Two years ago, on the 15th of August 2024, President William Ruto signed the city charter that made Eldoret officially Kenya’s fifth city. It was a moment decades in the making; a recognition that this North Rift town had quietly outgrown its former status and was ready to take its place alongside Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu, and Nakuru on the national map.

Two years on, the question worth asking is: what has actually changed?