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Plans to transform Kakamega into a city taking shape

Street lights and flags placed along Kakamega-Kisumu Highway for Mashujaa Day 2018 in Kakamega. The road was also tarmacked to make the town look good. [Duncan Ocholla, Standard]

Not long ago, Kakamega was a sleepy shopping centre dotted with old structures.

One could easily describe it as a desolate rural shopping centre in the middle of a forest. Not anymore. County Roads Executive Collins Matemba says the changing fortunes of Kakamega, christened ‘green jewel and home to bullfighting’, are obvious for all to see.

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