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The Yala River rises in the Nandi Escarpment in the Rift Valley Province, Kenya. It flows west for 219 kilometres (136 mi) to its mouth on Lake Victoria in Siaya County, Kenya. [1] It is one of the largest Kenyan rivers feeding Lake Victoria, with an average discharge of 27.4 cubic metres per second (970 cu ft/s). [2]
It was dominated by the Kenya Rift Valley which passes through it and gives the province its name. According to the 2009 Census, the former province covered an area of 182,505.1 square kilometres (45,098,000 acres; 70,465.6 sq mi) and would have had a population of 10,006,805, [1] [2] making it the largest and most populous province in the country.
Kilgoris is a build up of many religions all together: Christians, Muslims, Hindus and atheists. Kilgoris and its surrounding regions have several schools, both primary and secondary, serving the educational needs of the local community. One notable initiative is The Kilgoris Project.
Lake Paradise. The Marsabit National Park is a national park and nature reserve located at Mount Marsabit in northern Kenya, near the town of Marsabit.It is located 560 km north of Nairobi in Marsabit County in the former Eastern Province and its reserve is noted for its zebra population and bird sanctuary.
The main economic activity in Bomet is agriculture. Tea is mostly grown in the eastern region of the district bordering the Mau forest.Farmers in the tea-producing region sell their produce to KTDA (Kenya Tea Development Agency) factories such as those at Kapset, Mogogosiek, Rororok, Kapkoros and Tirgaga located in Bomet county.
There is also a golf course, Nandi Bears Club, where several annual tournaments are held annually such as the Gill Trophy, the Kenya Ladies' Golf Union and the prestigious Kenya Breweries Festival of Golf besides rally and cross countries. [4] It is a very significant area of Rift Valley province and the Kalenjin community.
Nyang'oma Kogelo, also known as Kogelo, is a village in Siaya County, Kenya. It is located near the equator, 60 kilometres (37 mi) west-northwest of Kisumu, the provincial capital of the former Nyanza province. The population of Nyangoma-Kogelo is 3,648. [1]
The towns of Busia, Kenya and Busia, Uganda are very busy border towns on Kenya's border with Uganda. The towns of Malaba, Kenya and Malaba, Uganda, approximately 29 kilometres (18 mi) to the north, [5] along with the Busia megalopolis account for the bulk of trade and human traffic between the two East African Community countries.