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Decades after independence: Ugunja and Ugenya residents yet to realize dreams

View of Ukwala Township. [Photo: Joe Ombuor/Standard]

Discussion on places in Kenya that have lagged in development cannot be complete without a mention of the larger Ugenya Constituency that in 2012 was split into Ugenya and Ugunja Constituencies...

The two Sub Counties with a combined population density of 420,000 spread on 419,142 square kilometre landmass have not known tarmac 55 years after independence and six years since devolution, save for the Class B1 stretch of highway traversing from Kisumu through Busia into Uganda.

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