Kisumu
Kisumu , city (1989 est. pop. 185,100), capital of Nyanza prov., SW Kenya, on Kavirondo Gulf (an arm of Lake Victoria). It is the principal lake port of Kenya, its third largest city, and the commercial center of a prosperous farm region. Manufactures include refined sugar, frozen fish, textiles, beer, and processed sisal. An ethanol plant was built in the 1980s. The city is developing a tourist industry with the attractions of Lake Victoria and nearby wildlife. The railroad from Mombasa reached Kisumu in 1901. The city was formerly called Port Florence.
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"Africa's great lakes in peril." (Lake Victoria)
Magazine article from: World Watch; 11/1/1994; ; 512 words
; (March/April 1992). For several decades, Lake Victoria, Africa's largest and the world's second...Uganda, and Tanzania have formed the Lake Victoria Organization to coordinate rescue efforts...community leaders called Friends of Lake Victoria, or OSIENALA as abbreviated in the...
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Lake Victoria's Nile perch boom: a decade ago, Nile perch was only caught on Lake Victoria for domestic consumption, but today it is in heavy demand in European and Asian countries. (Countryfile: Tanzania).
Magazine article from: African Business; 6/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...airport, on the southern shores of Lake Victoria, to carry an estimated 400t of fresh...fish processing plants in Tanzania's Lake Victoria region where the export of Nile perch...According to available statistics from the Lake Victoria Fish Processors Association of Tanzania...
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Kenya and Uganda redraw their borders on Lake Victoria.(Border accord)(Brief article)(Conference notes)
Magazine article from: African Business; 1/1/2009; 150 words
; ...the end to a century of cross-border fishing conflict on Lake Victoria now that Kenya and Uganda have agreed to redraw their boundaries...police forces. The meeting also thrashed out the management of Lake Victoria's sustainable resource development, and how to standardise...
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Weeds threaten Lake Victoria. (Uganda)
Magazine article from: African Business; 3/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; Lake Victoria is in danger of being overwhelmed by...causing havoc to shipping and fishing on Lake Victoria. The lake is the largest in Africa...URC) is considering diverting its Lake Victoria vessels to the Jinja pier because the...
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Africa's great lakes are drying up: Africa has more than 30,000 cubic kilometres of water in its 677 lakes, more than anywhere else in the world. Vast numbers of people depend for their livelihoods on African lakes but there has been an alarming drop in the water levels of some of the most famous such as Lake Victoria. Neil Ford examines the causes of this new water crisis.(electric supply management)
Magazine article from: African Business; 5/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...reported last month, water levels on Lake Victoria have fallen alarmingly, resulting in...had been taking 55% more water from Lake Victoria than agreed under the existing legal...may be unfair to lay the blame for Lake Victoria's problems entirely at Uganda's door...
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The City.(Your Own Pages)
Magazine article from: Highlights for Children; 11/1/2006; ; 10 words
; The City [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Tom Mansfield, Age 7 Massachusetts
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Patrol boats to monitor Lake Victoria. (Countryfile: Uganda).(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: African Business; 9/1/2002; ; 344 words
; ...acquire patrol boats to protect its Lake Victoria territorial waters, aimed at checking...the lake's resources. According to a Lake Victoria Fisheries Research Project (LVFRP...and fishermen. Uganda occupies 43% of Lake Victoria and Tanzania 51%. Ugandan fisheries...
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City Wide.(PEOPLE)
Magazine article from: Franchising World; 10/1/2007; 7 words
; City Wide promoted Tom Stone to vice president.
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The city's suspended monorail. (Wuppertal).
Magazine article from: International Railway Journal; 4/1/2001; 14 words
; The city's suspended monorail, the 13.3km Schwebebahn, celebrated its centenary on March 1.
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My City.(Our Own Pages)
Magazine article from: Highlights for Children; 3/1/2005; ; 10 words
; My City [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Jamal Smith, Age 9 North Carolina
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Kenya
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the World
KENYA Republic of Kenya Major Cities: Nairobi, Mombasa Other Cities: Eldoret, Garissa, Kisumu, Lamu, Malindi, Nakuru, Nanyuki, Nyeri, Thika EDITOR'S NOTE This chapter was adapted from the Department of State Post Report dated...
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Victoria, Lake
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
...Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. The second-largest freshwater lake in the world, it is the chief reservoir of the River Nile. Its long coastline provides harbours for coastal towns, notably Kampala , Kisumu, and Mwanza. Area: 68,000sq km (26,000sq mi).
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Lake Victoria
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...suffered uncontrolled water hyacinth proliferation. Ships regularly call at lakeside towns, including Entebbe, Mwanza, Bukoba, and Kisumu. The first European to see Lake Victoria (originally called Ukerewe) was John Speke , the British explorer, in 1858; Henry Stanley...
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Grace Emily Akinyi Ogot
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...radio program in Luo), as a community development officer in Kisumu, and as a public relations officer for Air India. In the late...Kenyatta University. Her older sister, Rose Orondo, served on the Kisumu County Council for several terms, and her younger brother Robert...
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Luo
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...This area changes from low, dry landscape around the lake to more lush, hilly areas to the east. The provincial capital of Kisumu is the third-largest city in Kenya and is a major cultural center for the Luo. 3 • LANGUAGE The Luo, like other Kenyans...
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