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.[1]
Siaya municipality has five wards: Mjini, Siaya Central, Siaya East, Siaya North and Siaya West. All of them are part of Alego Constituency.[2] With the new constitution, it is now in Siaya County of which it is the headquarters.
Notable individuals
edit- Jared Angira, poet[3]
- Clarke Oduor, footballer
- Raila Odinga, politician and Kingpin of the Luo community
References
edit- ^ "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.