenya+Storage+Assessment |title=Kenya Storage Assessment |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website=logcluster.org |publisher=World Food Programme |access-date=16 April 2023 |quote=}}</ref> New KCC which has a cooling plant in Lessos<ref>{{cite news |last=Too |first=Titus |date= |title=Milk farmers who supply KCC cry foul over falling prices of commodity |url=https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/rift-valley/article/2000108527/milk-farmers-who-supply-kcc-cry-foul-over-falling-prices-of-commodity?searchbutton=SEARCH&searchtext=KCC |work=The Standard |location=Rift Valley |access-date=16 April 2023}}</ref> and Ketraco which has a 400kv electricity substation located in the town as part of the [Olkaria–Lessos–Kisumu High Voltage Power Line](/source/Olkaria%E2%80%93Lessos%E2%80%93Kisumu_High_Voltage_Power_Line). 

Other employers include an Access Bank branch,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://kenya.accessbankplc.com/contact-us/Branch-ATM-locator.aspx |title=Access Bank: Branch & ATM Locator |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website=kenya.accessbankplc.com |publisher=Access Bank |access-date=16 April 2023 |quote=}}</ref> a post office, and small scale service providers such as shops, butcheries, furniture makers, cafes, restaurants and bars.

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Category:Populated places in Nandi County

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