Kisumu

American

[kee-soo-moo] / kiˈsu mu /

noun

a city in W Kenya.

Kisumu British

/ kɪˈsuːmuː /

noun

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

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The pilots filed a flight manifest listing Kisumu, a lakeside city in western Kenya, as their destination.

From BBC

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.

From BBC

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

From BBC

After lying in state in Kisumu on Saturday, the body will go to Bondo in nearby Siaya county, the family's ancestral seat, for a private burial.

From Barron's

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

From BBC

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