How did Chesamisi get its name? We dig into history to uncover interesting facts and information. Get to know your hometown Chesamisi map and administrative facts Kimilili constituency, Bungoma County in Western Kenya. Chesamisi has an elevation of 1,752 meters and lies around 40 kilometers to the peak of Mount Elgon or Mount Masaba as […]
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How did Kabuchai get its name? We dig into history to uncover interesting facts and information. Get to know your hometown Kabuchai map and administrative facts Kabuchai is a constituency that elected its first member of parliament in 2017. It was formed following boundaries review by the electoral body of Kenya. Just like neighboring Kimilili,
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How did Kamusinga get its name? We dig into history to uncover interesting facts and information. Join us on this journey and get to know your hometown Kamusinga map and administrative facts Kamusinga is in Kimilili Constituency, Bungoma county in Western Kenya. Map What’s in a name? How Kamusinga got it’s name In Lubukusu, kimisinga
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How did Kiboswa get its name? We dig into history to uncover interesting facts and information. Get to know your hometown Kiboswa map and administrative facts Kibwosa is a market town south of Gambogi on the Kisumu- Kakamega highway. It sits at the boundary of Kisumu County and Vihiga County of Western Kenya. And is
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What’s in a name? Mabanga in Bungoma, Kenya. Meet the market town named blood thanks to a notorious section of the Kenya-Uganda highway Coming from Webuye, heading to Bungoma Town along the Northern Corridor, some 17kms from Bungoma’s CBD, one rides on a long straight stretch of the highway that cuts through acres of swamp
1976 to 1979 were good years for the Kenyan smuggler. US President Jimmy Carter banned US importation of Ugandan coffee. This followed the abduction of Archbishop Janaan Luwuum by the Idi Amin regime when the man of God, and fierce critic, was delivering his Sunday sermon. He was never to be seen alive again. As
Join us as we take a trip to one of the emerging makutano towns of western Kenya: Khumusalaba. Khumusalaba, not to be confused with the Luhya gospel hit Khu Musalaba by Florence Andeyi, is a rapidly growing market at the crucifix where Vihiga, Kakamega and Siaya counties meet. As suggested by the title of the
On your way out of Trans Nzoia county headquarters, Kitale town, towards Endebess at the foot of Mt. Elgon on the Kenya-Uganda border; Matisi town straddles the ‘highway’ over a stretch of a kilometer thereabouts. Here, deep in mulembe, we find a Saboat saying that however aged, distills the answer to questions that still dog
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