Kiamokama is a small farming community in

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, and ...

in the south west of

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People

Most of the people in Kiamokama are

Abagusii The Abagusii (also known as Kisii (Mkisii/Wakisii) in Swahili, or Gusii in Ekegusii) are a highly diverse East African ethnic group and nation indigenous to Kisii County, Kisii (formerly Kisii District) and Nyamira County, Nyamira counties o ...

. They speak Ekegusii (native language),

Swahili Swahili may refer to: * Swahili language, a Bantu language official in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda and widely spoken in the African Great Lakes * Swahili people, an ethnic group in East Africa * Swahili culture Swahili culture is the culture of ...

(Kenya's national language) and English. Other tribal languages are sporadically spoken around Kiamokama and this includes

Dholuo The Dholuo dialect (pronounced ) or ''Nilotic Kavirondo'', is a dialect of the Luo group of Nilotic languages, spoken by about 4.2 million Luo people of Kenya and Tanzania, who occupy parts of the eastern shore of Lake Victoria and areas to the ...

Luhya Luhya or Abaluyia may refer to: * Luhya people * Luhya language Luhya (; also Luyia, Luhia or Luhiya) is a Bantu language of western Kenya. Dialects The various Luhya tribes speak several related languages and dialects, though some of them are ...

and Egesigisi. Kiamokama has produced a rich pedigree of citizens spread all over the world. Notable athletes include 'New York' and 'Boston' marathon winner Margaret Okayo,Richard Juma Okayo,international marathon runner Philes Ongori and Former nominated senator Linet Kemunto Nyakeriga.

Tea Factory

Kiamokama has established a

tea Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured or fresh leaves of '' Camellia sinensis'', an evergreen shrub native to East Asia which probably originated in the borderlands of southwestern China and northe ...

factory to process the product grown in the Gusii Highlands. Due to the fertile nature of the ''Gusii'' highlands, many different types of fruits including avocados, guavas, lemons, and ebirangwati grow everywhere a mature seed falls.

Education

The prominent schools in the area include Chironge, Masabo, Kiamokama Township, Mochengo and Mobamba. They are all public schools.

Governance

The area is part of Kiamokama Ward, Within

Nyaribari Masaba Constituency Nyaribari Masaba is an Constituencies of Kenya, electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of nine constituencies in Kisii County. The constituency was established for the 1988 elections. Members of Parliament Wards Masaba South Sub-coun ...

. The current Member of County Assembly (MCA) for the area is Kennedy Michira Mainya. {{coord, -0.83, 34.88, display=title Populated places in Nyanza Province Kisii County