Bondo District is an administrative district in the Nyanza Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Bondo. The Bondo District has a population of 238,780 [1]. The district is relatively new, it was created in 1998 from southern parts of the Siaya District. Nyanza is the province of Kenya around Lake Victoria inhabited by the Luo among others. ... Siaya District is one of the 12 districts that comprise Kenyan Nyanza Province. ...

The district has two local authorities: Bondo town council and Bondo county council.

Bondo district is divided into four administrative divisions: Bondo, Madiany, Rarieda and Usigu.

The district has two constituencies: Bondo and Rarieda.

Local indistries are fishing and family farming. The district borders the shore of Lake Victoria. Lake Victoria or Victoria Nyanza (also known as Ukerewe and Nalubaale) is one of the Great Lakes of Africa. ...

The late Barack Obama, Sr., a Luo [2] and father of US Senator and presidential hopeful Barack Obama, Jr., was born in Nyangoma-Kogelo, within this district. The Luo (also called ja-Luo) are an ethnic group in Kenya, eastern Uganda and northern Tanzania. ... Barack Hussein Obama, Jr. ...

External links

• Research findings - Bondo District
• Map of Siaya District (before Bondo district was split)