Kisiwa
Kisiwa means island.
Homa Bay protects Kenya's last roan antelope in Ruma National Park and holds world-class fossil and rock-art sites on its islands.
Homa Bay stretches along the southern Winam Gulf and out to Rusinga and Mfangano islands. Its main communities are the Luo and the Abasuba.
Homa Bay protects Kenya's last roan antelope in Ruma National Park and holds world-class fossil and rock-art sites on its islands.
Lake fishing is the mainstay, with maize, sugarcane, millet, rice, pineapples and cattle.
Kenya's only roan antelope sanctuary, also home to Rothschild's giraffe.
Where Mary Leakey found the 25-million-year-old Proconsul fossil in 1948.
The statesman's resting place on Rusinga, with a small museum.
Ancient concentric-circle paintings on UNESCO's Tentative List.
A community museum preserving Suba culture on Mfangano.
A legendary crater lake near Kendu Bay, visited seasonally by flamingos.
Salty hot springs at the foot of the hills.
A sandy island beach for swimming and boat rides.
Communities with a historic home in Homa Bay. Today people from every part of Kenya live and work here.
The Luo and Abasuba share lakeside traditions of fishing, boat-making and music. The Rusinga Festival celebrates Abasuba culture just before Christmas.
June to September or December to February; Ruma's black-cotton soil can trap vehicles in the rain. Late December for the Rusinga Festival.
Homa Bay and its neighbours. Tap a county or a place to read about it.
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June to September or December to February; Ruma's black-cotton soil can trap vehicles in the rain. Late December for the Rusinga Festival.
Homa Bay protects Kenya's last roan antelope in Ruma National Park and holds world-class fossil and rock-art sites on its islands.
Homa Bay stretches along the southern Winam Gulf and out to Rusinga and Mfangano islands. Its main communities are the Luo and the Abasuba. The county capital is Homa Bay, and the 2019 census counted 1,131,950 people across about 3,155 square kilometres.
JiweKisii CountyKisii soapstone is one of Kenya's best-known craft exports, and the fertile highlands feed the Lake Region.
NdiziNyamira CountyNyamira is a productive tea highland and holds sites central to Abagusii origins and resistance to colonial rule.
UkutaMigori CountyMigori holds Thimlich Ohinga, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and is Kenya's main southern gateway to Tanzania.
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