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mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%DA%A9%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%85%DA%AF%D8%A7" title="شهرستان کاکامگا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="شهرستان کاکامگا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comt%C3%A9_de_Kakamega" title="Comté de Kakamega – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Comté de Kakamega" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%B9%B4%EC%B9%B4%EB%A9%94%EA%B0%80%ED%98%84" title="카카메가현 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="카카메가현" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" 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vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Kakamega County</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/Counties_of_Kenya" title="Counties of Kenya">County</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Kakamega_County.gif" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Kakamega County"><img alt="Flag of Kakamega County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Kakamega_County.gif/100px-Flag_of_Kakamega_County.gif" decoding="async" width="100" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Kakamega_County.gif/150px-Flag_of_Kakamega_County.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Kakamega_County.gif/200px-Flag_of_Kakamega_County.gif 2x" data-file-width="324" data-file-height="216" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Flag</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kakamega_County_in_Kenya.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location in Kenya"><img alt="Location in Kenya" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Kakamega_County_in_Kenya.svg/250px-Kakamega_County_in_Kenya.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="275" class="mw-file-element" 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/></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Kenya" title="Kenya">Kenya</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formed</th><td class="infobox-data">4 March 2013</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Capital</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kakamega" title="Kakamega">Kakamega</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/County_Governors_of_Kenya" class="mw-redirect" title="County Governors of Kenya">Governor</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Fernandes Barasa</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">3,033.8 km<sup>2</sup> (1,171.4 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2019)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,867,579<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">GDP (PPP)<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/GDP" class="mw-redirect" title="GDP">GDP</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> $6.436 billion (<a href="/wiki/11th" class="mw-redirect" title="11th">11th</a>)(2022)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/GDP" class="mw-redirect" title="GDP">Per capita</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> $3,272 (2022) (32nd)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">GDP (NOMINAL)<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • GDP</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> $2.363 billion (2022) (<a href="/wiki/11th" class="mw-redirect" title="11th">11th</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Per capita</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> $2,046 (2022) (32nd)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B3" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+3">UTC+3</a> (<a href="/wiki/East_Africa_Time" title="East Africa Time">EAT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kakamega.go.ke/">kakamega.go.ke</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Kakamega County</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Counties_of_Kenya" title="Counties of Kenya">county</a> in the former <a href="/wiki/Western_Province,_Kenya" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Province, Kenya">Western Province</a> of <a href="/wiki/Kenya" title="Kenya">Kenya</a>. It borders <a href="/wiki/Vihiga_County" title="Vihiga County">Vihiga County</a> to the South, <a href="/wiki/Siaya_County" title="Siaya County">Siaya County</a> to the West, <a href="/wiki/Bungoma_County" title="Bungoma County">Bungoma</a> and <a href="/wiki/Trans_Nzoia_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Trans Nzoia County">Trans Nzoia</a> counties to the North and <a href="/wiki/Nandi_County" title="Nandi County">Nandi</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Uasin_Gishu_County" title="Uasin Gishu County">Uasin Gishu</a> counties to the East. It's capital and largest town is <a href="/wiki/Kakamega" title="Kakamega">Kakameg</a>a town. The County has a population of 1,867,579, and an area of 3,033.8 km<sup>2</sup>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Physical_and_topical_features">Physical and topical features</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kakamega_County&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Physical and topical features"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kakamega County has an altitude ranging from 1,240 metres to 2,000 metres above sea level. The southern part of the county is hilly and made of granites which raises it 1950m above sea level. The <a href="/wiki/Nandi_Escarpment" title="Nandi Escarpment">Nandi Escarpment</a> is a key feature on the eastern border of the county with steep cliffs rising from 1700m to 2000m. The county is also endowed with a number of hills like Misango, Imanga, Eregi, Butieri, Sikhokhochole, Mawe Tatu, Lirhanda, Kiming’ini hills among others.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Malava_forest" title="Malava forest">Malava forest</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Climatic_conditions">Climatic conditions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kakamega_County&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Climatic conditions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rainfall is uniformly distributed throughout the year with March and July receiving highest whereas December and February the least. </p><p>The county has annual rainfall that range from 1280.1 mm to 2214.1 mm per year. The temperature range is 18 °C to 29 °C with the hottest months being are January, February, March and on the others side July and August being the coldest.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kakamega_County&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As per 2019 census Kakamega county had a total population of 1,867,579 people, of which 897,133 are males, 970,406 being females and 40 intersex persons. There are 433,207 households with an average size of 4.3 persons per household and a population density of 618 people per square kilometre. </p> <table> <caption>Distribution of Population by Sex and Sub-County </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Sub-county </th> <th>Male </th> <th>Female </th> <th>Intersex </th> <th>Total </th></tr> <tr> <td>Butere </td> <td>73,634 </td> <td>80,463 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>154,100 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kakamega Central </td> <td>92,774 </td> <td>95,432 </td> <td>6 </td> <td>188,212 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kakamega East </td> <td>80,553 </td> <td>86,784 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>167,641 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kakamega North </td> <td>115,511 </td> <td>122,814 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>238,330 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kakamega South </td> <td>53219 </td> <td>58,524 </td> <td> </td> <td>111,743 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Khwisero </td> <td>53,670 </td> <td>59,803 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>113,476 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Likuyani </td> <td>73,710 </td> <td>78,341 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>152,055 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Lugari </td> <td>59,135 </td> <td>63,593 </td> <td> </td> <td>122,728 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Matete </td> <td>31,749 </td> <td>34,423 </td> <td> </td> <td>66,172 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Matungu </td> <td>78,793 </td> <td>88,143 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>166,940 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mumias East </td> <td>55,895 </td> <td>60,953 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>116,851 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mumias West </td> <td>54,915 </td> <td>60,438 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>115,354 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Navakholo </td> <td>73,275 </td> <td>80,695 </td> <td>7 </td> <td>153,977 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Total</b> </td> <td><b>897,133</b> </td> <td><b>970,406</b> </td> <td><b>40</b> </td> <td><b>1,867,579</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religion">Religion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kakamega_County&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Religion in Kakamega County <sup id="cite_ref-Census2019_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census2019-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:100px;">Religion (2019 Census) </th> <th style="width:80px;">Number </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Catholicism" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholicism">Catholicism</a></td> <td>306,477 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Protestant" class="mw-redirect" title="Protestant">Protestant</a></td> <td>598,611 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Churches" class="mw-redirect" title="Evangelical Churches">Evangelical Churches</a></td> <td>566,271 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/African_Instituted_Churches" class="mw-redirect" title="African Instituted Churches">African Instituted Churches</a></td> <td>216,915 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodoxy" title="Eastern Orthodoxy">Orthodox</a></td> <td>6,837 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Christians" title="Christians">Other Christian</a></td> <td>46,594 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a></td> <td>88,412 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hindu" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu">Hindu</a></td> <td>578 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Traditionists</td> <td>3,002 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Other</td> <td>17,491 </td></tr> <tr> <td>No Religion<a href="/wiki/Atheists" class="mw-redirect" title="Atheists">Atheists</a></td> <td>8,575 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Don't Know</td> <td>1,277 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Not Stated</td> <td>292 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Administrative_and_political_units">Administrative and political units</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kakamega_County&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Administrative and political units"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Administrative_units">Administrative units</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kakamega_County&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Administrative units"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Administration wise, the county is divided into twelve sub counties, sixty county assembly wards, eighty three locations, two hundred and fifty sub-locations, one hundred and eighty seven Village Units and four hundred Community Administrative Areas. Politically, it comprises twelve constituencies and sixty wards.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Constituencies">Constituencies</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kakamega_County&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Constituencies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The county has twelve constituencies (2013):<sup id="cite_ref-:2_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lugari_Constituency" title="Lugari Constituency">Lugari Constituency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Likuyani_Constituency" title="Likuyani Constituency">Likuyani Constituency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malava_Constituency" title="Malava Constituency">Malava Constituency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lurambi_Constituency" title="Lurambi Constituency">Lurambi Constituency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navakholo_Constituency" title="Navakholo Constituency">Navakholo Constituency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mumias_West_Constituency" title="Mumias West Constituency">Mumias West Constituency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mumias_East_Constituency" title="Mumias East Constituency">Mumias East Constituency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matungu_Constituency" title="Matungu Constituency">Matungu Constituency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Butere_Constituency" title="Butere Constituency">Butere Constituency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khwisero_Constituency" title="Khwisero Constituency">Khwisero Constituency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shinyalu_Constituency" title="Shinyalu Constituency">Shinyalu Constituency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ikolomani_Constituency" title="Ikolomani Constituency">Ikolomani Constituency</a></li></ul> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Mumias_Constituency" title="Mumias Constituency">Mumias Constituency</a> was divided into Mumias West and Mumias East. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Political_leadership">Political leadership</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kakamega_County&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Political leadership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The governor is Fernandes Barasa and is deputised by Ayub Savula.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has been governor since 2022, following the end of Wycliffe Oparanya's second and final term in office. <a href="/w/index.php?title=Boni_Khalwale&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Boni Khalwale (page does not exist)">Boni Khalwale</a> is the senator and joined office in 2022 after defeating <a href="/w/index.php?title=Brian_Lishenga&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Brian Lishenga (page does not exist)">Brian Lishenga</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elsie_Busihile_Muhanda&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Elsie Busihile Muhanda (page does not exist)">Elsie Busihile Muhanda</a> is the women representative and joined the office in 2017 after defeating <a href="/w/index.php?title=Rachel_Amamo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rachel Amamo (page does not exist)">Rachel Amamo</a> who was the first elected women representative 2013–2017.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For Kakamega County, the County Executive Committee comprises:- </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption> County Executive Committee </caption> <tbody><tr> <th> </th> <th>Number </th></tr> <tr> <td>The Governor </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>The Deputy Governor </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>The County Secretary </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>The CEC Members </td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Total</b> </td> <td><b>13</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Source<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kakamega_County&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are 1631 ECD centres 1136 primary schools and 408 secondary schools. The county has also 4 teachers training colleges, 51 Youth Polytechnics, 3 technical training institutes, 6 university campuses and 1 university as at 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Education Institutions in Kakamega County 2014 </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Category </th> <th>Public </th> <th>Private </th> <th>Total </th> <th>Enrolment </th></tr> <tr> <td>ECD Centres </td> <td>876 </td> <td>855 </td> <td>1631 </td> <td>105,426 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Primary schools </td> <td>883 </td> <td>253 </td> <td>1136 </td> <td>557,107 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Secondary schools </td> <td>408 </td> <td> </td> <td>408 </td> <td>116,732 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Youth Polytechnics </td> <td>47 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>51 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Technical Training Institutes </td> <td>3 </td> <td> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>2381 </td></tr> <tr> <td>University Campuses </td> <td>5 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>6 </td> <td rowspan="2">10,657 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Universities </td> <td>1 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Adult Education Centres </td> <td>195 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>195 </td> <td>16,542 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Source<sup id="cite_ref-:3_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/St._Peters_Mumias_Boys_Primary" title="St. Peters Mumias Boys Primary">St. Peters Mumias Boys Primary</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Health">Health</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kakamega_County&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Health"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kakamega has one county referral hospital (Kakamega County General Teaching & Referral Hospital), 12 sub-county hospitals, 47 health centres, 123 dispensaries and 44 clinics. Both private and public health facilities hold a total bed capacity of 3,949 with public sector having 2,338 beds and private hospitals 197 beds and mission/NGO is 1,414 beds capacity.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>HIV prevalence in Kakamega County is 4.0% lower than the national one that is at 5.9%.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Health Facilities by Ownership<sup id="cite_ref-:3_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th> </th> <th>Government </th> <th>*FBO </th> <th>Private </th> <th>NGO </th> <th>TOTAL </th></tr> <tr> <td>Hospitals </td> <td>12 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>16 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Health centres </td> <td>38 </td> <td>9 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>9 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Dispensaries </td> <td>95 </td> <td>10 </td> <td>18 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>123 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Clinics </td> <td>0 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>43 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>43 </td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li>FBO – Faith Based Organizations</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Trade_and_commerce">Trade and commerce</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kakamega_County&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Trade and commerce"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are 62 trading centres, 11,083 retail traders, 21 supermarkets, 203 wholesale traders and 1180 registered hotels. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Agriculture">Agriculture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kakamega_County&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Agriculture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Agriculture is the backbone of the county, contributing to 65% of the county's GDP.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>There are two main categories of crops: food crops and industrial crops, the rest being <a href="/wiki/Horticulture" title="Horticulture">horticulture</a>. Food crops include maize, sorghum, finger millet, rice, beans, peas, grams, cassava, potatoes, and arrowroots.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_16-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport_and_communication">Transport and communication</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kakamega_County&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Transport and communication"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The county is covered by 4,451.3 km of road network. of this 1,308.90 km is covered by earth surface, 2,792.25 is covered by gravel, 939.32 km is murram surface and 307.5 km is covered by bitumen.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There are 14 Post Offices with 8,400 installed letter boxes, 6,969 rented letter boxes and 1,431 vacant letter boxes.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_16-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Services_and_urbanisation">Services and urbanisation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kakamega_County&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Services and urbanisation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238864702">.mw-parser-output .bar-chart{margin:0.5em;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border:1px solid #c0c0c0}.mw-parser-output .bar-chart caption{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .bar-chart th,.mw-parser-output .bar-chart 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(prefers-color-scheme){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .bar-chart-bar-line{background-color:#74497e}}</style> <table class="bar-chart bar-chart-center" style="width: 70em;"> <caption>Stats for Kakamega County </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" class="bar-chart-label-type">County </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 50em"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">Stats for the County (Per cent)</div> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Urbanisation" class="mw-redirect" title="Urbanisation">Urbanisation</a> </th> <td><div class="bar-chart-bar" style="width: 50em;"><div class="bar-chart-bar-line" style="width:7.6em;"></div><span class="bar-chart-bar-numbers" style="width: 50em;"><span class="nowrap">15.2</span></span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Literacy" title="Literacy">Literacy</a> </th> <td><div class="bar-chart-bar" style="width: 50em;"><div class="bar-chart-bar-line" style="width:36.4em;"></div><span class="bar-chart-bar-numbers" style="width: 50em;"><span class="nowrap">72.7</span></span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Attending School (15-18 Yrs) </th> <td><div class="bar-chart-bar" style="width: 50em;"><div class="bar-chart-bar-line" style="width:38.2em;"></div><span class="bar-chart-bar-numbers" style="width: 50em;"><span class="nowrap">76.3</span></span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Paved Roads </th> <td><div class="bar-chart-bar" style="width: 50em;"><div class="bar-chart-bar-line" style="width:2.5em;"></div><span class="bar-chart-bar-numbers" style="width: 50em;"><span class="nowrap">4.9</span></span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Good Roads </th> <td><div class="bar-chart-bar" style="width: 50em;"><div class="bar-chart-bar-line" style="width:27.1em;"></div><span class="bar-chart-bar-numbers" style="width: 50em;"><span class="nowrap">54.1</span></span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Electricity Access </th> <td><div class="bar-chart-bar" style="width: 50em;"><div class="bar-chart-bar-line" style="width:2.8em;"></div><span class="bar-chart-bar-numbers" style="width: 50em;"><span class="nowrap">5.6</span></span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Poverty Rate </th> <td><div class="bar-chart-bar" style="width: 50em;"><div class="bar-chart-bar-line" style="width:26.5em;"></div><span class="bar-chart-bar-numbers" style="width: 50em;"><span class="nowrap">53</span></span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="bar-chart-caption" colspan="10"> <p><span style="font-size:88%;">Stats for the County</span> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130223192620/http://kenya.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/profiles/Kakamega_Dec2011%2027.pdf">USAid Kenya</a> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Villages_and_settlements">Villages and settlements</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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title="Kilifi County">Kilifi</a> <small>(03)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirinyaga_County" title="Kirinyaga County">Kirinyaga</a> <small>(20)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kisii_County" title="Kisii County">Kisii</a> <small>(45)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kisumu_County" title="Kisumu County">Kisumu</a> <small>(42)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kitui_County" title="Kitui County">Kitui</a> <small>(15)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kwale_County" title="Kwale County">Kwale</a> <small>(02)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laikipia_County" title="Laikipia County">Laikipia</a> <small>(31)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lamu_County" title="Lamu County">Lamu</a> <small>(05)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Machakos_County" title="Machakos County">Machakos</a> <small>(16)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Makueni_County" title="Makueni County">Makueni</a> <small>(17)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandera_County" title="Mandera County">Mandera</a> <small>(09)</small></li> <li><a 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County">Nyandarua</a> <small>(18)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nyeri_County" title="Nyeri County">Nyeri</a> <small>(19)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samburu_County" title="Samburu County">Samburu</a> <small>(25)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siaya_County" title="Siaya County">Siaya</a> <small>(41)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taita-Taveta_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Taita-Taveta County">Taita-Taveta</a> <small>(06)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tana_River_County" title="Tana River County">Tana River</a> <small>(04)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tharaka-Nithi_County" title="Tharaka-Nithi County">Tharaka-Nithi</a> <small>(13)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trans-Nzoia_County" title="Trans-Nzoia County">Trans-Nzoia</a> <small>(26)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkana_County" title="Turkana County">Turkana</a> <small>(23)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uasin_Gishu_County" title="Uasin Gishu County">Uasin Gishu</a> <small>(27)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vihiga_County" title="Vihiga County">Vihiga</a> <small>(38)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wajir_County" title="Wajir County">Wajir</a> <small>(08)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Pokot_County" title="West Pokot County">West Pokot</a> <small>(24)</small></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding:0.35em 0.5em;line-height:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Local_authorities_of_Kenya" title="Local authorities of Kenya">Principal cities<br />and towns</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Nairobi" title="Nairobi">Nairobi</a></b> <i>(capital)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athi_River_(town)" title="Athi River (town)">Athi River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baragoi" title="Baragoi">Baragoi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bomet" title="Bomet">Bomet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bungoma" title="Bungoma">Bungoma</a></li> <li><a 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