Kuria District was an administrative district in the

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of Kenya. Its capital town is

Kehancha Kehancha is a town in Kenya's Migori County. It has a total population of 256,086 people. References

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(sometimes spelled as ''Kihancha''). The district has a population of 256,086 (2009 census) and an area of 581/km². It is inhabited by a minority group of people fondly known as Kuria people also referred to as Abakuria (Mkuria/Wakuria) in Swahili. They are scattered across the Kenya- Tanzania border and they are neighbors to the Kisii, Luo and

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people. Following the Referendum of 2010 and the promulgation of the

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, Kuria District became part of

Migori County Migori County is a county in the former Nyanza Province of southwestern Kenya. It is located in Southwestern Kenya and borders Homa Bay County (North), Kisii County (North E), Narok (South East), Tanzania (West and South) and Lake Victoria to th ...

which is under the leadership of His Excellency Governor Dr. Ochilo G. M. Ayacko. together with his deputy Hon. Joseph Gimunta Mahiri. Kuria district was split into two in December 2007, Kuria West district with Kehancha as the district capital and Kuria East district with Kegonga as the district capital. Kuria West covers three administrative divisions namely Kehancha, Mabera and Masaba Divisions while Kuria East spans the two administrative divisions namely Kegonga and Ntimaru. There are two constituencies in the former District, Kuria West and Kuria East. According to the 2009 Kenya Population and housing census, Kuria West has a total population of 162,857 (National 2009). It is currently headed by Mathias Robi Nyamabe who was re-elected for a third time into the position of the member of parliament and Kuria East is headed by Hon. Kitayama Marwa Kemero Maisori and has a total population of 93,229 as stated in the 2009 population census. Both Mathias and Kitayama won their seats under the

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party ticket (UDA). Kuria District is divided into five administrative divisions namely: {, class="wikitable" , - , colspan="4" , Administrative divisions , - , colspan="4" , , - !Division !Population* !Urban pop.* !Headquarters , - , Kegonga , , 57,044 , , 27,098, , Kegonga , - , Kehancha , , 62,260 , , 29,267 , , Ikerege , - , Mabera , , 44,782 , , 7,213 , , Suba Kuria , - , Masaba , , 38,550 , , 9,342 , , Masaba , - , Ntimaru , , 53,450 , , 18,513 , , Ntimaru , - , ''Total'' , , ''256,086'' , , ''91,433'' , , - , - , {smaller , *2009 census.https://web.archive.org/web/20110718022538/http://www.ilri.cgiar.org/html/Urban%20Poverty%20all%20Kenya%20Province%20through%20Location%20Final.xls

Organizations

Laurenti Mohochi Educational Foundation Kusoma International - Laurenti Mohochi Educational Foundation is a nonprofit organization created to enable access to quality education for children of impoverished and marginalized communities (particularly in the former Kuria District of Kenya). ...

Nuru International Nuru International is a U.S.-based social venture with the goal of helping the poor living in remote rural areas of Kenya and Ethiopia to end extreme poverty in their communities. Nuru is a Kiswahili word that means "light." History Nuru Inter ...

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* Soteni International

Notable residents

Samson Mwita Marwa Samson Mwita Marwa (1932–2022), also known as Mwita Nyagakende, was a Kenyan teacher and politician who served in the National Assembly of Kenya from 1969 until 1974 as a member of the Kenya African National Union. Biography Samson Mwita ...

, Member of Parliament Former districts of Kenya

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