Kisumu

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Kisumu ( kee-SOO-moo) is the third-largest city in Kenya located in the Lake Victoria area in the former Nyanza Province. It is the second-largest city in the Lake Victoria Basin after Kampala. The city has a population of 438,588 according to the recent 2026 population estimates. The metro region, including Maseno and Ahero, had a population of 6,771 (Maseno) and 11,801 (Ahero) people respectively, totaling to a combined population of 457,160 people, according to the 2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census which was conducted by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. In addition to its political importance, the city is a significant industrial and commercial centre in Kenya. It is also home to a number of higher-education institutions and a sizeable academic community. The city has been undergoing efforts to rejuvenate its downtown and Lower Town areas, including improvements to the lakefront, measures to reduce congestion on major streets, and initiatives to make streets more pedestrian...

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