Gucha District was a former
district
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...
in
Nyanza Province
Nyanza Province (; sw, Mkoa wa Nyanza) was one of Kenya's Provinces of Kenya, eight administrative provinces before the formation of the Counties of Kenya, 47 counties under the Constitution of Kenya, 2010 constitution. Six counties were organis ...
, western
Kenya
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. It was also known by the name: South Kisii District or Ogembo District. In 1999, its population was approximately 461,00
Its district headquarters were at
Ogembo which houses more than a thousand residents, (people who live in the center of the town), with more than one thousand people more that visit it each day.
Agriculture is the main industry. Apart from numerous small family plantations, there are large
sugar cane
Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of (often hybrid) tall, perennial grass (in the genus ''Saccharum'', tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar production. The plants are 2–6 m (6–20 ft) tall with stout, jointed, fibrous stalks t ...
fields. The population is mostly Gusii, but the district borders
Maasai Maasai may refer to:
* Maasai people
*Maasai language
* Maasai mythology
* MAASAI (band)
See also
* Masai (disambiguation)
* Massai
Massai (also known as: Masai, Massey, Massi, Mah–sii, Massa, Wasse, Wassil or by the nickname "Big Foot" Mas ...
land at southeast. There has been some ethnic clashes between them.
The district had three constituencies:
South Mugirango,
Bomachoge Borabu Constituency
Bomachoge Borabu is a List of constituencies of Kenya, constituency in Kenya. It is one of nine constituencies in Kisii County. It was established after the promulgation of the new Constitution in 2010. It was established for the 2013 general elec ...
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Bomachoge Chache Constituency and
Bobasi. At the 2002 General elections all three seats were won by
FORD-People.
In 2010, the district was eliminated and merged into
Kisii County
Kisii County is a county in the former Nyanza Province in southwestern Kenya. Its capital and largest town is Kisii. The county has a population of 1,266,860 people. It borders Nyamira County to the North East, Narok County to the South, an ...
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External links
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Kisii Language - ''Kisii''English- Ekegusii translation
Former districts of Kenya
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