Kakamega, a town to watch!

  

Date Posted: 3/14/2012 10:24:53 AM

Posted By: sashoo  Membership Level: Silver  Total Points: 382

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Kakamega town is the administrative headquarters of Western province. Over the years, Kakamega has been exhibiting stagnation in major development areas. But the recent past has seen the small town boom and zoom for the good of its own inhabitants, and Kenya, at large.

First and foremost, was the transformation of former Western College into a constituent college of Moi university, then to Western University College, then to Western University of Science and Technology and finally to Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology. The university turned into a full fledged university with the acquisition of a charter, and ultimately, to having His Excellency and Commander in Chief of the Armed forces, President Mwai Kibaki, as its first Chancellor.

The university boasts of an ultra modern library, which is fully fledged with the state of the art computerization. The library caters for both the student body and the community at large.

Masinde Muliro university of Science and Technology(MMUST), being the backbone of development in Kakamega town, has set the pace for development in Kakamega. It has also sent the whole of Western province developing, having sprout into various campuses - Bungoma and Webuye - and numerous study centers.

Residential house sin Kakamega have tripled and quadrupled in number as demand for houses keeps rising. This is due to increased number of lecturers and subordinate staff at the university. Students also scramble for the houses. This has attracted major house developers in the town, consequently sending the cost of houses to rise in the town. This has also affected the cost of buying land in Kakamega, due to high demand for it.

Hostels in Kakamega town are also growing at a faster rate due ton increased number of students, not only in MMUST, but also in Mt. Kenya University(Kakamega branch), Nairobi university(Kakamega branch), Jomo

Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology(JKUAT Kakamega branch) and other major colleges in Kakamega like Kenya Institute of Management(KIM Kakamega branch), among others.

One thing has led to another in Kakamega and within a twinkle of an eye, investors started eying Kakamega. First there was Yako supermarket, then Nakumatt supermarket and now Tuskys supermarket. The investors do not want to be left behind in the wave that is sweeping Kakamega, they want to take hold of the prime investment opportunities that lie in Kakamega.

Kakamega also boasts of two major tourist attraction sites. The Kakamega forest is home to many tourists. The forest boasts of different tree species and different animal species. The famous Kakamega crying stone is an attraction that ever oozes out water that runs from a high rock.

Industrial-wise, Kakamega prides itself in the ever expanding West Kenya Sugar Factory which is located along Lubao road, as you branch at the Kambi-Mwanza junction.

You can land in Kakamega by plane too - helicopters and small planes. Thanks to the Kakamega airstrip located just next to Golf Hotel in Kakamega's Milimani area.

Education standards in Kakamega have also shot up. This has seen Kakamega pride itself in producing Kenya's top Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education(KCSE) candidate, the one and only brilliant Job Nalianya of St. Peters Seminary. Kakamega also prides in its own Kakamega boys high school - now a fully fledged national school.

Kakamega therefore, I say, is a town to watch. Having mentioned just but a few, the town is growing at a rate that many never imagined would come to be. Businesses are sprouting, schools are emerging, churches, industries, I mean, everything is just shooting up. What do I say? Kakamega is a town to watch!

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