Navakholo is a small town in
Kakamega County
Kakamega County is a county in the former Western Province of Kenya. It borders Vihiga County to the South, Siaya County to the West, Bungoma and Trans Nzoia counties to the North and Nandi, and Uasin Gishu counties to the East. Its capita ...
in the
Western Province
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of Kenya.
It has a business center called Center (locally pronounced phonetically as "Senda"). The main language spoken is
Nyala
The lowland nyala or simply nyala (''Tragelaphus angasii'') is a spiral-horned artiodactyl antelope native to Southern Africa. The species is part of the family Bovidae and the genus '' Tragelaphus'' (formerly placed in the genus ''Nyala''). It ...
.
The town sits on the main earth road connecting Malava town to the East and Sianda Market to the West. It is the administrative centre for Navakholo cub-county within Kakamega County. It houses a District Commissioner, police station, a sub-district hospital and a market that operates every Saturday.
The town has grid electricity.
Navakholo has no real road network linking it to Kakamega town. The network becomes temporarily unavailable for use when it rains.
References
Populated places in Western Province (Kenya)
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