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Ukwala, the town that time forgot

Residents of Ukwala do a jig after receiving solar lanterns from members of Leadership Task Force Volunteers from South Korea (PHOTOTS: COLLINS ODUOR/JOE OMBUOR)

Little is nowadays said about Ukwala, one of the oldest administrative centres in Western Kenya.

This once vibrant town that lent its name to Ukwala chain of supermarkets is without a bank, 50 years after it temporarily hosted the headquarters of what is today Siaya County.

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