Ogembo is a small farming town 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, an ...
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. Her inhabitants are the abagusii community. The town started around 1860 by the locals and around 1920s it became a commercial center for the Indians and a government centre for the colonial rule in the area. The surrounding area is well known for banana farming and tea farming. Ogembo is located 380 km west of
Nairobi
Nairobi ( ) is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The name is derived from the Maasai phrase ''Enkare Nairobi'', which translates to "place of cool waters", a reference to the Nairobi River which flows through the city. The city proper ha ...
and has a population of 20,000.
It is located within the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Kisii
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kisii ( la, Kisiian(us)) is a diocese located in the city of Kisii in the Ecclesiastical province of Kisumu in Kenya.
History
* May 21, 1960: Established as Diocese of Kisii from the Diocese of Kisumu
Bishops
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Ogembo, Kenya was featured in a November 2017 episode of American television show
Dr. Phil.
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Kisii County
Populated places in Nyanza Province
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