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Location of Kisii Town in Kenya. Kisii (also known as Bosongo) is a municipality and urban centre in south-western Kenya and the capital city 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 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 according to the 2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census . [3] It borders Nyamira County to the North East, Narok County to the South, and Homa bay and Migori Counties to the West. [4]
Kisii people, an ethnic group in Kenya, also known as Abagusii or Gusii people; Gusii language, Bantu language spoken by the Kisii people; Kisii School for the Deaf, the only Deaf-run school for Deaf children in Kenya; Kisii stone, a name for soapstone, quarried in Tabaka area of southern Kisii District; Kisii University, Kenya
Among the Abagusii, the name Kisii does not refer to the people, but to a town—Kisii, also called Bosongo or Getembe [10] by the locals, is the major native urban centre of the Abagusii people. The name Bosongo is believed to have originated from Abasongo, which means "the whites" or "the place where white people settle(d))", referring to ...
Kisii District was a district in the Nyanza Province in southwestern Kenya. Its capital town was Kisii. The district was created during the colonial period from the South Kavirondo District. [1] The district is inhabited mostly by the Gusii people. Nyamira District was later carved out of Kisii in 1989.
A sombre mood engulfed a village in Kenya's Rift Valley last week as dozens of medical interns joined other mourners at the burial of their colleague who had taken his own life.
It is one of nine constituencies in Kisii County. The constituency was established for the 1988 elections. The constituency was established for the 1988 elections. Members of Parliament
Ogembo is a small farming town in Kisii County, Kenya. Her inhabitants are the abagusii community. The town started around 1860 by the locals and around 1920s it became a commercial center for the Indians and a government centre for the colonial rule in the area. The surrounding area is well known for banana farming and tea farming.