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subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Points_of_interest-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Town_Clock" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Town_Clock"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1</span> <span>Town Clock</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Town_Clock-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Kisumu_Museum" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Kisumu_Museum"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2</span> <span>Kisumu Museum</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Kisumu_Museum-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Dunga_Beach_and_Wetland" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Dunga_Beach_and_Wetland"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.3</span> <span>Dunga Beach and Wetland</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Dunga_Beach_and_Wetland-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Kisumu_Impala_Sanctuary" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Kisumu_Impala_Sanctuary"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.4</span> <span>Kisumu Impala Sanctuary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Kisumu_Impala_Sanctuary-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Hippo_Point" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Hippo_Point"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.5</span> <span>Hippo Point</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Hippo_Point-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Kit_Mikayi" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Kit_Mikayi"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.6</span> <span>Kit Mikayi</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Kit_Mikayi-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ndere_Island" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ndere_Island"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.7</span> <span>Ndere Island</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ndere_Island-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sport" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sport"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Sport</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sport-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Transport" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Transport"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Transport</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Transport-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span 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class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Road"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.4</span> <span>Road</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Road-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Rail_and_air_accidents" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Rail_and_air_accidents"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.5</span> <span>Rail and air accidents</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Rail_and_air_accidents-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Education" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Education"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Education</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Education-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon 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class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Places of worship</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Places_of_worship-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-In_popular_culture" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#In_popular_culture"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>In popular culture</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-In_popular_culture-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notable_natives_and_residents" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notable_natives_and_residents"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>Notable natives and residents</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notable_natives_and_residents-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sister_cities" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sister_cities"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>Sister cities</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sister_cities-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Gallery" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Gallery"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14</span> <span>Gallery</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Gallery-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul 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href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%85%D9%88%D8%8C_%DA%A9%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7" title="کیسومو، کنیا – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="کیسومو، کنیا" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%81" title="কিসুমু – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="কিসুমু" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%96%D1%81%D1%83%D0%BC%D1%83" title="Кісуму – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Кісуму" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kisumu" title="Kisumu – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Kisumu" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kisumu" title="Kisumu – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Kisumu" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kisumu_(kapital_sa_lalawigan)" title="Kisumu (kapital sa lalawigan) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Kisumu (kapital sa lalawigan)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kisumu" title="Kisumu – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Kisumu" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tum mw-list-item"><a href="https://tum.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kisumu" title="Kisumu – Tumbuka" lang="tum" hreflang="tum" data-title="Kisumu" data-language-autonym="ChiTumbuka" data-language-local-name="Tumbuka" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiTumbuka</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kisumu" title="Kisumu – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Kisumu" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kisumu" title="Kisumu – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Kisumu" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kisumu" title="Kisumu – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Kisumu" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kisumu" title="Kisumu – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Kisumu" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kisumu" title="Kisumu – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Kisumu" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%85%D9%88" title="کیسومو – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="کیسومو" 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/Kisumu" title="Kisumu – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Kisumu" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kisumu" title="Kisumu – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Kisumu" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ki mw-list-item"><a href="https://ki.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kisumu" title="Kisumu – Kikuyu" lang="ki" hreflang="ki" data-title="Kisumu" data-language-autonym="Gĩkũyũ" data-language-local-name="Kikuyu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gĩkũyũ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%82%A4%EC%88%98%EB%AC%B4" title="키수무 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="키수무" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kisumu" title="Kisumu – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Kisumu" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BF%D5%AB%D5%BD%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B4%D5%B8%D6%82" title="Կիսումու – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Կիսումու" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kisumu" title="Kisumu – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Kisumu" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kisumu" title="Kisumu – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Kisumu" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kisumu" title="Kisumu – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Kisumu" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zu mw-list-item"><a href="https://zu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kisumu" title="Kisumu – Zulu" lang="zu" hreflang="zu" data-title="Kisumu" data-language-autonym="IsiZulu" data-language-local-name="Zulu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>IsiZulu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kisumu" title="Kisumu – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Kisumu" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%95" title="קיסומו – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="קיסומו" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%99%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9B%E1%83%A3" title="კისუმუ – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="კისუმუ" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kisumu" title="Kisumu – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Kisumu" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li 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vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Kisumu</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category">City</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1273380762/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media all and 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class="tsingle" style="width:260px;max-width:260px"><div style="height:145px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kisumu_rooftop.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Kisumu_rooftop.jpg/330px-Kisumu_rooftop.jpg" decoding="async" width="258" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Kisumu_rooftop.jpg/500px-Kisumu_rooftop.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Kisumu_rooftop.jpg/960px-Kisumu_rooftop.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="2268" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:130px;max-width:130px"><div style="height:88px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Watu_offices_Kisumu.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mombasa CBD"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Watu_offices_Kisumu.jpg/250px-Watu_offices_Kisumu.jpg" decoding="async" width="128" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Watu_offices_Kisumu.jpg/330px-Watu_offices_Kisumu.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1036" data-file-height="720" /></a></span></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:128px;max-width:128px"><div style="height:88px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mega_Plaza_Kisumu.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Mega_Plaza_Kisumu.jpg/250px-Mega_Plaza_Kisumu.jpg" decoding="async" width="126" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Mega_Plaza_Kisumu.jpg/330px-Mega_Plaza_Kisumu.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1021" data-file-height="720" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:260px;max-width:260px"><div style="height:94px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kisumu_skyline.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Kisumu_skyline.jpg/330px-Kisumu_skyline.jpg" decoding="async" width="258" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Kisumu_skyline.jpg/500px-Kisumu_skyline.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Kisumu_skyline.jpg/516px-Kisumu_skyline.jpg 2x" data-file-width="653" data-file-height="239" /></a></span></div><div class="text-align-center">Clockwise from top: View of the CBD from a Rooftop restaurant, Mega Plaza, Kisumu skyline, Oginga Odinga street.</div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Nickname(s): <div class="ib-settlement-nickname nickname">"Lakeside City", "Kisumo","Kisumu Dala","Kisumo Pacho","Mboka"</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="switcher-container"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:left}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:#fff!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kenya_relief_location_map.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kisumu is located in Kenya"><img alt="Kisumu is located in Kenya" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Kenya_relief_location_map.jpg/250px-Kenya_relief_location_map.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="275" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Kenya_relief_location_map.jpg/500px-Kenya_relief_location_map.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1100" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:55.3%;left:17.67%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Kisumu"><img alt="Kisumu" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Kisumu</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location within Kenya</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of Kenya</span></div></div></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238443738" /><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Horn_of_Africa_relief_location_map.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kisumu is located in Horn of Africa"><img alt="Kisumu is located in Horn of Africa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Horn_of_Africa_relief_location_map.jpg/250px-Horn_of_Africa_relief_location_map.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="261" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Horn_of_Africa_relief_location_map.jpg/375px-Horn_of_Africa_relief_location_map.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Horn_of_Africa_relief_location_map.jpg/500px-Horn_of_Africa_relief_location_map.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1380" data-file-height="1438" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:79.077%;left:12.03%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Kisumu"><img alt="Kisumu" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Africa_relief_location_map.jpg/250px-Africa_relief_location_map.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="236" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Africa_relief_location_map.jpg/375px-Africa_relief_location_map.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Africa_relief_location_map.jpg/500px-Africa_relief_location_map.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1525" data-file-height="1440" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:51.291%;left:73.26%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Kisumu"><img alt="Kisumu" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:4px"><div>Kisumu</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location within Africa</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of Africa</span></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Kisumu&params=0_05_S_34_46_E_region:KE_type:city"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">0°05′S</span> <span class="longitude">34°46′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">0.083°S 34.767°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-0.083; 34.767</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Kenya.svg/40px-Flag_of_Kenya.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Kenya.svg/60px-Flag_of_Kenya.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Kenya" title="Kenya">Kenya</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1901</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"> • Body</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Kisumu_County" title="Kisumu County">Kisumu County</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Governor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Anyang%27_Nyong%27o" title="Anyang' Nyong'o">Anyang' Nyong'o</a></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;"> • City</div></th><td class="infobox-data">297 km<sup>2</sup> (115 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Metro<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">2,085 km<sup>2</sup> (805 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,131 m (3,711 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2019)<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></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Urban_area" title="Urban area">Urban</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">397,957</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_area" title="Metropolitan area">Metro</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,155,574</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">Total</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/20px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/40px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> $7.278 billion (<a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_of_Kenya_by_GCP" class="mw-redirect" title="List of counties of Kenya by GCP">7th</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/20px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/40px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> $5,926 (2022) (<a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_of_Kenya_by_GCP" class="mw-redirect" title="List of counties of Kenya by GCP">8th</a>)</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"> • <a href="/wiki/GDP" class="mw-redirect" title="GDP">Total</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/20px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/40px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> $2.672 billion (2022) (<a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_of_Kenya_by_GCP" class="mw-redirect" title="List of counties of Kenya by GCP">7th</a>)</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/20px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/40px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> $2,176 (2022) (<a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_of_Kenya_by_GCP" class="mw-redirect" title="List of counties of Kenya by GCP">8th</a>)</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"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">Area code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">042</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Human_Development_Index" title="Human Development Index">HDI</a> (2017)</th><td class="infobox-data">0.653<sup id="cite_ref-GlobalDataLab_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GlobalDataLab-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239334494">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}</style><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#fc0">medium</span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://kisumu.go.ke">kisumu<wbr />.go<wbr />.ke</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Kisumu</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="/iː/: 'ee' in 'fleece'">iː</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span><span title="/uː/: 'oo' in 'goose'">uː</span><span title="'m' in 'my'">m</span><span title="/uː/: 'oo' in 'goose'">uː</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling">kee-<span style="font-size:90%">SOO</span>-moo</i></a>)<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> is the <a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_and_towns_in_Kenya_by_population" title="List of cities and towns in Kenya by population">third-largest city</a> in <a href="/wiki/Kenya" title="Kenya">Kenya</a><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> located in the <a href="/wiki/Lake_Victoria" title="Lake Victoria">Lake Victoria</a> area in the former <a href="/wiki/Nyanza_Province" title="Nyanza Province">Nyanza Province</a>. It is the second-largest city after <a href="/wiki/Kampala" title="Kampala">Kampala</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Lake_Victoria" title="Lake Victoria">Lake Victoria</a> Basin. The city has a population of slightly over 600,000. The metro region, including Maseno and Ahero, has a population of 1,155,574 people (560,942 males, 594,609 females and 23 intersex) according to the 2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census which was conducted by the <a href="/wiki/Kenya_National_Bureau_of_Statistics" title="Kenya National Bureau of Statistics">Kenya National Bureau of Statistics</a>. </p><p>Apart from being an important political city, it is one of the premier industrial and commercial centres in Kenya. It is also an intellectual city with many PhDs. The city is currently<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (October 2022)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup> undergoing an urban rejuvenation of the downtown and lower town which includes modernizing the lake front, decongesting main streets, and making the streets pedestrian-friendly.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Culturally, Kisumu serves as the centre of the <a href="/wiki/Luo_people" title="Luo people">Luo people</a> of <a href="/wiki/East_Africa" title="East Africa">East Africa</a>. It was the most prominent urban centre in the pre-colonial and post-colonial period. It remains prominent in the modern era for natives of the <a href="/wiki/Kavirondo" title="Kavirondo">Kavirondo</a> region. It was briefly renamed <b>Port Florence</b>, before its name was reverted back. </p><p>The city serves as the <a href="/wiki/Capital_city" title="Capital city">capital</a> of <a href="/wiki/Kisumu_County" title="Kisumu County">Kisumu County</a> and was the immediate former capital of now-defunct <a href="/wiki/Nyanza_Province" title="Nyanza Province">Nyanza Province</a>. It is an important link in the <a href="/wiki/Trade_route" title="Trade route">trade route</a> between <a href="/wiki/Lake_Victoria" title="Lake Victoria">Lake Victoria</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mombasa" title="Mombasa">Mombasa</a> because of its water and rail connections. It is also the chief terminus for the agricultural produce of Nyanza and Western regions.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Kisumu_International_Airport" title="Kisumu International Airport">Kisumu International Airport</a> has regular flights to Nairobi and other neighbouring cities such as <a href="/wiki/Mombasa" title="Mombasa">Mombasa</a>. According to the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a>, Kisumu is now recognized as a key city and a "Millennium City" – the first of its kind in the world and also in <a href="/wiki/East_Africa" title="East Africa">East Africa</a>.<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><p>Kisumu's <a href="/wiki/Elevation" title="Elevation">elevation</a> is 1,131 m (3,711 ft) and is about 320 km (200 mi) northwest of Nairobi, on the shores of Lake Victoria. It lies at the northeastern edge of the <a href="/wiki/Winam_Gulf" title="Winam Gulf">Winam Gulf</a>, a long, shallow arm that protrudes from the main body of Lake Victoria.<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> Kisumu is 24 km (15 mi) south of the <a href="/wiki/Equator" title="Equator">equator</a> and has, due to its elevation, moderate temperatures. </p><p>The metropolitan region comprises the city and its suburbs and satellite towns of <a href="/wiki/Maseno" title="Maseno">Maseno</a>, Kondele, and <a href="/wiki/Ahero" title="Ahero">Ahero</a>.<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> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kisumu&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When Europeans first settled in the area in the late 19th century, Kisumu became a trading post – attracting <a href="/wiki/Luo_people" title="Luo people">Luo people</a> from as far as <a href="/wiki/Migori" title="Migori">Migori</a> and <a href="/wiki/Siaya" title="Siaya">Siaya County</a>. The Kisumu region was then occupied by the Luo community. A person going to Kisumu at that time would say, "Adhi Kisuma" to mean I'm going to trade. Derived from the word "Kisuma", the word for a trading post in Luo is "Kisumo", and in <a href="/wiki/Dholuo" title="Dholuo">Nandi</a>, "Kesumett". The current name <i>Kisumu</i> is an English corruption of the word "Kisumo" or "Kesumett". </p><p>An opposing theory states that Kisumu acquired its name from 'Kusuma', the <a href="/wiki/Logooli_language" title="Logooli language">Maragoli</a> word for 'trading'. Because, before Luo arrived in the area, the Maragoli were already trading with other people in the area like the <a href="/wiki/Nandi_people" title="Nandi people">Nandi</a> and the Maasai. Some Luo words were acquired from the Maragoli.<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. (December 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kisumu&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Smithsonian_Institution_Archives_-_1661_Image_RU7179_Box6_Hellers-11.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Smithsonian_Institution_Archives_-_1661_Image_RU7179_Box6_Hellers-11.jpg/220px-Smithsonian_Institution_Archives_-_1661_Image_RU7179_Box6_Hellers-11.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="350" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0/Smithsonian_Institution_Archives_-_1661_Image_RU7179_Box6_Hellers-11.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="330" data-file-height="525" /></a><figcaption>Local inhabitants near Kisumu, 1911</figcaption></figure> <p>Kisumu City is believed to be one of the oldest settlements in Kenya with historical records indicating that Kisumu was dominated by diverse communities at different times long before Europeans arrived. The people from the Nandi, <a href="/wiki/Kalenjin_people" title="Kalenjin people">Kalenjin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kisii_people" title="Kisii people">Kisii</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maasai_people" title="Maasai people">Maasai</a>, <a href="/wiki/Luo_people_of_Kenya_and_Tanzania" class="mw-redirect" title="Luo people of Kenya and Tanzania">Luo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Luhya_people" title="Luhya people">Luhya</a> communities converged at the tip of Lake Victoria and called the place "sumo" which literally means <i>a place of barter trade</i>. Each community called it different names, for instance: </p> <ol><li>The Luo called it "Kisumo" meaning "a place to look for food" such that the Luo would say "I am going Kisuma" to mean "I am going to look for food".</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Luhya_people" title="Luhya people">Abaluhya</a> called it "Abhasuma" which means "a place to borrow food", such that the Luhya would say "I am going Khusuma" to mean "I am going to borrow food".</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Kisii_people" title="Kisii people">Abagusii</a> called it "egesumu" meaning "a structure for keeping/rearing chicken". It is believed the Abagusii were in Kisumu but found Kisumu was not good for crop husbandry and agriculture.</li> <li>The Nandi called it "Kisumett" which means a place where food was found during times of scarcity and exchange, which cannot be attacked by Nandi and Terik irrespective of any issue.<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></li> <li>Industries are centred on processing agricultural products, brewing, and textile manufacturing. Asians once constituted more than one-fourth of the population, but declined after independence in 1963.</li></ol> <p>Kisumu was identified by the British explorers in early 1898 as an alternative railway terminus and port for the <a href="/wiki/Uganda_Railway" title="Uganda Railway">Uganda Railway</a>, then under construction. It was to replace <a href="/wiki/Port_Victoria,_Kenya" title="Port Victoria, Kenya">Port Victoria</a>, then an important centre on the caravan trade route, near the delta of the <a href="/wiki/Nzoia_River" title="Nzoia River">Nzoia River</a>. Kisumu was ideally located on the shores of <a href="/wiki/Lake_Victoria" title="Lake Victoria">Lake Victoria</a> at the cusp of the <a href="/wiki/Winam_Gulf" title="Winam Gulf">Winam Gulf</a>, at the end of the caravan trail from <a href="/wiki/Pemba,_Mozambique" title="Pemba, Mozambique">Pemba</a>, Mombasa, and <a href="/wiki/Malindi" title="Malindi">Malindi</a> and had the potential for connections to the whole of the Lake region via steam ships. In July 1899, the first skeleton plan for Kisumu was prepared. This included landing places and wharves along the northern lakeshore, near the present-day Airport Road. Demarcations for government buildings and retail shops were also included in the plan.<sup id="cite_ref-issuu2009_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-issuu2009-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Another plan was later prepared in May 1900, when plots were allocated to a few European firms as well as to Indian traders who had travelled to Kisumu on contracts to build the Uganda Railway and had decided to settle at the expanding terminus. A later plan included a flying boat jetty (now used by the Fisheries Department). In October 1900, the 62-ton ship <a href="/wiki/SS_William_Mackinnon" title="SS William Mackinnon">SS William Mackinnon</a> was reassembled and registered in Kisumu, and made its maiden voyage to <a href="/wiki/Entebbe" title="Entebbe">Entebbe</a>, marking the beginning of the Lake Marine Services. The <a href="/wiki/SS_Winifred_(1901)" title="SS Winifred (1901)">SS Winifred (1901)</a> and the <a href="/wiki/SS_Sybil_(1901)" title="SS Sybil (1901)">SS Sybil (1901)</a> were later added to the fleet in 1902 and 1904, respectively. On Friday, 20 December 1901, the railway line reached the Kisumu pier, adopting a new name, Port Florence. </p><p>By February 1903, the railway line had been opened for goods and passenger transportation.<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> Kisumu was also privileged to host the first flight in Kenya; the current police workshop was the first hangar in <a href="/wiki/Kenya" title="Kenya">Kenya</a>. Before the jet airline era, the city was a landing point on the British flying boat passenger and mail route from <a href="/wiki/Southampton" title="Southampton">Southampton</a> to <a href="/wiki/Cape_Town" title="Cape Town">Cape Town</a>. Kisumu also linked <a href="/wiki/Port_Bell" title="Port Bell">Port Bell</a> to Nairobi.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated61_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated61-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the meantime, it was realised that the site originally chosen for the township north of the Nyanza Gulf was unsuitable for the town's expansion, due to its flat topography and poor soils. An alternative site was therefore identified and the town's location moved to the ridge on the southern shore of the Gulf, where the town is today. Consequently, another plan was prepared in 1902, which provided the basic layout of the new town on the southern ridge. This was followed by the construction of a number of government buildings, notably the former Provincial Commissioner's Office (now State Lodge) and the Old Prison (now earmarked for the construction of an <a href="/wiki/Anglicanism" title="Anglicanism">Anglican</a> cathedral).<sup id="cite_ref-issuu2009_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-issuu2009-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1903, the township boundaries were gazetted and some 4,900 ha (12,000 acres), including water, set aside for its development. The new township reverted to its original name, Kisumu, in substitution for Port Florence. At this time, there was an 'Old Kisumu' that consisted of two rows of stalls (Dukas) on Mumias Road, north of the Gulf. It was demolished in the twenties when new plots became available on Odera and Ogada Streets in the present-day Kisumu, hence the new area acquired the name 'New Bazaar'. <a href="/wiki/Winston_Churchill" title="Winston Churchill">Winston Churchill</a> visited Kisumu in 1907.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By the 1930s and 40s, the city had become a leading centre for commerce, administrative and military installations. In the 1960s the population of Asians in relation to locals was significantly higher. The town was elevated to the status of a municipal board in 1940 and later to a municipal council in 1960. In the early sixties, very little development took place in Kisumu, with an acute shortage in housing, shops and offices. The situation was made worse by the influx of locals into the town following the declaration of independence in 1963.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated61_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated61-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The city's growth and prosperity slowed down temporarily in 1977, as a result of the collapse of the <a href="/wiki/East_African_Community" title="East African Community">East African Community</a>. However, the city spurred with the reformation of the community in 1996 and with its designation as a "city". The port has been stimulated by the transformation of international business and trade, as well as the shipments of goods destined for Uganda, <a href="/wiki/Tanzania" title="Tanzania">Tanzania</a>, <a href="/wiki/Burundi" title="Burundi">Burundi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rwanda" title="Rwanda">Rwanda</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_Congo" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Republic of Congo">Democratic Republic of Congo</a>. </p><p>Currently, Kisumu is one of the fastest-growing cities in Kenya. It is thriving with the sugar and rice irrigation industries, whose contribution to the national economy is immense due to its natural resources and as the epicentre for business in Kenya. </p> <div class="thumb tnone" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;overflow:hidden;width:auto;max-width:810px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="noresize thumbimage" style="overflow:auto"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kisumu_panorama.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Kisumu panorama, viewed from Lake Victoria"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Kisumu_panorama.png/800px-Kisumu_panorama.png" decoding="async" width="800" height="184" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/Kisumu_panorama.png 1.5x" data-file-width="1018" data-file-height="234" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption" style="text-align:center"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Kisumu_panorama.png" title="File:Kisumu panorama.png"> </a></div>Kisumu panorama, viewed from <a href="/wiki/Lake_Victoria" title="Lake Victoria">Lake Victoria</a></div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture_and_languages">Culture and languages</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kisumu&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Culture and languages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kisumu_city.jpg_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Kisumu_city.jpg_2.jpg/220px-Kisumu_city.jpg_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Kisumu_city.jpg_2.jpg/330px-Kisumu_city.jpg_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Kisumu_city.jpg_2.jpg/440px-Kisumu_city.jpg_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1440" data-file-height="1034" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <p>English is one of two official languages of Kenya, the other being <a href="/wiki/Kiswahili" class="mw-redirect" title="Kiswahili">Kiswahili</a>. Most people in Kisumu are trilingual<sup id="cite_ref-boulderkisumu.org_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-boulderkisumu.org-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and are also fluent in <a href="/wiki/Dholuo" title="Dholuo">Dholuo</a>, the local language of the <a href="/wiki/Luo_peoples" title="Luo peoples">Luo</a>, Kenya's fourth-largest ethnic group, to which 90% of Kisumu residents belong.<sup id="cite_ref-boulderkisumu.org_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-boulderkisumu.org-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Due to its growth since the advent of <a href="/wiki/Devolution" title="Devolution">devolution</a>, there has been a recent increase in other local ethnic groups within the city. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Climate">Climate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kisumu&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kisumu features a <a href="/wiki/Tropical_rainforest_climate" title="Tropical rainforest climate">tropical rainforest climate</a> with no true dry season and significant rainfall year-round. January is the driest month while the month of April receives the most rainfall. The average temperature is 22.9°C.<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> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Kisumu (1938–1990) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF4B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.6<br />(87.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF4900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.8<br />(87.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF4C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.4<br />(86.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF5700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.8<br />(83.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF5B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.2<br />(82.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF5D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.9<br />(82.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF5F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.7<br />(81.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF5B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.2<br />(82.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF5300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.4<br />(84.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF4B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.5<br />(86.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF4E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.1<br />(86.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF4F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.9<br />(85.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF5300; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">29.4<br />(84.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF7900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.8<br />(74.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF7700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.1<br />(75.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF7700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.1<br />(75.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF7C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.4<br />(74.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF8002; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.8<br />(73.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF850B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.2<br />(72.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF870F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.9<br />(71.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF850B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.2<br />(72.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF8002; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.8<br />(73.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF7900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.8<br />(74.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF7A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.7<br />(74.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF7C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.5<br />(74.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF7E00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">23.2<br />(73.8) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #89FF89; color:#000000;" class="notheme">79<br />(3.1) </td> <td style="background: #75FF75; color:#000000;" class="notheme">84<br />(3.3) </td> <td style="background: #03FF03; color:#000000;" class="notheme">169<br />(6.7) </td> <td style="background: #00B600; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">213<br />(8.4) </td> <td style="background: #06FF06; color:#000000;" class="notheme">167<br />(6.6) </td> <td style="background: #7CFF7C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">85<br />(3.3) </td> <td style="background: #80FF80; color:#000000;" class="notheme">85<br />(3.3) </td> <td style="background: #86FF86; color:#000000;" class="notheme">81<br />(3.2) </td> <td style="background: #74FF74; color:#000000;" class="notheme">90<br />(3.5) </td> <td style="background: #71FF71; color:#000000;" class="notheme">95<br />(3.7) </td> <td style="background: #28FF28; color:#000000;" class="notheme">139<br />(5.5) </td> <td style="background: #68FF68; color:#000000;" class="notheme">101<br />(4.0) </td> <td style="background: #4FFF4F; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1,388<br />(54.6) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 1.0 mm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #A8A8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7 </td> <td style="background: #7777FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10 </td> <td style="background: #7777FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11 </td> <td style="background: #2626FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">17 </td> <td style="background: #5E5EFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13 </td> <td style="background: #9999FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8 </td> <td style="background: #A8A8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7 </td> <td style="background: #9C9CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8 </td> <td style="background: #9999FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8 </td> <td style="background: #8383FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10 </td> <td style="background: #5959FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13 </td> <td style="background: #8F8FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9 </td> <td style="background: #8080FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">121 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: <a href="/wiki/World_Meteorological_Organization" title="World Meteorological Organization">World Meteorological Organization</a><sup id="cite_ref-WMO_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WMO-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <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=Kisumu&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Agriculture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kisumu has highly fertile land and variations in temperature and rainfall with two rainy seasons per year across the region provide a suitable environment for a broad range of agricultural crops. The Kisumu region has approximately 1.6 million hectares of agricultural land. However, it is estimated that only 58 percent of the land is currently used. The majority of farming in the lake basin region is <a href="/wiki/Subsistence_agriculture" title="Subsistence agriculture">subsistence agriculture</a>, leading to relatively low production volumes. Current crop yields are considered to be significantly lower than the potential afforded by soil and climate conditions. Current low land utilisation and yields are driven by the lack of guaranteed markets and associated support services. Like agriculture, livestock farming is currently performed primarily on a subsistence basis. Cattle are predominantly indigenous breeds with lower milk output than grade cattle. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Aquaculture">Aquaculture</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kisumu&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Aquaculture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Kenyan part of Lake Victoria covers approximately 400,000 hectares (4,100 square kilometres), with 550 kilometres (342 mi) of lake shoreline; most of this shoreline is under-used.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Points_of_interest">Points of interest</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kisumu&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Points of interest"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kisumu_City.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Kisumu_City.jpg/220px-Kisumu_City.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Kisumu_City.jpg/330px-Kisumu_City.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Kisumu_City.jpg/440px-Kisumu_City.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1632" data-file-height="1224" /></a><figcaption>Jomo Kenyatta Sports Ground</figcaption></figure> <p>Attractions in the city include Kibuye Market, Oile Market, the Kisumu Museum, an <a href="/wiki/Impala" title="Impala">impala</a> sanctuary, a <a href="/wiki/Bird_sanctuary" class="mw-redirect" title="Bird sanctuary">bird sanctuary</a>, Hippo Point, shopping malls and the nearby Kit Mikaye and <a href="/wiki/Ndere_Island" title="Ndere Island">Ndere Island National Park</a>. Although Kisumu has modernized over the years, it still maintains an old town feel, especially on the outskirts, and the culture is still very ingrained.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources"><span title="The material near this tag may rely on an unreliable source. (January 2023)">unreliable source?</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Town_Clock">Town Clock</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kisumu&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Town Clock"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On the main street of Kisumu city, Oginga Odinga Road, a tall town clock stands in the middle of the road. It was unveiled on 19 August 1938 by the then <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Kenya" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Kenya">Governor of Kenya</a> Sir <a href="/wiki/Robert_Brooke-Popham" title="Robert Brooke-Popham">Robert Brooke-Popham</a>. The town clock was built in memory of Kassim Lakha, who arrived in East Africa in 1871 and died in Kampala in 1910. It was erected by his sons Mohamed, Alibhai, Hassan and Rahimtulla Kassim, as the inscription on the Town Clock reads.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kisumu_Museum">Kisumu Museum</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kisumu&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Kisumu Museum"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kisumu Museum, established in 1980,<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> has a series of outdoor <a href="/wiki/Pavilions" class="mw-redirect" title="Pavilions">pavilions</a> laid out in a formation similar to that of a <a href="/wiki/Luo_people_of_Kenya_and_Tanzania" class="mw-redirect" title="Luo people of Kenya and Tanzania">Luo</a> homestead. Some of the pavilions contain live animals. For example, one pavilion contains numerous <a href="/wiki/Aquarium" title="Aquarium">aquaria</a> with a wide variety of fish from <a href="/wiki/Lake_Victoria" title="Lake Victoria">Lake Victoria</a>, along with explanatory posters. Another pavilion contains a terrarium containing <a href="/wiki/Dendroaspis" class="mw-redirect" title="Dendroaspis">mambas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spitting_cobra" title="Spitting cobra">spitting cobras</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bitis" title="Bitis">puff adders</a> and other venomous Kenyan snakes. Outside, the museum has a few additional exhibits, including a snake pit and a <a href="/wiki/Crocodile" title="Crocodile">crocodile</a> container.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Other pavilions show weaponry, jewellery, farm tools and other artefacts of the various peoples of <a href="/wiki/Nyanza_Province" title="Nyanza Province">Nyanza Province</a>. Additionally, there are exhibits of stuffed animals, birds and fish. One pavilion houses the prehistoric TARA <a href="/wiki/Rock_art" title="Rock art">rock art</a>, which was removed for its own protection to the museum after it was defaced by graffiti in its original location.<sup id="cite_ref-About_us_–_Kisumu_County_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-About_us_–_Kisumu_County-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The museum's most important and largest exhibition is the <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a>-sponsored Ber-gi-dala.<sup id="cite_ref-Kenya_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kenya-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This is a full-scale recreation of a traditional <a href="/wiki/Luo_(Kenya_and_Tanzania)" class="mw-redirect" title="Luo (Kenya and Tanzania)">Luo</a> homestead. Ber-gi-dala consists of the home, granaries and livestock corrals of an imaginary Luo man as well as the homes of each of his three wives and his eldest son. Through signs and taped programs in both <a href="/wiki/Luo_dialect" class="mw-redirect" title="Luo dialect">Luo</a> and English, the exhibition also explains the origins of the Luo people, their migration to western Kenya, traditional healing plants, and the process of establishing a new home.<sup id="cite_ref-Kenya_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kenya-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dunga_Beach_and_Wetland">Dunga Beach and Wetland</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kisumu&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Dunga Beach and Wetland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Dunga Beach and Wetland is known for its biodiversity and its cultural rich and diverse papyrus wetland ecosystem<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The text near this tag may need clarification or removal of jargon. (October 2022)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> and local community respectively. Ecofinder Kenya has established Dunga Wetland Pedagogical Centre at Dunga Beach, a grass-roots led intervention whose cardinal goal is the empowerment of the Dunga Wetland community and improvement of the livelihood security of its people. Therefore, some of the main focuses in the centre are promoting eco-cultural tourism and facilitating the conservation of the Dunga Papyrus Wetland Ecosystem.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kisumu_Impala_Sanctuary">Kisumu Impala Sanctuary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kisumu&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Kisumu Impala Sanctuary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kisumu is the location of the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiAfrica/Stubs/Kisumu_Impala_Sanctuary" title="Wikipedia:WikiAfrica/Stubs/Kisumu Impala Sanctuary">Kisumu Impala Sanctuary</a>. During British rule, the Impala Park sanctuary was called Connaught Parade. Measuring just 1 square kilometre (0.39 sq mi), the sanctuary is one of Kenya's smallest wildlife preserves. As its name suggests, it is home to a herd of impala, some hippos, and many reptiles and birds. Additionally, several <a href="/wiki/Baboons" class="mw-redirect" title="Baboons">baboons</a> (monkeys) and <a href="/wiki/Leopard" title="Leopard">leopards</a> who faced difficulties in the wild are housed in cages. Over 115 different species of birds live there.<sup id="cite_ref-About_us_–_Kisumu_County_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-About_us_–_Kisumu_County-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cheetahr.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Cheetahr.JPG/250px-Cheetahr.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Cheetahr.JPG/330px-Cheetahr.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Cheetahr.JPG/500px-Cheetahr.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a><figcaption>Cheetahs at the Impala Sanctuary</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hippo_Point">Hippo Point</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kisumu&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Hippo Point"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Hippo Point is a 240 ha (590 acres) viewing area on Lake Victoria. Despite its name, it is better known as a viewing point for its unobstructed sunsets over the lake than for its occasional <a href="/wiki/Hippopotamus" title="Hippopotamus">hippos</a>. Hippo Point is located near the village of Dunga, a few kilometres southwest of the city. The village also has a fishing port and a camping site.<sup id="cite_ref-About_us_–_Kisumu_County_25-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-About_us_–_Kisumu_County-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kit_Mikayi">Kit Mikayi</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kisumu&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Kit Mikayi"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Kit_Mikayi" class="mw-redirect" title="Kit Mikayi">Kit Mikayi</a>, a large rock with three rocks on top, is located off Kisumu Bondo Road towards <a href="/wiki/Bondo,_Kenya" title="Bondo, Kenya">Bondo</a>. Kit-mikayi means "Stones of the first wife" or "First Wife Rocks" in <a href="/wiki/Dholuo" title="Dholuo">Dholuo</a>, the Luo language. It is a weeping rock; it is believed that Mikayi (literally, "the first wife") went up the hill to the stones when her husband took a second wife and has been weeping ever since.<sup id="cite_ref-About_us_–_Kisumu_County_25-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-About_us_–_Kisumu_County-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has become a local pilgrimage site for adherents of the <a href="/wiki/Legio_Maria" title="Legio Maria">Legio Maria</a> sect who, come to the rock to pray and fast for several weeks at a time.<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. (December 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ndere_Island">Ndere Island</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kisumu&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Ndere Island"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ndere_Island.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Ndere_Island.jpg/220px-Ndere_Island.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Ndere_Island.jpg/330px-Ndere_Island.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Ndere_Island.jpg/440px-Ndere_Island.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="1952" /></a><figcaption>Ndere Island</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Ndere_Island" title="Ndere Island">Ndere Island</a> is a small island 4.2 square kilometres (1.6 sq mi) in the Winam Gulf of Lake Victoria. It was gazetted as the <a href="/wiki/Ndere_Island_National_Reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="Ndere Island National Reserve">Ndere Island National Reserve</a> in November 1986 and has since been uninhabited. It has sweeping views over the lake in a much more serene and tranquil environment than the mainland. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sport">Sport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kisumu&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Sport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Moi_Stadium" title="Moi Stadium">Moi Stadium</a> plays home to various teams such as the Kisumu All Stars and Kisumu Telkom FC. <a href="/wiki/Peter_Anyang%27_Nyong%27o" class="mw-redirect" title="Peter Anyang' Nyong'o">Peter Anyang' Nyong'o</a>, the governor and father of Hollywood star <a href="/wiki/Lupita_Nyong%27o" title="Lupita Nyong'o">Lupita Nyong'o</a>, announced that the county will build a brand new stadium. At the same time, the country's current government has plans to build a national stadium. As of 2018, neither plan has materialized.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kisumu is represented in the nationwide rugby league by Kisumu RFC. The city is also host to a leg of the national rugby sevens circuit, one of only six city hosts. The Kisumu leg is referred to as the Dala sevens and the annual tournament attracts thousands of fans from across the country.<sup id="cite_ref-About_us_–_Kisumu_County_25-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-About_us_–_Kisumu_County-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kisumu is represented in the Kenya Basketball Federation League by Kisumu Lakeside which plays its home games at Jomo Kenyatta Sports Grounds. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kisumu&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Air">Air</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kisumu&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Air"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kisumu_International_Airport_Terminal.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Kisumu_International_Airport_Terminal.jpg/250px-Kisumu_International_Airport_Terminal.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Kisumu_International_Airport_Terminal.jpg/330px-Kisumu_International_Airport_Terminal.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Kisumu_International_Airport_Terminal.jpg/500px-Kisumu_International_Airport_Terminal.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5472" data-file-height="3648" /></a><figcaption>Kisumu International Airport</figcaption></figure> <p>Before the <a href="/wiki/Jet_aircraft" title="Jet aircraft">jet</a> airline era, Kisumu was a landing point on the British <a href="/wiki/Flying_boat" title="Flying boat">flying boat</a> passenger and mail route from Southampton to Cape Town. Kisumu linked Port Bell and Nairobi. </p><p>Kisumu is served by <a href="/wiki/Kisumu_International_Airport" title="Kisumu International Airport">Kisumu International Airport</a> which has international status, with regular daily flights to Nairobi and Mombasa. Expansion of the airport cargo facility after completion of the passenger terminals is currently going on in anticipation of increased trade brought about by the recreated <a href="/wiki/East_African_Community" title="East African Community">East African Community</a> of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.<sup id="cite_ref-About_us_–_Kisumu_County_25-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-About_us_–_Kisumu_County-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Water">Water</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kisumu&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Water"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kenya_Kisumu_Harbour_Hyacinths_1997ke09b21.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Kenya_Kisumu_Harbour_Hyacinths_1997ke09b21.jpg/220px-Kenya_Kisumu_Harbour_Hyacinths_1997ke09b21.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Kenya_Kisumu_Harbour_Hyacinths_1997ke09b21.jpg/330px-Kenya_Kisumu_Harbour_Hyacinths_1997ke09b21.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Kenya_Kisumu_Harbour_Hyacinths_1997ke09b21.jpg/440px-Kenya_Kisumu_Harbour_Hyacinths_1997ke09b21.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1091" data-file-height="700" /></a><figcaption>Kisumu Harbour. The green vegetation is <a href="/wiki/Water_hyacinth" class="mw-redirect" title="Water hyacinth">water hyacinth</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Lake_Victoria_ferries" title="Lake Victoria ferries">Lake Victoria ferries</a> have operated from the port linking the railway to Mwanza and <a href="/wiki/Bukoba" title="Bukoba">Bukoba</a> in Tanzania, and to Entebbe, Port Bell, and <a href="/wiki/Jinja,_Uganda" title="Jinja, Uganda">Jinja</a> in Uganda. The first steamships built in Kisumu in 1905 were the SS Sybilla and the <a href="/wiki/SS_Nyanza" class="mw-redirect" title="SS Nyanza">SS Nyanza</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rail">Rail</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kisumu&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Rail"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Uganda Railway from the port of Mombasa reached Kisumu in 1901. Until 2013 passenger trains operate between Nairobi and Kisumu using the revamped meter gauge rail run by the defunct <a href="/wiki/Rift_Valley_Railways" title="Rift Valley Railways">Rift Valley Railways</a>. A <a href="/wiki/Nairobi%E2%80%93Malaba_Standard_Gauge_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Nairobi–Malaba Standard Gauge Railway">standard gauge railway</a> from Nairobi to <a href="/wiki/Naivasha" title="Naivasha">Naivasha</a> was opened up to <a href="/wiki/Suswa" title="Suswa">Suswa</a> in 2019. A second section of 262 kilometres (163 mi) should have brought the <a href="/wiki/Standard-gauge_railway" title="Standard-gauge railway">standard gauge</a> to Kisumu, a new station and a port on Lake Victoria being planned. The plans not materialising due to lack of funding, a project to rebuild the metre gauge line from the Ugandan capital <a href="/wiki/Kampala" title="Kampala">Kampala</a> to the frontier and onwards to the existing Kenyan <a href="/wiki/Metre-gauge_railway" title="Metre-gauge railway">metre gauge railway</a> past Kisumu found funding from the <a href="/wiki/African_Development_Bank" title="African Development Bank">African Development Bank</a> in 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Road">Road</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kisumu&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Road"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Former president <a href="/wiki/Mwai_Kibaki" title="Mwai Kibaki">Mwai Kibaki</a> launched a Ksh. 6.8 billion road project for a major overhaul of Kisumu's road network on 24 July 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city is connected to the cities of <a href="/wiki/Nakuru" title="Nakuru">Nakuru</a>, Nairobi and Mombasa via the A104 highway and to the city of <a href="/wiki/Eldoret" title="Eldoret">Eldoret</a> via the B1 highway. A 450 kilometres (280 mi) Lake Victoria ring road along the shores of the lake is currently<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (October 2022)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup> under construction and will pass by the city.<sup id="cite_ref-About_us_–_Kisumu_County_25-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-About_us_–_Kisumu_County-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rail_and_air_accidents">Rail and air accidents</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kisumu&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Rail and air accidents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During World War II, three aircraft operated by the South African Air Force crashed into Lake Victoria soon after take-off from Kisumu Airport. The first, a <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Lodestar" class="mw-redirect" title="Lockheed Lodestar">Lockheed Lodestar</a> aircraft number "K"-248 (ex ZS-ATK) carrying a senior South African military officer, Major General <a href="/wiki/Dan_Pienaar" title="Dan Pienaar">Dan Pienaar</a>, crashed on 19 December 1942, killing all 12 persons on board. The other two crashes involved <a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-47" class="mw-redirect" title="Douglas C-47">Douglas C-47</a> planes; the first on 11 May 1945 (one fatality) and the second exactly three months later, on 11 July 1945 (28 fatalities). The bodies from the two earlier accidents were repatriated to South Africa, those from the third accident are buried in the Kisumu war-graves cemetery.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The cause of the accidents is currently thought to have been the <a href="/wiki/Katabatic_wind" title="Katabatic wind">katabatic wind</a> condition which often affects Kisumu in the early morning. </p><p>Two serious railway accidents occurred near Kisumu in the 2000s. </p><p>The first took place outside Kisumu on 15 August 2000. The brakes on the train failed, causing it to roll. Thirteen people were killed and 37 received injuries. The second took place on the morning of 16 October 2005, when a <i><a href="/wiki/Matatu" title="Matatu">matatu</a></i> (taxi minibus) was struck by a passenger train. Six people died and 23 more were injured. </p><p>After that there have been accidents in its major towns with notable black spots:<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The text near this tag may need clarification or removal of jargon. (August 2016)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> <i>Ojola/Kisian</i>, <i>Kisat bridge</i>, <i>Ahero</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Sondu</i>, <i>Awasi</i> just to mention a few. The Busia-Kisumu highway is becoming increasingly congested,<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> posing risks to road users. The County Government of Kisumu has been urged to consider dualizing the roads to prevent accidents that have claimed numerous lives and caused lasting physical and psychological harm to motorists and pedestrians. </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=Kisumu&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Primary_education">Primary education</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kisumu&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Primary education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kisumu has a variety of schools to choose from, both public and private, including: </p> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.agakhanschools.org/kenya/akpskis/index">Aga Khan Primary School</a>, a well-known private primary school within the city.</li> <li>Obwolo Primary School is a public <a href="/wiki/Co-educational" class="mw-redirect" title="Co-educational">co-educational</a> day <a href="/wiki/Primary_school" title="Primary school">primary school</a> located in Kajulu ward, Winam Division.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Higher_education">Higher education</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kisumu&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Higher education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kisumu is home to many universities and colleges: </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Maseno_University_Kisumu.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Maseno_University_Kisumu.png/220px-Maseno_University_Kisumu.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Maseno_University_Kisumu.png/330px-Maseno_University_Kisumu.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Maseno_University_Kisumu.png/440px-Maseno_University_Kisumu.png 2x" data-file-width="530" data-file-height="396" /></a><figcaption>Maseno University</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maseno_University" title="Maseno University">Maseno University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaramogi_Oginga_Odinga_University_of_Science_and_Technology" title="Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology">Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology (JOOUST)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Lakes_University_of_Kisumu" title="Great Lakes University of Kisumu">Great Lakes University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Nairobi" title="University of Nairobi">University of Nairobi-Kisumu Campus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_University_of_Eastern_Africa" title="Catholic University of Eastern Africa">Catholic University of East Africa-Kisumu Campus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Kenya_University" title="Mount Kenya University">Mount Kenya University</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ramogiinstitute.ac.ke/">Ramogi Institute of Advanced Technology (RIAT)</a></li> <li>Tom Mboya Labour College</li> <li>Kenya Institute of management,kisumu campus</li> <li>DALC Education Kisumu Campus</li> <li>Amani Counselling Centre and Training Institute Kisumu</li> <li>Nairobi Aviation College, Kisumu Branch</li> <li>Intraglobal Training Institute, Kisumu</li> <li>International School of Medicine and Technology</li> <li>Foundation Institute of Africa</li> <li>African Institute of Research and Development Studies, Kisumu City Campus</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.kcau.ac.ke/">KCA University-Kisumu campus</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nita.go.ke/nita-kisumu-centre.html">Kisumu Industrial Training Centre</a></li> <li>Western College of Hospitality and Professional Studies</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://kisumupoly.ac.ke/">Kisumu Polytechnic</a></li> <li>International School of Medicine and Applied Technology</li> <li>Kenya College of Accountancy</li> <li>Lake Institute of Tropical Medicine</li> <li>X-elle School of Hair Design & Beauty</li> <li>La-Von School of Hair and Beauty</li> <li>Sigotop Career Development College</li> <li>Ivory Tower Institute</li> <li>Elros Investments Mamboleo</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Places_of_worship">Places of worship</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kisumu&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Places of worship"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:St-Therese-of-Lisieux-Cathedral-RC-Archdiocese-of-Kisumu-Kenya.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/St-Therese-of-Lisieux-Cathedral-RC-Archdiocese-of-Kisumu-Kenya.jpg/220px-St-Therese-of-Lisieux-Cathedral-RC-Archdiocese-of-Kisumu-Kenya.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/St-Therese-of-Lisieux-Cathedral-RC-Archdiocese-of-Kisumu-Kenya.jpg/330px-St-Therese-of-Lisieux-Cathedral-RC-Archdiocese-of-Kisumu-Kenya.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/St-Therese-of-Lisieux-Cathedral-RC-Archdiocese-of-Kisumu-Kenya.jpg/440px-St-Therese-of-Lisieux-Cathedral-RC-Archdiocese-of-Kisumu-Kenya.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a><figcaption>St. Therese of Lisieux Cathedral of the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Kisumu" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kisumu">Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kisumu</a>, opposite Kibuye Market.</figcaption></figure> <p>Among the <a href="/wiki/Places_of_worship" class="mw-redirect" title="Places of worship">places of worship</a>, they are predominantly <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christian</a> churches and temples : <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Kisumu" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kisumu">Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kisumu</a> (<a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic Church</a>),Jesus celebration centre(JCC international) <a href="/wiki/Anglican_Church_of_Kenya" title="Anglican Church of Kenya">Anglican Church of Kenya</a> (<a href="/wiki/Anglican_Communion" title="Anglican Communion">Anglican Communion</a>),((Citam Church Kisumu)) <a href="/wiki/Presbyterian_Church_of_East_Africa" title="Presbyterian Church of East Africa">Presbyterian Church of East Africa</a> (<a href="/wiki/World_Communion_of_Reformed_Churches" title="World Communion of Reformed Churches">World Communion of Reformed Churches</a>), <a href="/wiki/Baptist_Convention_of_Kenya" title="Baptist Convention of Kenya">Baptist Convention of Kenya</a> (<a href="/wiki/Baptist_World_Alliance" title="Baptist World Alliance">Baptist World Alliance</a>), <a href="/wiki/Assemblies_of_God" title="Assemblies of God">Assemblies of God</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are also <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Muslim</a> mosques and a <a href="/wiki/Hindu" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu">Hindu</a> temple </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kisumu&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The book <i>"Kisumu"</i> by Okang'a Ooko tells the story of the musicians of Kisumu (2018).<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Some of the events in the 2017 story <i>"Consummation in Mombasa"</i> (by <a href="/wiki/Andrei_Gusev" title="Andrei Gusev">Andrei Gusev</a>) take place in Kisumu. The plot describes the Catholic wedding of the main characters (Russian writer Andy and Jennifer) in Mombasa and their trip to Kisumu, where Jennifer was born.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The song <i>"Kisumu"</i> (by Zack Okello) talks about how Kisumu is growing (2015).<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_natives_and_residents">Notable natives and residents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kisumu&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Notable natives and residents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The term used to refer to a native of Kisumu is <i>jakisumo</i> (plural, <i>jokisumo</i>). Notable <i>jokisumo</i> include </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jaramogi_Oginga_Odinga" title="Jaramogi Oginga Odinga">Jaramogi Oginga Odinga</a>, politician, the first <a href="/wiki/Vice-President_of_Kenya" class="mw-redirect" title="Vice-President of Kenya">Vice-President of Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raila_Odinga" title="Raila Odinga">Raila Odinga</a>, politician, son of Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, Kenya's former <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Kenya" title="Prime Minister of Kenya">prime minister</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Ouko_(politician)" title="Robert Ouko (politician)">Robert Ouko</a>, politician and son of Kisumu Nyahera who was abducted from his <a href="/wiki/Koru,_Kenya" title="Koru, Kenya">Koru, Kenya</a> home. His charred body was found later.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_Sr." title="Barack Obama Sr.">Barack Obama Sr.</a>; Kisumu is not far from Kogelo, a village known for being the hometown of, the father to the <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PinkPantheress" title="PinkPantheress">PinkPantheress</a>, British singer, her mother is from Kisumu according to an interview with <a href="/wiki/Nardwuar" title="Nardwuar">Nardwuar</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lupita_Nyong%E2%80%99o" class="mw-redirect" title="Lupita Nyong’o">Lupita Nyong’o </a> Accomplished Academy Winning Actress and New York Times bestselling Author has her roots in the lakeside city.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sister_cities">Sister cities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kisumu&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Sister cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The city has "Friendship" status with <a href="/wiki/Cheltenham" title="Cheltenham">Cheltenham</a>, in the United Kingdom. </p><p>Kisumu's sister cities are <a href="/wiki/Roanoke,_Virginia" title="Roanoke, Virginia">Roanoke, Virginia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Boulder,_Colorado" title="Boulder, Colorado">Boulder, Colorado</a>, in the United States. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kisumu&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Temple_in_Kisumu,_Kenya.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Temple_in_Kisumu%2C_Kenya.jpg/220px-Temple_in_Kisumu%2C_Kenya.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Temple_in_Kisumu%2C_Kenya.jpg/330px-Temple_in_Kisumu%2C_Kenya.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Temple_in_Kisumu%2C_Kenya.jpg/440px-Temple_in_Kisumu%2C_Kenya.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3120" data-file-height="4160" /></a><figcaption>Temple in Kisumu, Kenya</figcaption></figure> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 188.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 186.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:View_of_Kisumu_City_from_a_nearby_hill.jpeg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kisumu City as seen from a nearby hill"><img alt="Kisumu City as seen from a nearby hill" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/88/View_of_Kisumu_City_from_a_nearby_hill.jpeg/330px-View_of_Kisumu_City_from_a_nearby_hill.jpeg" decoding="async" width="187" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/88/View_of_Kisumu_City_from_a_nearby_hill.jpeg/500px-View_of_Kisumu_City_from_a_nearby_hill.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/88/View_of_Kisumu_City_from_a_nearby_hill.jpeg/960px-View_of_Kisumu_City_from_a_nearby_hill.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Kisumu City as seen from a nearby hill</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 210.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 208.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kisumu_town_hall.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kisumu Town Hall"><img alt="Kisumu Town Hall" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Kisumu_town_hall.jpg/330px-Kisumu_town_hall.jpg" decoding="async" width="209" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Kisumu_town_hall.jpg/500px-Kisumu_town_hall.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Kisumu_town_hall.jpg/960px-Kisumu_town_hall.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1264" data-file-height="850" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Kisumu Town Hall</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 212px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kisumu_Night.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kisumu at night"><img alt="Kisumu at night" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Kisumu_Night.jpg/315px-Kisumu_Night.jpg" decoding="async" width="210" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Kisumu_Night.jpg/473px-Kisumu_Night.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Kisumu_Night.jpg/630px-Kisumu_Night.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Kisumu at night</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 324px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 322px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ciala_resort.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ciala Resort"><img alt="Ciala Resort" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Ciala_resort.jpg/500px-Ciala_resort.jpg" decoding="async" width="322" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Ciala_resort.jpg/960px-Ciala_resort.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Ciala_resort.jpg/965px-Ciala_resort.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1410" data-file-height="614" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Ciala Resort</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 142px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 140px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kisumu_City_pavements_done_by_Gov._Nyongo.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Pavement in Kisumu City"><img alt="Pavement in Kisumu City" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Kisumu_City_pavements_done_by_Gov._Nyongo.jpg/210px-Kisumu_City_pavements_done_by_Gov._Nyongo.jpg" decoding="async" width="140" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Kisumu_City_pavements_done_by_Gov._Nyongo.jpg/315px-Kisumu_City_pavements_done_by_Gov._Nyongo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Kisumu_City_pavements_done_by_Gov._Nyongo.jpg/420px-Kisumu_City_pavements_done_by_Gov._Nyongo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="960" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Pavement in Kisumu City</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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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 href="/wiki/Marsabit_County" title="Marsabit County">Marsabit</a> 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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> 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