Homa Bay County


Homa Bay County is a county in the former Nyanza Province of Kenya. Its capital and largest town is Homa Bay. The county has a population of 1,131,950 and an area of 3,154.7 km². Lake Victoria is a major source of livelihood for Homa Bay County.

Demographics

Homa Bay county has a total population of 1,131,950 persons, of which 539,560 are males, 592,367 females and 23 intersex persons. It has 262, 036 house holds with an average of 4.3 people per household. The county has a population density of 359 people per square kilometre.
Sub-CountyPopulation
Homa Bay117,439
Ndhiwa218,136
Rachuonyo North178,686
Rachuonyo East121,822
Rachuonyo South130,814
Rangwe117,732
Suba North124,938
Suba South124,938
Total1,131,950

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Administrative and Political Units

Administrative Units

The county has been subdivided into 8 sub-counties with 40 county assembly wards. There are a total of 19 divisions, with 116 locations and 226 sub-locations.

Electoral constituencies

The county has eight electoral constituencies:
is the governor and serving his last term in office after being elected in 2013 and 2017 general elections and currently deputised by Hamiliton Onyango Orata. Moses Otieno Kajwang’ is the senator and was elected in 2015 in a by election due the death of brother Gerald Otieno Kajwang. He won also his in 2017 elections. Gladys Atieno Nyasuna Wanga is second women repressentaive to hold office after being elected in 2017.

Health

There are a total of 206 health facilities across the county of which 144 are public and 62 are private.
PublicNumber
Level 51
Level 411
Level 331
Level 2101
Private
Hospitals 3
Health centres36
Dispensaries23
Total206

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Education

The county has 1451 ECD centres of which are 991public and 460 private. There are 1089 primary schools, 312 secondary schools, 50 youth polythenic, 2 technical training institutions, 2 university colleges.
CategoryPublicPrivateTotal
ECD Centres9914601451
Primary schools8682211089
Secondary schools29418312
Youth Polythecnic50050
Technical Training Institutions22
Universities22

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Transport and Communication

The county is covered by road network of 3225 km of which i1840 is covered by earth surface, 1240 km is gravel and 184 km is covered by bitumen. There are 13 postal services with 3,300 installed letter boxes, 1,605 rented letter boxes 1,695 vacant letter boxes.

Trade and Commerce

The county grows a variety agricultural crops based on the ecological zones found the county. Coffee, sugarcane, maize, beans, tobacco, dairy and fish farming in Rakuonyo subcounty, maize, millet, pineapples, sorghum, sunflower and tomatoes are grown in Gwasi Hills of Suba, millet, green grams,tobacco, sugarcane, pineapples, sisal are grown in Ndhiwa, Homa Bay town and Rangwe. Cotton was grown in Rachuonyo and central Mbita before the collapse of the cotton industry. Efforts are, however, underway to revive cotton farming across the county. Some of the animals kept in the county include cattle dairy, cattle beef, sheep, hair goats, dairy goats, meat pigs, rabbit and poultry.

Services and Urbanisation

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Villages and settlements

VILLAGES INCLUDE:
KAUMA;
KANYIPIR;
KA'KDHIMU;
KA'KWAJWOK;
KANJIRA;
KANYALUO.