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Arab traders used sugar to lure Kendu Bay residents to Islam

The wreck of a water vessel at Kendu-bay pier, Old town. The town lost its glory after the new Homa Bay-Kisumu road construction passed out of the town, forcing investors to move to the new town. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

If you visit Kendu Bay, you can’t fail to notice a number of old mosques built between 1910 and 1960, when the port town was a major trading centre and link point in South Nyanza.

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