House for a Kenyan with average living standard in rurals

Siaya is a municipality and the capital of Siaya County,

Kenya Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country located in East Africa. With an estimated population of more than 52.4 million as of mid-2024, Kenya is the 27th-most-populous country in the world and the 7th most populous in Africa. ...

. It is located northwest of

Kisumu Kisumu ( ) is the third-largest city in Kenya located in the Lake Victoria area in the former Nyanza Province. It is the second-largest city after Kampala in the Lake Victoria Basin. The city has a population of slightly over 600,000. The ...

. 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 Alego Constituency is an Constituencies of Kenya, electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of six constituencies of Siaya County. The constituency was established for the 1963 national elections. It is also known as Alego-Usonga Constituency. The ...

. With the new constitution, it is now in Siaya County of which it is the headquarters. In the last 10 years Siaya has grown due to an increase in the learning possibilities in places like the Siaya Institute of Technology and the Siaya County Referral hospital. These two places have drawn in many students who have increased the population of the town.

Notable individuals

* Jared Angira, poet * Clarke Oduor, footballer *

Raila Odinga Raila Amolo Odinga (born 7 January 1945) is a Kenyan politician who served as the Prime Minister of Kenya from 2008 to 2013. He was the Member of Parliament (Kenya), Member of Parliament (MP) for Langata Constituency from 1992 to 2013 and has ...

, politician and Kingpin of the Luo community *

References

{{Authority control Siaya County Populated places in Nyanza Province County capitals in Kenya