Kisumu City, The Most Beautiful and Cleanest City in Kenya
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2022
- Kisumu serves as the capital city of Kisumu County, Kenya and has a population of 397,957 as per the Kenyan 2019 census.(The rural population of Kisumu County was 714,668 during the same census,indicating that the city comprises the majority of the urban residents in the county, whose total population was 1,155,574) Kisumu is the immediate former capital of Nyanza Province, the headquarters of Kisumu County an important link in the trade route between Lake Victoria and Mombasa because of its water and rail connections. It is also the chief terminus for the agricultural produce of Nyanza and Western provinces. It is the largest and most important city in Western Kenya. Kisumu serves as a trading and transportation hub for the Great Lakes region in western Kenya. Kisumu International Airport has regular flights to Nairobi and other neighboring cities such as Mombasa. There are plans for flights to Mwanza Kigali, Kampala, Dar es salaam, and Juba but they have yet to materialize. It is the second-most important city after Kampala in the greater Lake Victoria Basin although Mwanza has overtaken it in population size. According to the United Nations, is now recognized as a key city and a "Millennium City" - the first of its kind in the world and also in East Africa.
It is officially known as Kisumu City (and formerly Port Florence). Kisumu port was founded in 1901 as the main inland terminal of the Uganda Railway named "Port Florence". Although trade stagnated in the 1980s and 1990s, it is again growing around oil exports. Other names of the city includes Dala (Home of the Luos), Kisuma (place of barter trade), KC (short for Kisumu City), Odhumo (Nairobi sheng for Kisumu) and others. Residents of the city are known as "Kisumunians". Colloquially, residents may be called Luopeans in reference to the residents taste for upper class and high-end lifestyles as found in Europeans cities like Milan, London, and Paris. It is not uncommon to hear residents say "Kisumu is like Europe."
The name Kisumu literally means a place of barter trade "sumo".
Kisumu is not far from Kogelo, a village known for being the hometown of Barack Obama Sr., the father to the 44th president of the United States.[5] Culturally, Kisumu serves as the headquarters of the Luo speaking people of East Africa. It was the most prominent urban centre in the pre-colonial, post-colonial, and modern era for natives of Kavirondo region. Some of the most significant political events that have shaped the trajectory Kenya have happened in Kisumu including the famous political spat between founding president of Kenya Jomo Kenyatta and founding vice president Jaramogi Odinga during the opening of Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital in 1969. Apart from being an important political city, it is one of the premier industrial and commercial centres in Kenya. The city is currently undergoing an urban rejuvenation of the downtown and lower town which includes modernizing the lake front, decongesting main streets, and making the streets pedestrian-friendly.
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I love how Afrikan Traveller is allways about the "best", "cleanest", "richest", "youngest", "oldest" "most organised" all the time. There's no middle ground with him 😂
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Kusumu city...so beautiful the green pillars simply welcome visitors to Kisumu
Aaaah! Thanks for that detail, this city is beautiful sana.
@@AfrikanTraveller yes ..I also love the fact that its pedestrian friendly..Great job 💪🏽
Pacho.
One thing I love about Kenya .. is the fantastic roads ... everywhere you go... roads are awesome
Indeed! Lots of investments have been put on infrastructure since Kibakis Time.
Not really EVERYWHERE... but right
It's costed us everything!! Still good nonetheless...
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Agree 100%. Kenya has quite good road networks and the roads are wide and well marked.
Kisumu City proved the entire world that it is a peaceful investor friendly city and real estate is booming together with tourism and hospitality sector. Thank you Afrikan Traveller for a great job of showcasing Kisumu City. I hope we can meet soonest.
With the show of peace it will greatly attract lots of investors and tourism. Hey Denno, it's time we linkup Bro.
Visited Kenya last yr n Kisumu did not disappoint. It had an urban n country feel. Oh my don't even go to Mombasa if you love a intimate walk with nature! Oh Impala park...had lions, zebras...the food, safety, Java, oj we r definately coming back! Did I forget the airport!
That porridge we call it Ncwancwa in Zulu it was one of my favourite when we grew up. And thanks for showing us this clean City and Victoria Suites.
Thanks for sharing, now I know Ncwancwa. The pronunciation ain't easy though. 🙏🙏🙏
It's Vittoria Suites
Kisumu is a lovely city and have relocated there a couple of months ago and love it.
This guy is good at editing, analysing and producing videos, I think you should start moving across East African cities much love from 🇺🇬
Good idea
I live in kisumu,it’s a very beautiful place it’s very clean even on the outskirts,every morning at around 5 am You’ll see city council employees cleaning the roads,the people are friendly,I Lyk kisumu
I loved the City.
Tells you Gov. Peter Anyang' Nyong'o is worth governing the county due to his leadership style of service delivery centric management 👏 🙌 💯
Kenya is developing with fast pace
Indeed!
Thank you for visiting my home city. I must also give credit to President Uhuru for massively investing in our city. We've always been negatively profiled but he saw it wise to bring infrastructural change up-to sub-county level. Asante Rais.
Yes Kudoz to President UHURU who made many changes within a very short period before his term could elapse
True we people of Kisumu really love Uhuru for that
Kudos to Kenyans for voting for the 2010 constitution that made devolution and a more equitable distribution of national resources possible. We no longer have to rely on the whims of leaders for development.
I went to Kisumu for the first time in 2017 and I was blown away. So clean, I loved the humidity and the food especial fish pale dunga beach😁
Fish ya Dunga huweza Sana 😋😋
Kisumu is Heavenly, very peaceful and serene especially mlimani
Where the rich hide.
@@AfrikanTraveller yep .... Its just next to CBD
Congratulations to Maya and Trudy. Glad you were honored to be among the best frnds and it's was simple and amazing wedding.
Wishing them lots of blessings and love as they journey to the next step in life. It was a great honour to be amongst the few invited friends.
Wow! It's so clean with wide roads. Seems the county government understood its assignment. Congratulations, Mr. Governor!
Kabisa
Let me tell you those wide roads never came thru a silver platter ,Kisumu is the only city where poeplle who grabbed road reservers were evicted including the Kisumu Cbd ..there was massive evictions ..the funny thing this were not publisiced it has been like 15 years ago ...this can not happen in other places ,prof anyang nyong added even more improvement ...I want to ask our brothers in central let sakaja clean up our city without politics
I am so much in love with this beautiful and cleanest city in EA. God bless Luoland! God bless Kenya!
Thanks sir jambo I love 💖 Kenya 🇰🇪 beautiful city it’s my birth country 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿from Leicester England 🏴
Jambo Dinesh,
Kisumu was clean and organised even before devolution, i visited Kisumu pre devolution and was positively amazed and shocked on how clean and organised it was. Being a native of Msa and living in Nbi i wondered why both the capital city and mombasa could not emulate kisumu. Tbh from your video it even looks better now. Hope other cities in Kenya will follow Kisumu's example. 👍
It's just a shame for Nairobi considering all the money and brains Nairobi has. Poor leadership is to blame
@@antony6799 in the last year billions was spent in Nairobi, okay some services and roads were improved but also a lot of waste i.e. uhuru park, expressway, over inflated costs on projects etc... i think less could have been spent to achieve more only if public interest was put first, absolutely no fiscal responsibilty to tax payers money and now we will be paying for it dearly.
I grew up in kisumu and it was always very clean .When I moved to Nairobi I was surprised the capital of Kenya was not as clean.
This is gorgeous. The cleanliness, weh! The beauty, weh, I’m impressed.Thanks for this vlog.
WOOOOW.... KISUMU IS BEAUTIFUL..
Good man. Promoting the real tribeless Kenya whilst other international mainstream media promote tribalist ujinga. Well done bro.
Thank you
Thank God for Mr. Kenyatta once in 50 years for making funds available for infrastructure. We will miss him.
I'm very impressed. Kisumu is very clean. Comes down to leadership top down, that's what it is. Let's see what becomes of Nairobi.
Waiting to see what Sakaja will do.
Me too, I hope it was not just hot air
Me too..
Don't hold your breath..
After visiting Kisumu and other cities and big towns in Kenya, I realized that Kisumu is the second most organized city after Nairobi
Is Nairobi organized than kisumu surely 😂😂
@@translator36765 Yes, we're talking about CBDs. When it comes to outskirts that's where Nairobi loses it, and it could be because of population pressure
@@rshikanga But don't assume the matter that Nairobi as a capital aren't trying despite the fact that alot of government offices are situated there making it to be more populated thus congestion bro
@@rshikanga kisumu is way more organized than nairobi in my opinion. Nairobi cbd is a mess
@@Tmaria-wn3hc Kisumu looks very well planned probably because It's downtown is a lot less busier than that of Nairobi. When Kisumu expands there will be some re- planning challenges. However, with devolution things will be easier
I was in KIsumu 2 times in mega revival Prophet DR. Owuor ministry. Kenia is very blessed country becouse of mighty Prophet Dr. Owuor
Mighty prophet of your faeces,
😂you must be crazy
Very beautiful city. Kisuma dala.
If only Nyeri folks could see this. Nyeri, Mathira home of Gachagua is a big dump...I know cos I am a native there. Kisumu is clean!!!!!. More the reason why Raila should have been president. It does not seem to be as crowded like central province.
Well let's see where the cattle rustler takes us
Same Raila and Uhuru's handshake led to a lot of development in Kisumu by devolving the gvt.. I feel like Nairobi would have been cleaned
It's not even about handshake, when you elect a Governor who has foresight then boom, development will be paramount in a nice way. I love Kericho town too
Product of devolution and a civilised governor.
Shauri yenyu we are not interested
Only one place the cattle rustler will take Kenya..........slaughterhouse
I study in Maseno University just few kilometers away from Kisumu, we have always had fun , partying and all that during weekends after week lectures..... The Clubs in kisumu are so appealing to the eye just sipping alcohol whilst viewing the great lake Victoria 🌊
Best place to have good time.
@@AfrikanTraveller pay us a visit in Maseno sir✨
BEAUTIFUL CITY INDEED,,I HOPE NAIROBI IS TAKING NOTES ON PLANNING.
Sakaja should take notes.
When you have progressive leaders
Not selfish thieves ! The sky is the limit
This vide has been bringing traction to my channel😁. Thanks for the nice content
Karibu sana.
I love it and I miss kisumo so much...my home city forever!
In USA 🇺🇸,
Indeed our city is the Cleanest... Kudos to the governor
Kazi Safi
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Weeeh almost three 😋
And we are at 100k now!
Seeing Kisumu for the first time through Afrikan_Traveller's lens. Picasso 👌🏿
💪👌👌👌 Thank you
You need too, try a weekend staycation my dear you will thank me later
It’s lit 🔥
@@JayyAAAA Next time I will tag along
@@LightBulbMomentsKE
Sawa !
Will DM when am around then we can organise.
Wow Mrs. John I thought he had done.a video on Kisumu before? Maybe I assumed
Kisumu the city of Heroes, loved it.
Hiyo ni manyanga nmeona hapo United mall.
Truly Kisumu is developing, i guess the transport industry is beginning to boom. And the international agencies setting up there. Very great
Kisumu has really transformed, Thanks to prof, hospitality industry has developed with the coming up of top rated hotels like acacia premier, Swiss,ciala resort, Vittoria and the coming of sarova hotel purchasing imperial hotel.
Kisumu is poised to greatly grow in the coming years.
Sour porridge is abaga in Luo. I enjoyed this beautiful show of my city. Thank you Afrikan Traveller.
You most welcome.
Bro I was amongst the first people to subscribe to your channel, truth is you have done the people of Kisumu justice with your RUclips, you have marketed Kisumu and displayed it's beauty to the rest of the world. Kisumu is well organized and it's growing at a tremendous pace. Karibu Kisumu.
King Pablo, thanks for believing in me through this journey. This is what I can do for the country with lots of love and passion unconditionally.
In kamba, we call Sour Porridge "Usuu Wii Ikie"... Much love from Machakos 🇸🇻
Thank you for sharing, now we know.
Kisumu has done a great job on the city. I wish there was a fast train to kisumu I would be there a lot cause flights are expensive and that drive is too long. Also we need to work on the lake front and attract more investors and tourists. Kisumu has so much potential, I love it!
Nyong'o is working on the Lakefront redevelopment, though it's still in planning stage. I don't know if the incoming administration will be in the mood to help.
Well said, the lake front has a lot potential and opportunities to explore. Flights are affordable especially if you book way in advance.
I was waiting for a kisumu update video quality content as always ☺️😀
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I wish the sgr was built from Kisumu first. It'd probably be done to Mombasa by now. Do a feature on its waste management strategy, maybe Nairobi, Mombasa and other towns can emulate.
the leadership of mombasa and nairobi is now competitive.
Hope investors will flock in Kisumu soon
They should, lot's of opportunities in the City.
Hello John! Kisumu is beautiful on ground and aerial view. It’s well organized. Love how markets are organized inside and in one area. I ask you to interpret that what’s spoken in your native language please and thank you! Would love to hear opinion of the citizens of Kisumu. Also beautiful Vittoria(double tt, lol) Suites. How’s the wife? Don’t know her birth name only what you call her, “lightbulb “. Anyways how’s the construction of home coming? Blessings to you and yours!
Hello Katherine. The locals are Raila Diehard fans, With President Rutos win, they feel hurt but they have accepted and hope he does not neglected the region coz of their affiliations.
Wife is doing great and the construction is on top gear, hopefully we shall make some updates soon. 😃😃Would have told you her name on inbox.
African Traveller is doing a splendid job! I wish you all the best!
Thank you
Next time also drive around milimani area, it's like the runda of kisumu
I love how you always give us historical background of every City bro,this time you showed us my city of Ksm,very familiar I went to school there and partly grew there.
Much love African Traveller. Your video are always top notch. All the best.
Thank you
The biggest town in Kiambu County ie Thika should borrow a leaf from Kisumu City & deal with these 10 issues....1.Regulate hawking in CBD. 2.Establish specific terminus for Matatus. 3.Build pedestrian sidewalks. 4.Refurbish public parks. 5. Regulate Bodaboda riders. 6.Paint old buildings. 7.Tarmac inter town murram roads. 8. Unclog the overflowing sewage outlets. 8.Introduce more parking spaces for private cars 9.Dig multiple boreholes to deal with recurring water rationing. 10. Fix the numerous street children / beggars issue.
I just hope the new governor will bring ORDER to Thika Town.
Wow, I tell you Kenyans have made a headway in every aspect of development and I am impressed, a third city/town to look like this, it's really interesting. I believe Zambians will learn a lot from our colleagues in Kenya, congratulations to you Kenyans cause your towns really look lovely and one can tell that there was someone to plan on how a town should look like.
Great brand ambassador. You know how to market a place, that's why I love this channel. Keep up the good work.
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Thank you African Travellor for promoting Kisumu
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Beautiful City and Videography.. Ken🇺🇬
Thank you
Thank you for this video,we are always travelling with you on your trips,and it's a good thing you give history of the town,some things we didn't know...
Nice video shots, keep it up 🙏
Road to 100k sub. Kudos kisumu is beautiful and Clean. Governor has done an amazing job. Oparanya too did a great job in kach. Thanks for sharing.
The Two Prof. Deserves a standing ovation. Kazi Safi.
But Oparanya did better job than Nyongo. Kakamega is far more beautiful. The cleanliness there is mind blowing. And the development is spread out and not concentrated in town only.
@@lewiswasonga9537 You don't know Kisumu very well.What is being shown here is just the CBD.
Keep going man! Great stuff
You are one of the best RUclipsrs l know,with perfect drone coverages and well planned videos.You even showcased the beauty of Mbita and now doing justice to Kisumu again. Kisumu deserves proper marketing coz at the end of all here says,it is a Kenyan city,nothing less.Kisumu will rise again.
Mbita is still among the most beautiful places I have ever visited.
@@AfrikanTraveller l love you work always....kudos 👍
Kisumu is rising already! What a beautiful towj
@@eveokundi4224 indeed, under the current governance .
African traveller I like your nice aerial shots ...I think Kdf needs to hire you for survelilance of those bandits ...it is so shameful that two children were shot metres away from Kdf camp ....
arudi Mombasa afanye video ingine I think Kuna vitu mpya this year good job brother you are the best in the world of travel
It is the most beautiful city.. Welcome African traveler😊. With the peace and also with a good governor it will develop
Thank you
Kisumu is beautiful thank you for sharing
Always looking forward your travel videos
Was great to be back on the road.
love your work, rasta!
Beautiful Kisumu ! Great job African Traveller 👏
Yaani you promoted my cirrry!
Subscribed!!!!
Kisumo pacho!! Dala in my mind... 💯 🙏 🤲 💯
🎉thank you bro. for the amazing Kisumu video.
Always so happy to be watching your videos.
Thank you Esrene, glad to see you
Thank you for being there for Trudy and Maya!
Always a great honour 🙏
@@AfrikanTraveller 💪
Very beautiful in Kisumu it’s nice there very nice I would love to visit Kisumu
Glad to see KSM still got it. Visited a couple of times in the late 90s as a teen to get my passport and once in the 2010s. I hope Dunga beach is still as vibrant with fish mongers and fresh fish
It still is very vibrant
Another great video.
Thanks Darion
Kisumu remains my favourite city. The views from Kisumu International Airport are something else.
Awesome work
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Thank you for featuring Kisumu city Afrikan Traveller.
my hometown... 💯✌🏿 good work prof. anyang' nyong'o.
Kazi Safi amefanya
Awesome 👍💖
Thanks KTedy
Good Job, 👍 woow, the city is very clean indeed. 👌
Spectacular!
I visited Kisumu in 1977 and stayed for a month at the New Kisumu Hotel (does it still exist?). I was impressed then and I am more impressed in 2022.
What is now Kisumu Hotel was known as Hotel Royale back in the seventies. It's still there and is now owned by Maseno University. Some major renovations were done after the acquisition by the university.
Good coverage
It looks very charming.
That's highway under construction though looks like a wall cutting the area in two, it's a shame.
But nice discovering secondary Kenyan cities, this country seems full of surprises.
Top notch video 📹 👌
Thank you
In the building watching from Barbados 😎
Welcome Bro
We call it puya. Fantabulous sceneries.
Hahaha we used that name in Highschool 🤣
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Mostly when isee your shows on tv ijust feel as if I'm travelling with you afrikan traveller. You give somuch details on your road trips. Big up!
Thank you
Always feel home even though away due to your spectacular tour with details. I feel home and thank you very much for great passion effort of executing very professional high quality videos. Asante sana.💪🙏
Karibu sana, feel at home a way from home.
You're translating 'sour' for 'oshoro mogagatu' in kisapere bro 😂😂😂I love your videos bro all the way from Dallas Texas! keep up the good work blatha!
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he is just amazing in all he does
You can tell them how many cities here in America Kisumu surpasses leave alone Nairobi. Kenya is really developing fast, if all leaders could work towards the betterment of our Kenyan society. Watching from Richardson, Tx. Your neighbour.
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Hello African Traveller nice Hotel
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Next time, we come to Kenya,we will visit Kisumu.I hope the people there r nice and kind regardless to which TRIBE we r from.........
People are nice being from a different tribe I've been there lots of times for vacation and it was peaceful
WE are not Kind so do not come
@@fredorido2520 be nice
@@fredorido2520 umesikia "the people" could be unkind ie maybe chasing visitors towards the lake
@@jaelachieng7839 Mano penjo ma ofuo kabisa
Was there in March, so clean and beautiful
You're covering kisumu so fast.. I wish you took a week there.. uende estates
Time and Finance.