Before the jet airline era, Kisumu was a landing point on the British flying boat passenger and mail route from Southampton to Cape Town.

For the 1988 elections he moved to Kisumu Town Constituency ( later split to Kisumu Town West and Kisumu Town East constituencies ), and was again elected to the parliament.

Witnesses also spoke of a dispute with local politicians and allegations of fraud in Kisumu Town Council.

All witness testimony prior to these dates had been based on the row in Dr Ouko's family and allegations of corruption in the Kisumu Town Council.

Although Troon's final report to the Kenyan authorities, delivered in August 1990, was not conclusive it did recommend further investigation into Ouko ’ s murder and in particular ' enquiries and further interviews ' in respect of Hezekiah Oyugi, a Permanent Secretary in Kenya's Internal Security Department ; James Omino, an MP for Kisumu Town and a political opponent of Ouko at the 1988 election ; and Nicholas Biwott, the Minister for Energy.

It is also an electoral ward in the Kisumu Town East Constituency

* December 20 – The final spike is driven into the Mombasa-Victoria-Uganda Railway in what is now Kisumu, Kenya.

FUM's headquarters is in Richmond, Indiana, and has offices in Kisumu, Kenya.

Mount Elgon is an extinct shield volcano on the border of Uganda and Kenya, north of Kisumu and west of Kitale.

Kisumu is a port city in western Kenya at, with a population of 355, 024 ( 1999 census ).

It is the third largest city in Kenya, the principal city of western Kenya, the immediate former capital of Nyanza Province and the headquarters of Kisumu County.

Currently, Kisumu is one of the fastest growing cities in Kenya.

Kisumu is the location of the Kisumu Impala Sanctuary.

Kit Mikayi, a large rock with three rocks on top, and is located off Kisumu Bondo Road towards Bondo.

Imperial Hotel is a 4 star Hotel in the heart of Kisumu.

Kisumu is served by Kisumu Airport, with regular daily flights to Nairobi and elsewhere.

The term used to refer to a resident of Kisumu is jakisumo ( plural, jokisumo ).

Kakamega is 52 km north of Kisumu, the third largest city in Kenya and a port city on Lake Victoria.

Another attraction is the Crying Stone of Ilesi located along the highway towards Kisumu.

The original ships serving the Uganda Railway were built in the United Kingdom as " knock down " ships ; that is, they were bolted together, all the parts marked with numbers, disassembled into thousands of parts, transported in kit form by sea to Mombasa and by rail to Kisumu and reassembled.

is a tugboat built by Bow, McLachlan & Co in 1912 and launched at Kisumu in 1913.

Maseno University is a university based in Maseno, near Kisumu, in Kenya and was founded in 1991.

The University is located in Maseno Township along Kisumu-Busia road, some 25 km from Kisumu City and 400 km west of Nairobi.

The Main campus is located along Kisumu-Busia road, while the Kisumu campus is located in Kisumu City.

On Friday, December 20, 1901, the railway line reached the Kisumu pier, with the centre adopting a new name, Port Florence.

The new township reverted to its original name, Kisumu, in substitution of Port Florence.

It was later demolished in the twenties when new plots became available on Odera and Ogada Streets in the present day Kisumu, hence the new area acquired the name ‘ New Bazaar '.

* Kisumu County

From Kisii, it is easy to get to Tabaka Soapstone quarries, the Maasai Mara Game Reserve in Narok County, Lambwe Valley Game Reserve in South Nyanza County, Kisumu city and the Kenya / Tanzania or Kenya / Uganda border points.

Kit-Mikayi, a celebrated tor near Kisumu, Kenya

Its shores are dotted with cities and towns, including Kisumu, Kisii, and Homa Bay in Kenya ; Kampala, Jinja, and Entebbe in Uganda ; and Bukoba, Mwanza and Msoma in Tanzania.

* Kisumu Airport, a public airport serving Kisumu, Kenya

* Kisumu, Nyanza Province, Kenya

* 13 die near Kisumu, Kenya, after a passenger train rolls back because of air brake failure-15 August 2000

* Port Bell-The port, located on the shores of Lake Nalubaale, handles both passenger and cargo traffic destined for Kisumu, Kenya and Mwanza and Musoma in Tanzania.

Kisumu was also privileged to host the first flight in East and Central Africa ; the current police workshop was the first hangar in Kenya and entire East Africa.

* Robert Ouko, politician and son of Kisumu Nyahera who was abducted from his Koru, Kenya home.

* Kenya Wildlife Service – Kisumu Impala Sanctuary

The railroad went through Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania and included the major cities of Mombasa, Nairobi, Tanga, Dar Es Salaam, Mpanda, Kigma, Tunduma, Kidatu, Tabora, Mwanza, Arusha, Moshi, Nagedi, Nanyuki, Nakuru, Kisumu, Kasese, Kampala, Tororo, and Anua.

Regional stations were set up in Mombasa ( Sauti ya Mvita ), Nyeri ( Mount Kenya Station ) and Kisumu ( Lake Station ).</ li >

In 1957 he and Lydia moved to Kisumu in Kenya, where he became a school principal and adopted a Kenyan baby.

Typical journey times are 13 hours between Port Bell in Uganda and Kisumu in Kenya, and 19 hours between Port Bell and Mwanza in Tanzania.

Kenya Railways ' main line links Kisumu with the port of Mombasa on the Indian Ocean.