The Kakamega District
Kakamega District is one of the eight districts of Western Province. This area receives a very high amount of annual precipitation and contains Kakamega Forest, a preserve which is a remnant of a rainforest that stretched west through Uganda.Inhabitants in this are mostly the luhya tribe,whose economic activity is mainly farming and fishing.
Kakamega Town
Kakamega is less than 50 km north of Kisumu, a port city on Lake Victoria, lying about 30 km north to the equator, which borders Lake Victoria. It is the provincial headquarters of Western Province.