Awendo is a town in

Migori County Migori County is a counties of Kenya, county in the former Nyanza Province of southwestern Kenya. It borders Homa Bay County to the north, Kisii County to the northeast, Narok County to the southeast, Tanzania to the west and south, and Lake Vic ...

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; also known as Sare-Awendo. Sony Sugar Company (Sony) is within Awendo. Awendo is the headquarters of the South Nyanza sugar belt.

History

Awendo has been located at a junction of trading routes since pre-colonial times, and the town is thought to have been a centre of trade since at least the early 19th century. When the British government established the

East Africa Protectorate East Africa Protectorate (also known as British East Africa) was a British protectorate in the African Great Lakes, occupying roughly the same area as present-day Kenya, from the Indian Ocean inland to the border with Uganda in the west. Cont ...

in Kenya in the latter half of that century, they set up an office in the Awendo area, which was used to extract taxes and carryout registration of local animals. Indian traders began arriving in the area shortly after this and set up a rudimentary market where they sold goods. The arrival of the A1 road through the town, which followed the same north–south route used by previous traders, saw significant expansion of the town. A primary school and health centre were set up by European missionary workers and the market expanded.

Sport

* Green Stadium, a

multi-purpose stadium A multi-purpose stadium is a type of stadium designed to be easily used for multiple types of events. While any stadium could potentially host more than one type of sport or event, this concept usually refers to a design philosophy that stres ...

with a capacity of 5,000 people, is located in Awendo. * Sony Sugar, an

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

club plays its home games at the stadium.

References

Migori County Populated places in Nyanza Province {{NyanzaKE-geo-stub