Ujwang'a is a village in Sihay sublocation, East Ward North East location,
Ugenya Constituency Ugenya Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya, established for the 1963 elections. It is one of six constituencies of Siaya County
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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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sweet rice
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fields where tonnes of rice at Anyiko Rice Milling is performed. The staple food of the village's inhabitants is maize; this is as rice is mainly sold commercially, despite the village being the largest producer of locally consumed rice in Siaya County. Ujwang'a is home to prominent persons such as Kevin Alori,
Raphael Alori, Oscar Lorna, Eric Masiga, Benerd Ongore, and Johnmark Odongo Msiko among others who are prominent business men in Kenya. The village has one private primary school(St. Paul's Digital Junior Academy); a
hospital
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Siaya County
Populated places in Nyanza Province
Villages in Kenya
Populated places on Lake Victoria