Kisumu is the third-largest city in Kenya after the capital, Nairobi, and the coastal city of Mombasa, making Kisumu the largest city in Kenya west of Nairobi.
- KisumuKisumu City is the third-largest city and also an inland port on Lake Victoria.
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Nairobi
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Nairobi is the capital and largest city of Kenya.
A branch line will also be extended to Kisumu.
Jomo Kenyatta
4 linksJomo Kenyatta (c.
Jomo Kenyatta (c.
1897 – 22 August 1978) was a Kenyan anti-colonial activist and politician who governed Kenya as its Prime Minister from 1963 to 1964 and then as its first President from 1964 to his death in 1978.
In October 1969, Kenyatta visited Kisumu, located in Luo territory, to open a hospital.
Nakuru
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Nakuru is a city in the Rift Valley region of Kenya.
It is the fourth largest city in Kenya, behind Nairobi, Mombasa and Kisumu respectively.
Luo people
3 linksThe Luo of Kenya and Tanzania are a Nilotic ethnic group native to western Kenya and the Mara Region of northern Tanzania in East Africa.
The Luo of Kenya and Tanzania are a Nilotic ethnic group native to western Kenya and the Mara Region of northern Tanzania in East Africa.
They are part of a larger group of related Luo peoples who inhabit an area ranging from South Sudan, southwestern Ethiopia, northern and eastern Uganda, northeastern Congo-Kinshasa, southwestern Kenya and northern Tanzania.
The British set up regional headquarters first at Mumias then at Kisumu.
Jaramogi Oginga Odinga
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Jaramogi Ajuma Oginga Odinga (October 1911 – 20 January 1994) was a Luo chieftain who became a prominent figure in Kenya's struggle for independence.
The friction between Odinga and Kenyatta continued, and in 1969 Odinga was arrested after the two verbally abused each other publicly at a chaotic function in Kisumu – and where at least 11 people were killed and dozens were injured in riots.
Eldoret
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Eldoret is a principal town in the Rift Valley region of Kenya and serves as the capital of Uasin Gishu County.
It is connected to the refinery at the coastal city of Mombasa and extends further from Eldoret to the lakeside city of Kisumu.
Uganda Railway
0 linksMetre-gauge railway system and former British state-owned railway company.
Metre-gauge railway system and former British state-owned railway company.
The line linked the interiors of Uganda and Kenya with the Indian Ocean port of Mombasa in Kenya.
Construction began at the port city of Mombasa in British East Africa in 1896 and finished at the line's terminus, Kisumu, on the eastern shore of Lake Victoria, in 1901.
Lake Victoria
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One of the African Great Lakes.
The lake's area is divided among three countries: Kenya occupies 6% (4,100 km2), Uganda 45% (31,000 km2), and Tanzania 49% (33,700 km2).
Its shores are dotted with key cities and towns, including Kisumu, Kisii, and Homa Bay in Kenya; Kampala, Jinja and Entebbe in Uganda; and Bukoba, Mwanza, and Musoma in Tanzania.
East African Community
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The East African Community (EAC) is an intergovernmental organisation composed of seven countries in the Great Lakes region of East Africa: the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the United Republic of Tanzania, the Republics of Kenya, Burundi, Rwanda, South Sudan, and Uganda.
Kampala is the largest urban centre located on Lake Victoria, the second largest freshwater lake in the world and Mwanza coming in second and Kisumu third.
Ahero
0 linksAhero is a town in the city of Kisumu, the third largest city in Kenya.
It is an agriculture town in Kenya that is part of Kisumu County.