Siaya
Siaya is a municipality and the capital of Siaya County, Kenya. It is located 74 km (46 mi) northwest of Kisumu. The urban center had a population of 33,153 in 2019.
Siaya municipality has five wards: Mjini, Siaya Central, Siaya East, Siaya North and Siaya West. All of them are part of Alego Constituency. With the new constitution, it is now also in Siaya County of which it is also its headquarters.
Notable individuals
- Jared Angira, poet
- Clarke Oduor, footballer
- Raila Odinga, politician and Kingpin of the Luo community
References
- ^ "2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census Volume II: Distribution of Population by Administrative Units". Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
- ^ "Registration centres by electoral area and constituency" (PDF). Electoral Commission of Kenya. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 28, 2007. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
- ^ "Biografski dodaci" [Biographic appendices]. Republika: Časopis za kulturu i društvena pitanja (Izbor iz novije afričke književnosti) (in Serbo-Croatian). XXXIV (12). Zagreb, SR Croatia: 1424–1427. December 1978.
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