Kisumu

[kee-soo-moo]

noun

1. a city in W Kenya.

Kisumu

/ kɪˈsuːmuː /

noun

1. a port in W Kenya, in Nyanza province on the NE shore of Lake Victoria: fishing and trading centre. Pop: 433 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

Multiple memorial events had already taken place, including a state funeral in Nairobi on Friday and a public viewing in a stadium in his home city of Kisumu on Saturday.

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Tens of thousands of mourners have gathered in the Kenyan city of Kisumu to pay their respects to the late Prime Minister Raila Odinga.

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Kisumu is the largest city in the Nyanza region of western Kenya, an area dominated by Odinga's Luo ethnic group which formed the bedrock of his support.

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On Saturday his body will be transported to Kisumu, a city in western Kenya on the shores of Lake Victoria - his political stronghold.

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Police told local media that Deya died on the spot on Tuesday evening after his vehicle was involved in an accident with a university bus and another vehicle near Kisumu town in western Kenya.

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