Nyang'oma Kogelo
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Nyang'oma Kogelo Kogelo |
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 Nyang'oma Kogelo
Location within Kenya
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| Coordinates: 0°0′38″S 34°20′44″E / 0.01056°S 34.34556°ECoordinates: 0°0′38″S 34°20′44″E / 0.01056°S 34.34556°E | |
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 Kenya
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| County | Siaya County |
| Government | |
| • Chief | James Ojwang' Obalo |
| Elevation | 4,227 ft (1,288 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 3,648 |
| Website | www.kogelo.co.ke |
Nyang'oma Kogelo, also known as Kogelo, is a village in Siaya County, Kenya. It is located near the equator, 60 kilometres (37 mi) west-northwest of Kisumu, the former Nyanza provincial capital. The population of Nyangoma-Kogelo is 3,648.
Nyang'oma Kogelo is a typical rural Kenyan village with most residents relying on small-scale farming as their main source of income. The village has a commercial centre with various shops and a bar offering shopping and recreation to the populace. The villagers practice different religions and coexist peacefully. However, in 2009, the Nyang'oma Seventh-day Adventist Church was involved in the attempted conversion of Barack Obama's step-grandmother Sarah Obama to Christianity. Following counsel from her family, she opted out of the arranged public conversion and baptism and remained a Muslim.
The village has a primary school (Senator Obama Primary School) and a high school (Senator Obama Secondary School). The land for both schools was donated by Barack Obama Sr., a native of the village, and they were renamed in 2006 after his son Barack — then a United States Senator. There is also a health centre.
Prior to the 2008 US presidential election, the village had no electricity, but was connected to the national grid immediately following Obama's victory, owing to the consequent rise in interest in the village. The village also saw its first Kenya Police post set up in the wake of the election outcome.
The village is along the unpaved C28 road between Ng'iya and Ndori junctions. Less than 10 kilometres north of Kogelo, Ngiya is located along the Kisumu - Siaya road (C30 road). Few kilometres south of Nyang'oma Kogelo, a bridge built in 1930 crosses the Yala River flowing to Lake Victoria, before the road reaches Ndori along the Kisumu - Bondo road (C27 road). Kogelo is a road distance of 882 kilometres (548 miles) west of Mombasa.
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