Photos of Nairobi and west to Kisumu, Kenya

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Nairobi and west to Kisumu

Nairobi is Kenya’s capital and largest city, with almost 4.5 million people and twice as many in the metropolitan area. The name is derived from the Maasai “Enkare Nairobi”, meaning “cool water”, referring to the Nairobi River flowing through the city. It was founded in 1899 by the British as a camping ground for Indian labourers working on the Uganda Railway, built from Mombasa to Kisumu.

North of Nairobi
 
Plains near Nairobi
 
In Nairobi
 
McMillan Memorial Library
 
Askari War Memorial
 
Jamia Mosque
 
Hilton Nairobi
 
Norfolk Hotel Nairobi
 
Indian neighbourhood,Nairobi.\
 
Yusuf Abdulgani, Nairobi
 
Landscape near Limuru
 
Cattle near Narok
 
Buses in Nakuru
 
Boy selling food
 
Between Kericho and Awasi
 
Market in Awasi
 
Market in Kisumu
 
View to Kisumu
 

Heading northwest, Nakuru is in the Rift valley, 166 kilometres from Nairobi. About 108 kilometres further west is Kericho, in the highlands, a centre for the cultivation of tea. Awasi, a small market town, is a further 42 kilometres northwest and already in Kisumu County.

On the shores of Lake Victoria, the city of Kisumu is a major commerce centre. It comes from the Luo word “Kisumo”, a trading post. It was founded in 1901 as the terminal of the Uganda Railway and was initially named Port Florence. A ferry sails from here to Mwanza and Bukoba in Tanzania.