Bondo, which is one of the most populous towns in Siaya County, has traditionally been a fishing town and its entire economy rotates around the fish from Lake Victoria.
The town developed and expanded over the years and is currently a busy and vibrant economic and educational hub with not only a university, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology, but other tertiary institutions such as Kenya Medical Training College, Bondo TTC and Bondo TTI.