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Bomet County is a county in the former Rift Valley Province, located in the
west of Kenya. Its capital and largest town
is Bomet.
Jens Pattke, 05 July 2014
The flag of Bomet County comprises three diagonal stripes of light blue, white and green, with the county arms in the centre surrounded by five five-pointed yellow stars. The blue and green diagonal stripes are fimbriated in white. The white stripe is fimbriated in green adjacent to the light blue stripe and is fimbriated in light blue adjacent to the green stripe.
According the Office of the Governor of Bomet, the
symbolism of the flag is as follows:
The 5 stars represent five sub-counties that make up the County of Bomet.
The center of the Arms showcases the current map of Bomet County.
The colours of the flag:
The Blue colour in the map symbolises the great rivers of Bomet County while the
green colour symbolises our fertile agricultural land and forest. Bomet
County is a County of Peace, represented in the flag by the central stripe of
White.
The Colours of the Kenyan flag inside forming the map of
the County in the centre of the Arms are a symbolism of patriotism by the people
of Bomet to the Republic of Kenya (Source: this
website).
Jens Pattke, 05 July 2014
The Boment County colours have replaced the national
Kenyan colours inside the map.
Jaume Ollé,
08 Dec 2017