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	Kisii - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kisii is one of the six districts of Nyanza Province in SW Kenya, and is divided into five local authorities and eleven administrative districts.
		Kisii district lies on a highland equatorial climate, and as such it receives rain almost throughout the year, although there are two rainy seasons (March to May and October to November).
		According to the 1979 census Kisii district had a population of 588,000, but by 1996 the annual population growth rate of 3.6% meant that the population is now well over 1,200,000 (19% of whom live in urban areas).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kisii (787 words)

	MAR \| Data \| Assessment for Kisii in Kenya (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The main disadvantage faced by the Kisii is poor public health by comparison to other groups, caused by heavy rainfall in their region which led to outbreaks of malaria in 2002 and 2003.
		Most Kisii are seeking a greater share of public funds, safeguards to protect their land and jobs from being used to the advantage of other ethnic groups, and protection from violent attacks by other communities.
		The Kisii have engaged in land disputes with the Maasai in 2001 and 2002, the Kalenjin in 2003, and the Luo in 2003.
	www.cidcm.umd.edu /inscr/mar/assessment.asp?groupId=50111 (1248 words)

	3. Sweet potato post-harvest system (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		This is evidenced by the steady increase in the area planted from 1,910 hectares in 1992 to 4,050 hectares in 1996 (DAO Kisii).
		The Kisii district has therefore become an important supplier of sweet potato to many urban markets including Nairobi and Mombasa and may be competing with the South Nyanza district which was earlier reported as the major producer of sweet potato (Ministry of Agriculture 1992).
		The transhipment of goods in Kisii and Ahero may be dispensed with, if regular and speedy collection can be guaranteed to transporters in Kisii, who could then collect from the farms, as is happening in the Meru district with potatoes.
	www.fao.org /wairdocs/x5420e/x5420e05.htm (4586 words)

	Mining Soap Stone
		Kisii men marry outside their immediate clans and since the stone is not found all over the district, some women see it for the first time after they are married into the carvers clans centred around Tabaka in Gucha district, South Kisii.
		As Kisii stone carvings were sold outside the district in the past, men for many years were the only sellers of the finished products going as far as Mombasa, Malindi, Kampala, Mwanza in Tanzania and all other major towns in Kenya.
		Stone carving in Kisii is a tradition of several centuries the skill is handed down from one generation to the next as the skills are improved on
	www.catgen.com /patina/EN/100025.html (1463 words)

	Gusii
		A Gusii individual is an “Omogusii.” “Kisii” is the Swahili name that the British colonial administration used, and it is still the common name used by other inhabitants of Kenya.
		The region is demarcated by the coordinates 0°30' and 1°00' S and 34°30' and 35°00' E. In 1989 Kisii District was divided in two; one segment retained the old name, and the other was called Nyamira.
		The Gusii settled in the Kisii highlands, whereas other culturally and linguistically related groups remained along the Lake Victoria Basin or settled in the lower savanna region at the Kenya-Tanzania border (as did the Kuria, for example).
	www.sscnet.ucla.edu /anthro/faculty/fiske/135b/gusii.htm (3548 words)

	Ruth DeSouza » Goan Oral History »"Bibi Misikini" - A Goan Pioneer
		A force of two hundred and forty Kings African Rifles were landed at Kendu Bay and marched to Kisii where they fought the Germans until their ammunition was exhausted, the Germans were unaware of this but retreated leaving four machine guns and ammunition as well as some of their dead.
		Mascarenhas adding that she was "one of the wealthiest people in Nyanza Province with house property in Kisumu, Kisii and many other trading centres." Mrs Mascarenhas was still alive (possibly in her sixties) and was regarded a pioneer settler on par with Major Richard Gethin in the late 1950s.
		Mascarenhas died at Kisii and was buried at Kisumu Cemetery.
	www.wairua.co.nz /ruth/OralHistory/mascarenhas.html (1402 words)

	Corpus Christi Caller Times Caller.com - 1,000 in western Kenya die in latest malaria outbreak
		KISII, Kenya - A malaria outbreak in western Kenya has killed at least 1,000 people in the past three months, President Daniel arap Moi said Monday.
		Moi visited the hard-hit Kisii district, 155 miles west of Nairobi, to pay his condolences to relatives of the dead.
		He also went to the government-run Kisii hospital where the sick lay two to a bed or on floors.
	www.caller2.com /1999/july/13/today/national/3145.html (175 words)

	~ The Gusii people ~ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Kisii District is one of the most densely populated areas of Kenya, with 304 people per square kilometre.
		Perhaps the best known products of their crafts are the soapstone carvings and the "Kisii stool," on the seat of which are embedded coloured beads in decorative patterns.
		In general Gusii culture is a blend of their own ancestral Bantu-speaking one of traits contributed by Luo speakers, and of lesser influences assimilated from the Maasai and Kipsigis.
	www.cam.ac.uk /societies/kenyap/gusii.html (512 words)

	PYRETHRUM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		One trial was carried out at Molo (2500 m) and another one at Kisii (1690 m) to assess yield performance, phenotype and adaptation of promising pyrethrum varieties developed from previous diallel crosses.
		More than 50% of the lines planted at Kisii, Keroka and Kakamega had superior phenotypes than the control while about 30% of the lines were superior at Molo and Marindas.
		Most (81.1%) lines at Kisii and Keroka (86.4%) were superior in phenotype and yields compared to the control while only a few at Kakamega (45%), Molo (30%) and Marindas (20) were outstanding.
	www.kari.org /1999AReport/Pyrethrum.htm (2035 words)

	Malaria Foundation International Press Release
		Nobody dies alone on Ward 5 in Kisii Provincial Hospital in the West of Kenya.
		When the first deaths occurred in Kisii in May, Dr Wycliffe Mogoa did not believe he was faced with an epidemic, but since then the director of the completely overstretched Kisii Provincial Hospital has seen more people die than in the rest of his previous career.
		The Kisii region has registered more than 700 deaths from malaria and around 20,000 people are ill with the disease, although the real numbers are probably considerably higher.
	www.malaria.org /news119.html (483 words)

	Kisii is a haven of peace, DC now says
		The same are probably based on hearsay orchestrated by a band of disoriented criminals that are accidentally or by design favored by you.
		The government is fully in place in Kisii as reflected by the current calmness.
		Your story with the title "woman recalls night of terror" was a historical event because you revisited an incident of the year 2003.
	www.eastandard.net /archives/sunday/print/news.php?articleid=13782 (327 words)

	Gusii introduction - Traditional Music & Cultures of Kenya
		The Bantu-speaking Gusii people (also called Kisii) occupy what is probably Kenya's most fertile and abundantly-watered district, the Kisii Highlands, 50km east of Lake Victoria.
		Rising to around 2000 metres, the hills and steep ravines are also one of the most densely populated areas of Kenya, with an average of 500 people per square kilometre, with a peak of 729 recorded in 1989 (probably much more now).
		Kisii town is now Kenya's second most violent place, after Nairobi; instances of mob justice in the form of lynching suspected witches, for example, surged in the 1990s, and the unemployment rate remains one of the country's highest.
	www.bluegecko.org /kenya/tribes/gusii (664 words)

	RS Pander (Kenya): Footnotes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The main settlement area for the Kisii is the Kisii area.
		The Kisii area is the most denseley populated area with a population density of 304 persons per square kilometre.
		A branch of the Kisii is even said to have settled in the area east of Kericho town until they were removed by the British to make room for the tea estates.
	www.mekonginfo.org /mrc/html/pander/pan_fn.htm (1191 words)

	~ All about Kisii ~ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		According to the 1979 census Kisii district had a population of 588 000, but by 1996 the annual population growth rate of 3.6% meant that the population is now well over 1 200 000 (19% of whom live in urban areas).
		The first AIDS cases in Kenya were recognised in 1984 (1987 in Kisii district), but it is now believed that 1 in every 18 adults is infected with the HIV virus in all areas.
		Infant mortality has been declining for several years and the acceptance of immunisation programs is increasing, but a large proportion of children are believed stunted due to poor nutrition.
	www.cam.ac.uk /societies/kenyap/kisii.html (803 words)

	Daily Nation On the Web (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Father John Kaiser, who was threatened with expulsion, took refuge in Kisii, the Nation has learnt.
		He is safe and sound in Kisii,'' he said.
		However, Bishop Davies would not say the exact place Fr Kaiser was hiding or when he would return to Lologorien, only saying: "Fr Kaiser may have taken refuge in Kisii because of his long-time relationship with the Kisii people.
	www.frontier.net /~johnnyd/kaiser/nation110399.htm (416 words)

	Merlin :: Kenya (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Malaria is the single greatest cause of death in Kisii and Gucha Districts in the Nyanza Province of Kenya.
		In 1999, Merlin responded to a severe outbreak of malaria in Kisii and Gucha Districts.
		Staff were overwhelmed by large influxes of patients, many of whom had severe anaemia as a complication of malaria and died due to lack of adequate transfusion facilities.
	www.merlin.org.uk /Main.aspx?PageID=102 (908 words)

	[No title]
		I was born into a Kisii tribe in Kenya, and then moved on to break away from the shackles of tribe, from the shackles of national boundary; from the shackles of culture; away from the continent.
		For example, a Kisii boy in the country learns the Kisii language as that is the closest at hand and then he later learns, other languages.
		In the same way, a Kisii boy born in an urban area will learn Swahili first, and then Kisii as a second language.
	www2.xlibris.com /bookstore/book_excerpt.asp?bookid=14015 (1108 words)

	The Origin of Kisii Soapstone
		Soapstone products have become synonymnous with Kisii people because it is the only place in Kenya where these soapstone rock mines covering over 25 kilometers squared are found.
		Due to the market potential and the easy availability of this natural resource commodity, many Kisii people have come to rely on it as one of their major soure of income.
		The seriousness, the local people place on soapstone as their income generating activity is evidenced by the manner in which the carvers have perfected their skills.
	www.catgen.com /crafts/EN/100103.html (398 words)

	CNN - Violence increases before Kenyans go to the polls - Dec. 28, 1997
		Some residents blamed supporters of Moi's ruling KANU party for the pre-election violence, which they said was meant to intimidate Kisii residents into staying away from the polls.
		Police in Nyanza province also said one police officer and an unknown number of civilians were injured in election clashes in the lakeside town of Homa Bay.
		Two paramilitary policemen were killed in fighting in Kisii two weeks ago and police said more than 50 people had died in tit-for-tat killings in the past months.
	www.cnn.com /WORLD/9712/28/kenya.elex (747 words)

	Kisii filter: small-scale ceramic candle water treatment system - IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Kisii filter: small-scale ceramic candle water treatment system
		The Kisii Filter bucket system consists of two low-cost transparent PVC containers and a ceramic candle filter.
		The upper bucket contains a standard ceramic filter through which filtered water drips into the lower bucket that is fitted with a small self-closing tap.
	www.irc.nl /page/7510 (232 words)

	Daily Nation On the Web
		Kisii opposition politicians yesterday rallied to the defence of former finance minister Simeon Nyachae, accused of selfishness by President Moi.
		Mr Obwocha (West Mugirango) who had attended the President's harambee in Nyamira during which the Head of State criticised Mr Nyachae, said the appointment of two Gusii ministers to the Cabinet was by merit.
		Mr Angwenyi said he would not be ordered by Kanu to act as a robot when the interests of all Kenyans were at stake.
	www.nationaudio.com /News/DailyNation/04082000/News/News54.html (606 words)

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		Kisii stone comes in various colours: white, fl and pink.
		This is the only place Kisii stone is available.
		It should be handled with care and Kisii stone container should never be used for holding liquids.
	www.northernontario.org /vi/cat_statuettes.htm (193 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		We stayed up there for about 10 days trying to avoid crazinessness that the elections were to bring and to enjoy a relaxing Christmas (tree and all).
		The whole country has beenjubilantjubulant with their new government (the ruling KANU party was knocked out for the first time since independence).
		Cookie and I left her site and decided to take a different route to Kisii then we usually do (Matatu to Nairobi then a bus to Kisii).
	www.geocities.com /isaacjroang/bulk27.txt (968 words)

	allAfrica.com: Kenya: Leaders Plan Parallel Rallies in Kisii Again (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Anxiety and political tension has gripped Kisii region ahead of tomorrow's twin parallel referendum rallies to be addressed by Raila Odinga and Simeon Nyachae.
		While the Orange team led by Raila will be staging its final rally in the larger Kisii at Gusii Stadium, which falls in Nyachae's Nyaribari Chache constituency, the Energy minister will be seeking votes from the Nyamira District residents, about 15 kilometres away.
		At the same time, the Kisii OCPD yesterday issued a stern warning to Kisii politicians and their supporters to "keep off the meetings if you do not want to listen to your rival".
	allafrica.com /stories/200511020677.html (496 words)

	Ten Thousand Villages \| Virginia-Highland \| Nonprofit
		Kenya has one of the fastest growing populations in the world.
		By carving kisii stone, artisans are able to provide for their families.
		Kenyan soapstone or "kisii" (kiss-ee*-ee) is only found in the Tabaka Hills in Western Kenya.
	www.atlanta-midtown.com /nonprofit/villages/products3.html (118 words)

	Peace Corps Online \| 1981: Robert Perry served in Kenya in countryside outside of Kisii beginning in 1981
		1981: Robert Perry served in Kenya in countryside outside of Kisii beginning in 1981
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	peacecorpsonline.org /messages/messages/467/2026564.html (260 words)

	119_05
		The commentators don't even mention what is surely the most conspicuous feature of the verse: the spelling/meaning wordplay between (
		kisii, which are placed as close together as is grammatically possible.
		kisii se ;xajaalat khe;Nchnaa would certainly mean 'to feel shame before somebody'; this is (2a), the sense that the commentators all rely on.
	www.columbia.edu /itc/mealac/pritchett/00ghalib/119/119_05.html (590 words)

	Totems of the Kisii (African Art and Literature Series , No 4) page 1 of 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
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		Totems of the Kisii (African Art and Literature Series, No 4)
	thegreatlands.com /store/myOperation/Used/ItemId/9966884742/index.php (70 words)

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