Gucha District
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Gucha District is in Nyanza Province, western Kenya. It is also known by the name: South Kisii District or Ogembo District. Its population is approximately 461,000 (as of 1999) [1]. Its district headquarters are at Ogembo which houses more than a thousand residents, (people who live in the center of the town), with more than one thousand people more that visit it each day.
Agriculture is the main industry. Apart from numerous small family plantations, there are large sugar cane fields. The population is mostly Gusii, but the district borders masai land at southeast. There has been some ethnic clashes between them.
The district has three constituencies: South Mugirango, Bomachoge and Bobasi. At the 2002 General elections all three seats were won by FORD-People.
| Local authorities (councils) | |||
| Authority | Type | Population* | Urban pop.* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ogembo | Town | 48,725 | 1,654 |
| Nyamarambe | Town | 40,232 | 212 |
| Nyamache | Town | 38,924 | 2,205 |
| Tabaka | Town | 26,325 | 5,067 |
| Gucha | County | 306,733 | 1,946 |
| Total | - | 460,939 | 11,084 |
| * 1999 census. Source: [2] | |||
| Administrative divisions | |||
| Division | Population* | Urban pop.* | Headquarters |
|---|---|---|---|
| Etago | 59,652 | 0 | |
| Kenyenya | 92,641 | 1,857 | |
| Nyacheki | 56,998 | 405 | |
| Nyamache | 54,722 | 1,702 | |
| Nyamarambe | 67,060 | 3,850 | |
| Ogembo | 78,827 | 1,465 | Ogembo |
| Sameta | 51,039 | 0 | |
| Total | 460,939 | 9,279 | - |
| * 1999 census. Sources: [3], [4], | |||
