Kisumu

Adrian Blomfield in Kisumu reports that rape has become the mob's latest weapon:

Archive 2008-01-01 2008

Reading the name Kisumu below the fingertip, Lew nodded and said, “Okay.”

Kahawa Westlake, Donald E. 1982

And what they're saying in Kisumu, which is where my mom is from, is "Obama Kende (ph)," which in Luo, which is the local language of his father from Kenya, it means "Congratulations Obama."

CNN Transcript Nov 5, 2008 2008

The straight world got the swamp and the stagnant gulf and a town called Kisumu, sounds like a sneeze.

Kahawa Westlake, Donald E. 1982

The third largest city in Kenya is Kisumu which is located on the far western end of the country on Lake Victoria.

Visions of East Africa 2008

In areas such as Kisumu, the capital of Luo Nyanza province, observers noted the heavy presence of police but only late interventions to stop looters.

'This Is Africa' Andrea Bohnstedt 2008

We traveled many hours on rocky roads to reach the Girls LitClubs in Kisumu from our base with the incredible Children of Kibera Foundation in Nairobi: down through the glorious Rift Valley and onward towards Lake Victoria.

Pam Allyn: A New Girls and Women's Literacy Empowerment Movement Pam Allyn 2011

The very first thing in the morning, we were on our way to visit the four schools and our wonderful partners the Millennium Cities Initiative in Kisumu, where the Girls LitClubs are, as one head of school said, "causing a ripple effect that is literally changing our schools overnight."

Pam Allyn: A New Girls and Women's Literacy Empowerment Movement Pam Allyn 2011

We traveled many hours on rocky roads to reach the Girls LitClubs in Kisumu from our base with the incredible Children of Kibera Foundation in Nairobi: down through the glorious Rift Valley and onward towards Lake Victoria.

Pam Allyn: A New Girls and Women's Literacy Empowerment Movement Pam Allyn 2011

We arrived at dusk, with the fiercest of mosquitoes to greet us, in a startled haze of surprise to land into the deeply tropical heat of the Kisumu evening, so different from the cool temperate climate of Nairobi.

Pam Allyn: A New Girls and Women's Literacy Empowerment Movement Pam Allyn 2011