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Kisii County is a county in the former Nyanza Province in southwestern Kenya. Its capital and largest town is Kisii. The county has a population of 1,266,860 people. [2] It borders Nyamira County to the North East, Narok County to the South, and Homa bay and Migori Counties to the West. [3] The county covers an area of 1,318 km 2. [4]
Kisii (also known as Getembe or Bosongo) is a municipality and urban centre in south-western Kenya and the capital of Kisii County. Kisii Town also serves as a major urban and commercial centre in the Gusii Highlands— Kisii and Nyamira counties—and the South Nyanza region and is the second largest town in formerly greater Nyanza after Kisumu City. Kisii municipality sits right at the ...
e. The Abagusii (also known as Kisii ( Mkisii / Wakisii) in Swahili, or Gusii in Ekegusii) are a Bantu ethnic group and nation indigenous to Kisii and Nyamira counties of former Nyanza, as well as parts of Kericho and Bomet counties of the former Rift Valley province of Kenya.
Soapstone carvings curio shop in Kisii, Kenya. In the Kisii region in Kenya, soapstone is mined in the town of Tabaka. It has been at the heart of industry and culture, with its malleability allowing for the carving of a variety of items ranging from common household items to ornaments and other décor items, all of which have found their way ...
Bonchari Constituency. Bonchari is an electoral constituency in Kisii County. It is one of nine constituencies in the county. The constituency was established for the 1988 elections . It has four wards namely; Riana, Bomorenda, Bomariba and Bogiakumu. [1]
Nyaribari Chache Constituency. Nyaribare Chache is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of nine constituencies in Kisii County. The constituency was established for the 1988 elections from the larger Nyaribari constituency to form two constituencies of nyaribari chache and masaba.
In March 2016, Kanoria Group, an Indian industrial conglomerate, and the Governor of Kisii County signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU), whereby Kanoria would build a sugar processing factory, capable of crushing 5,000 metric tonnes of cane per day and produce 172,500 metric tonnes of sugar annually. According to the MoU, a thermal power ...
The Kisii Teaching and Referral Hospital is a public hospital in Kisii, Kisii County, Kenya. It is the largest hospital in Kisii County and is accredited at Level 6 by the Kenyan Ministry of Health.