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Siaya is a town in
Siaya County
Siaya County is one of the counties in the former Nyanza Province in the Western part of Kenya. It is bordered by Busia County to the north, Kakamega County and Vihiga County's to the northeast and Kisumu County to the southeast. It shares a wa ...
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. It is the capital of
Siaya County
Siaya County is one of the counties in the former Nyanza Province in the Western part of Kenya. It is bordered by Busia County to the north, Kakamega County and Vihiga County's to the northeast and Kisumu County to the southeast. It shares a wa ...
. It is located northwest of
Kisumu
Kisumu ( ) is the List of cities and towns in Kenya by population, third-largest city in Kenya after the capital, Nairobi, and the coastal city of Mombasa (census 2019). It is the third-largest city after Kampala and Mwanza in the Lake Victor ...
, the provincial capital. The urban center had a population of 33,153 in 2019.
Siaya municipality has five wards: Mjini, Siaya Central, Siaya East, Siaya North and Siaya West. All of them are part of
Alego Constituency Alego Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of six constituencies of Siaya County. The constituency was established for the 1963 national elections. It is also known as Alego-Usonga Constituency. The constituency has 13 wards ...
.
With the new constitution, it is now also in Siaya County of which it is also its headquarters.
Notable individuals
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Jared Angira
Jared Angira (born 21 November 1947) is a Kenyan poet. He has been called "the country's first truly significant poet".
Life
Angira was born in 1947 in Siaya, Kenya. He studied commerce at the University of Nairobi from 1968 until 1971. He contr ...
, poet
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Clarke Oduor
Clarke Sydney Omondi Oduor (born 25 June 1999) is a Kenyan professional footballer who plays for League One club Barnsley, and the Kenya national team. He plays as a left back, however he has also played as an attacking midfielder and winger.
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, footballer
References
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Siaya County
Populated places in Nyanza Province
County capitals in Kenya