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	Western Province (Kenya) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The province capital is the town of Kakamega.
		Kakamega district is mainly hot and wet most of the year, while Bungoma district is colder but just as wet.
		Kakamega district has a mixture of both subsistence and cash crop farming, with sugar cane being the preferred medium to large scale crop.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Western_Province,_Kenya (492 words)

	Kakamega National Reserve
		The Kakamega Forest is generally considered the eastern-most remnant of the lowland Congolean rainforest of Central Africa.
		The butterfly faunas of the Kakamega Rain Forest and the Masai Mara Savanna in Kenya, East Africa.
		Kokwaro, J. Conservation status of the Kakamega Forest in Kenya: The easternmost relic of the equatorial rain forests of Africa.
	www.uky.edu /~cfox/Students/Savalli/kakameg.html (1120 words)

	Soil Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning Lab
		Kakamega Forest is generally considered the eastern-most remnant of the once great equatorial rainforest that stetched from West Africa through the congo Basin and into East Africa.
		Thus, Kakamega Forest is an island of immense biodiversity that has developed along its own unique evolutionary course for thousands of years and which shows a high level of endemism.
		Although Kakamega Forest is somewhat protected as a government reserve, the Luhya community who live in areas surrounding the forest still rely heavily on the forest for basic needs such as fuelwood, charcoal, timber, poles, and other building materials.
	www.nrel.colostate.edu /projects/glide/kenya.html (1497 words)

	Kakamega Forest - Kenya Birding Safari - Orthinological
		Kakamega Forest National Reserve located on the western part of Kenya is rich bird habitat.
		Kakamega Forest National Reserve resembles that of Central African Rainforest, ascertaining scientific theories on the expanse of the rainforest that covered Zaire and Uganda.
		Today Kakamega is a "Forest Island", which is excellent for bird watching, and in which many species not found else where in Kenya, are resident.
	www.africanmeccasafaris.com /kenya/guide/kakamega.asp (144 words)

	Earlham College –– Biology Department -- Kakamega Forest
		Kakamega Forest is world famous for its diversity of bird and insect life, and its uniqueness makes its conservation a top priority.
		Kakamega Forest is Kenya's only remaining patch of the Guineo-Congolian rainforest, a rainforest that once spanned west and central Africa with its easternmost edge in western Kenya.
		Although Kakamega Forest is somewhat protected as a government reserve, the Luhya people who live in areas surrounding the forest still rely heavily on the forest for basic needs such as fuelwood, charcoal, timber, poles, and other building materials.
	www.earlham.edu /biology/content/Kakamega (232 words)

	Earlham College –– Biology Department –– Kakamega Forest
		Kakamega Forest is the eastern most remnant of a dense rain forest that in the past millenium stretched across the entire expanse of central Africa.
		Kakamega forest is also home to the Marsh Mongoose and the famous Giant Water (or Otter) Shrew.
		Kakamega Forest is famous for its butterflies and tours often focus solely on these invertebrates.
	www.earlham.edu /biology/content/Kakamega/ecology.html (1758 words)

	Kakamega National Forest Reserve, Kenya - Eco-resorts
		The Kakamega Forest is the last remaining section of tropical rain forest in Kenya.
		Kakamega is a bird-spotter's paradise with incredibly rich bird life.
		Rarely visited except by researchers, Kakamega is well off the beaten track and wonderful for walkers, birders and those who simply wish to relax in a tropical rainforest.
	www.eco-resorts.com /Kakamega.php (302 words)

	Project Background
		Kakamega Forest is the only remaining rain forest in Kenya and the furthest East remnant of the Guineo-Congolean rain forest that is scattered across Zaire, Uganda and Kenya.
		The Kakamega Forest is also important to the local community for a number of ceremonies and religious practices.
		Kakamega Forest is the home to more than 300 species of birds, many species of insects and other arthropods, and the Black and White Colobus monkey, where it is said locally to be a good weather forcaster
	www.mnh.si.edu /kakamega/ProjectBkGnd.html (401 words)

	birdwatching trip report - Kenya - surfbirds.com
		Isecheno, Kakamega Forest: 2 on 14/11 and 3 on 15/11.
		Kakamega Forest: 2 Isecheno on 14/11 and 1 Buyangu 16/11.
		2 in the Zimmerman grid, Kakamega on 14/11.
	www.surfbirds.com /mb/trips/kenya/kenya-ms-2001-sp.html (2538 words)

	The 2002 Kenya Elections
		Kakamega is still considered the heartland of the Luhya community, even though the number of parliamentary constituencies has come down from seven to four, following the creation of Butere-Mumias.
		A former domain of the tottering Ford Asili, Kakamega fell under the dominance of Ford Kenya in 1997, mainly due to the bid by party chairman Kijana Wamalwa to vie for the presidency.
		The impending war between Kanu and Ford Kenya was witnessed during last year’s Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) elections in the district, when individuals from both parties threw their weight behind different factions in the belief that the teaching fraternity is a major factor when it comes to the General Election.
	www.nationaudio.com /elections/constituencyreviews/constituencies_kakamega89.html (875 words)

	Marina Cords' Research - Kakamega Forest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The Kakamega Forest lies 150 km west of the Rift Valley in Kenya at an altitude of 1600 m.
		The Kakamega Forest is an island of relatively ‘natural’ habitat in a sea of human-dominated landscape.
		Many of these traditional uses are now outlawed, but they continue, at least partly because people have no easy alternatives, because law enforcement is haphazard and incomplete, and because many people do not understand how their actions and choices can influence the future of their community and families.
	www.columbia.edu /~mc51/web-pages/Research_Kakamega.html (301 words)

	Kenya Birds - kakamega
		Situated in Western Kenya, along the northeastern edge of the Lake Victoria basin at an altitude of 1,500-1,600 meters, the Kakamega Forest is a remnant of rainforest which once spanned the Equator from the West to East coasts of Africa.
		The birdlife of the Kakamega is a fascinating and unique combination of central African lowland species (which dominate the list) sitting alongside highland species.
		Amongst the Kakamega specials are Ansorge's Greenbul (Andropadus ansorgei kavirondensis), the Blue-headed Bee-eater (Merops muelleri muelleri), the Red-chested Owlet (Glaucidium tephronotum elgonense), Shelley's Greenbul (Andropadus masukuensis kakamegae), Grey-chested Illadopsis (Kakamega poliothorax), Brown Illadopsis (Illadopsis fulvescens ugandae) and the Green-throated Sunbird (Nectarinia rubescens kakamegae).
	www.kenyabirds.org.uk /kakamega.htm (481 words)

	Chapter 8: Enhancing Women’s Participation in Governance: The Case of Kakamega and Makueni Districts, Kenya: ...
		In Kakamega, water sources are near and can be easily accessed by women; however, the water sources are unprotected and often contaminated, resulting in waterborne sicknesses.
		Most women in Kakamega and Makueni are engaged in unpaid family labour, mainly farming, which is unreliable because it depends on weather conditions.
		In Kakamega and Makueni, fewer than 10% of the households had televisions, but slightly more women watched TV, suggesting that people need information and that some people who do not own a television watch TV in places where it is available.
	www.idrc.ca /en/ev-32972-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html (5816 words)

	Rondo Retreat - Kakamega Rain Forest
		The homestead consists of the main house of clapboard and colonial era corrugated iron, and five cottages in the same old style, whose proximity to the forest makes for delightful accommodation.
		The chapel perched on the edge of the garden above a dramatic drop into the forest, and set apart from the other houses for solitude, is ideal for individual prayer and congregational services, meetings, seminars and small conferences.
		The Hammer-headed Fruit Bat is endemic to Kakamega Forest, and is the largest bat on the African continent with a wing span of almost one meter and a huge head.
	www.africanmeccasafaris.com /kenya/safaris/lodges/rondoretreatkakamega.asp (731 words)

	Rotary Club of Strathcona Sunrise - Kakamega, Kenya
		Kakamega is situated in a very poor, rural part of Kenya.
		In the Kakamega area, the numbers are probably worse.
		The project is administered by the RC of Kakamega.
	www.strathconasunrise.bc.ca /kakamega.php (159 words)

	Kenya - Kakamega
		Kakamega is a small town in Western Province, about 65 km north of Kisumu.
		This is the base for trips into the Kakamega Forest Reserve.
		There are vehicles running south to Kisumu and north to Kitale every few minutes, but be wary of the touts, they could be the rudest in Kenya.
	www.kenya-travelguide.com /Kakamega-102.html (133 words)

	Kakamega Forest National Reserve
		Kakamega Forest covers an area of about 240km2 and was established to protect the only mid altitude tropical rainforest in Kenya, a remnant and eastern limit of rainforests of Zaire and West Africa affinities are unique in Kenya and the forest contains many species found nowhere else in the country.
		Kakamega Forest National Reserve is located in Western Kenya: 15km from Kakamega town along the Kakamega-Eldoret Highway.
		The majestic fl and white colobus monkey alongside flying squirrels, blue monkey and potto (the world's slowest mammal on earth), are among the attractions.
	www.kws.org /kakamega.html (1204 words)

	Daily Nation On the Web
		Kakamega is the only remaining tropical rain forest in East and Central Africa, the home to exotic animal and bird species that have over the years been tourist attractions to the region.
		Several chiefs and district officers in Kakamga, Mt Elgon and Bungoma who were implicated in the scam warned this writer to keep off or face their wrath.
		However, the Kakamega District Commissioner, Mr Cosmas Mtai, who has been at the forefront in the war against the destruction of the Kakamega Forest says some provincial administration and forestry officers involved had been disciplined.
	www.nationaudio.com /News/DailyNation/200499/News/News1.html (649 words)

	Family Planning Stories From the Field - Summer 2003 Report - Reports and Factsheets - Global Population and ...
		It is also the main source of support for local communities, who rely on the forest for land for agriculture and cattle grazing, food, herbal medicines, wood for fuel, building material, and much of their income.
		With a population density slightly higher than New Jersey's (the highest of any state in the U.S.), the Kakamega area is one of the most densely populated in Kenya, and it has one of the highest rates of population growth.
		ICIPE has stated that if the Kakamega project's momentum can be sustained, it could slow the rate of population growth around Kakamega within 20 years.
	www.sierraclub.org /population/reports/summer03/family_planning.asp (1158 words)

	Kenya Parks and Reserves: Kakamega Forest
		Kakamega Forest National Reserve is the only tropical rainforest in Kenya, left over from past millenia when dense rain forest stretched from West Africa, across Central Africa and into the highland areas on the west and eastern walls of the Great Rift Valley.
		The forest has been a protected area of Kenya since its vital role in the eco-system was first recognised in 1933.
		Kakamega offers excellent primate viewing: Black and White Colobus are plentiful and the De Brazza Monkeys (known as 'Karasinga' in Swahili, thanks to its distinctive white beard) can be found in the adjacent Kisere forest area.
	www.kilimanjaro.com /kenya/kakamega.htm (750 words)

	Population in Kenya
		That's the capital of Western Province and is home to both Kakamega High School where I taught 1963-65 and the province's new public university, Western University College of Science and Technology, where I gave a talk and led a seminar in June, 2005.
		Kakamega - and Kenya as a whole - is a place of wonderful people and great educational accomplishment.
		I first came here in 1963, four months before Uhuru, and traveled from Kakamega to Nairobi to witness the event - the raising of the new nation's flag and Jomo Kenyatta waving his fly-whisk - and to enjoy the celebration.
	cs.gmu.edu /~henryh/population (3313 words)

	Feed production and utilisation by dual-purpose goats in smallholder production systems of western Kenya
		Kakamega district, at an altitude of 1400-1850 m, is considered to be a zone of high agricultural potential (Pratt et al, 1966); it has high annual average rainfall of 1200 2100 mm, distributed bimodally, and lush vegetation.
		The levels of dry-matter intake recorded in the district with grazing goats is very low (1.6% of body weight) with consequent deficits in energy intakes and thus poor growth (Karimi et al, 1985).
		In Kakamega district the available grazing areas are seriously overgrazed with the consequence that the actual amount of herbage on offer at any particular time is lower than the estimated potential productivity.
	www.fao.org /Wairdocs/ILRI/x5519B/x5519b1b.htm (5985 words)

	Requiem Mass for former Knut boss
		The body was later flown to Kakamega airstrip where educationists and the Knut leaders received it.
		Traders and civil servants abandoned normal activity as early as noon to receive the former trade unionist’s remains that landed at the Kakamega airstrip later in the afternoon.
		A procession of the 60 vehicles led by the Kakamega District Commissioner’s Sam Ojwang’ jammed the streets as mourners out to view the body thronged Kakamega’s Bukhungu Stadium.
	www.eastandard.net /archives/cl/print/news.php?articleid=24630 (207 words)

	Kakamega Forest
		The equatorial rainforest of Kakamega is a living museum of unique and rare species.
		At night the forest is a different world, the air filled with bats and ringing with the sounds of frogs, night birds and the booming call of the giant forest squirrel.
		Despite its easy accessibility, Kakamega is a quiet haven for nature lovers, the perfect place to relax for a few days.
	www.indiatravelite.com /kenya/kakamega.htm (170 words)

	Bioline International Official Site (site up-dated regularly)
		Soil and root samples were taken from 120 farms in three districts of Kenya, namely Kakamega, Machakos and Trans Nzoia.
		This study was, therefore, conducted with the objectives of (i) determining the occurrence and distribution of lesion nematodes associated with maize and (ii) characterizing reactions of Kenyan maize cultivars to the most prevalent species of lesion nematodes in Kenya.
		The lesions were frequently accompanied by root pruning and rot, especially on samples from Kakamega district.
	www.bioline.org.br /request?cs98039 (2564 words)

	Rondo Retreat: Activities
		Rondo is proud to have some in its own garden.
		Kakamega Forest is a “must” for any serious bird watcher.
		Take Benjamin, for one, he is a walking encyclopedia and a conservation activist.
	www.rondoretreat.com /activities.htm (400 words)

	Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium
		Summary: KEEP is a project begun by Wilberforce Okeka, a guide in the Kakamega Forest who is a self-educated naturalist.
		The project educates local children about the majesty and frailty of their forest, which is one of the last remnants of the equatorial rainforest that once stretched across Africa from the Atlantic to the Indian Oceans.
		The Kakamega forest is surrounded by one of the most heavily populated areas in Africa.
	www.pittsburghzoo.com /_oldsite/conservation_currentProjects_detail.asp?ProjectID=10 (161 words)

	Kakamega Forest National Reserve (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Kakamega Forest National Reserve was opened in 1985 and is 418 Kms from Nairobi covering an area of 240 Sq.
		It is the only tropical rainforest in Kenya, left over from past millennia when dense rain forest stretched from West Africa, across Central Africa and into the highland areas on the west and eastern walls of the Great Rift Valley.
		Kakamega forest offers excellent primate viewing with Black and White Colobus being plentiful and the De Brazza Monkeys (known as 'Karasinga' in Swahili, thanks to its
	www.natural-track.com /Parks/kakamega_forest_national_reserve.htm (763 words)

	The Kakamega Bean Revival
		But today, at her farm near Kakamega in western Kenya, she offers guests a steaming plate of plump, multicolored beans, mixed with kernels of white maize in a thick, rich broth.
		By enabling farmers to derive an adequate income from the land they already occupy, the network hopes to relieve pressure on the area's sole remaining tropical forest.
		With the revival of bean production in Kakamega, farmers are also gaining new confidence in their own ability and that of local institutions to solve urgent problems.
	www.worldbank.org /html/cgiar/newsletter/Oct96/6bean.html (762 words)

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