The post First Appeared in Amazing Kisumu
Kisumu is a lakeside city in Western Kenya. They say it’s the economic powerhouse of the region and also the communications hub as well as the final travel destination too, that side of Kenya.However, there are some things you need to know about the residents of this city.
1. These guys spend all their life doing art!
2. This school, Agha Khan Primary has never changed, it has always been this way since time immemorial
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3. This bank is not existent anymore, despite the indian community making Kisumu their second home, apart from India. I wonder where they bank nowadays!
4. In Kisumu, “Money doesn’t make sense”, its just paper. They use lotsa plastic currency, they exhibit a cash-lite economy. (they listen a lot to Moneysense music by Xpat Mkwanja)
5. The county has a lot of birds, they actually established a home for them – Kisumu Birds Sanctuary
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6. Lake Victoria (the second largest freshwater lake in the world after Lake Superior in the US) doesn't just provide the city with fish, it also acts as a place for holding boat racing competitions annually
7. Oh, the sunset! Isn’t it breathtaking? The only city in Kenya that you catch the sun set beyond the lakes horizons
8. This is not the only means of transport in the city center, but an enjoyable way to have a picturesque view of the beautiful city and its residents. It’s just business.
9. That’s a black/white view of the city’s CBD. Looks epic, isn’t it?
10. Even the vehicles in this city drink from the lake, like cows!
11. What?
12. This is the biggest church sanctuary in the city, located just along Nairobi Road.
13. The famous Town Clock (READ HERE)
14. The city was taken at exactly 7.06 pm October 8, 2014. Beautiful?
15. This was an artistic impression of the West End Mall, its now complete.
16. The residents love fun, thus the kayaks parked at Dunga Hill Camp for the lakeside rendezvous!
17. Beautiful sunset again!
18. Are you out of your mind? Can you camp by the lake? What of the hippos? #OnlyInKisumu
19. That’s the last rail-line being hit in place by Lady Florence, of which Kisumu borrowed its name from (Rem Port Florence, but was changed one year later to Kisumu.)
20. They eat fish, lots of it, sumptuous delicacy, actually its the staple here.
21. More fish, actually; you are a fool for not having a sample of this delicacy when you visit this city for the first time. Haven’t you heard of Lwnag’ni Hotels (Lwang’ni is Luo for housefly; don’t say I didn’t warn you). Learn how to eat fish HERE
22. Do you know that Kisumu was the first City in East Africa to land planes? This is a British Flying Boat landing in the Lake.
22. The residents are also very good farmers, they don’t believe in only fish, they definitely can get their hands dirty tilling the lands, of course doing greenhouses too.
23. The most magnificent house built across a hill off Kakamega road, just past Mamboleo estate.
24. Did I not warn you of hippos? They are very plenty in the lake.
25. The first flyover in the city at Kondele; but do they say!
26. The county’s seat of power: The Pioneer House.
27. Yes!
28. There is an Obama Hospital in this city; for children of course (at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital, famously known as Russia)
29. The biggest hospital in Kisumu County – Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital, famously known as Russia
30. That’s Jomo Kenyatta Highway, the only highway in Western Kenya
31. And Jomo Kenyatta Sports Ground too.
32. An empty street during the midday, Sunday. Didn’t I tell you these guys are very prayerful?
33. Yes, an Impala doing its thing at the Impala Sanctuary
34. The youth in this city are really trendy. That’s street fashion.
35. Old id surely gold – opening of the Kisumu Airport, the first one in Kenya
36. The Kisumu Bus Terminus
37. Kondele grounds, don’t say you were not warned.
38. An aerial view of Kisumu’s landmark – Jomo Kenyatta Sports Ground
39. A fishing expedition in the lake against the sunset (so much you can do with it)
40. Lovebirds on the last rail line leading to the lake, was used for ferrying containers onto the ships parked at the dock.
41. Kisumu’s one and only, do we have to tell you her story, seriously?
42. For all your household needs, need I say more: the locals shop only from the supermarkets, that’s why every huge retailer scramble to set up shop in this lakeside city.
43. The famous Jomo Kenyatta Sportsground, before the “mask” was removed.
44. Artistic genius of a busy Oginga Odinga Street.
45. The reining Miss Tourism Kisumu County 2014 travels only with the metallic eagles up in the sky
46. Th residents in this city believe only in Raila (but God first)
47. The residents love cars/first machines; thus every year the Kenya Commercial Bank MUST kickstart the KCB Rally Championship series from this beautiful city
48. Kisumu is also home to the rare Roan Antelopes, you can see them at Ndere Island
49. So much you can do with the sunset in this city. What do you see? I see love.
50. More love
51. Did I say somewhere before that the residents only fly? See!
52. That is a shopping basket, for going to buy your groceries (see what I did there)
53. Surely, digital migration got the better of us, see “The Making of a Smart TV”, no, its a wedding by the lake, again!
54. Yes, we fly, see. Beautiful sites, beautiful people
55. They don’t just participate in marathons like other communities, they run for the things they hold dear; like the rampant AIDS scourge.
56. Long long time ago, the lake was invaded by the dreaded water hyacinth, this made life very difficult for the fishing folks.
57. Now you see, the wedding by the lake arrangement (an idea for you).
58. Who said that River Nyando ain’t navigable? See. Yes We Can!
