Kisii

Kisii, also known as Bosongo, is a municipality and urban centre in south-western Kenya and the capital of Kisii County. It is a major commercial centre of the Gusii Highlands, covering Kisii and Nyamira counties and the South Nyanza region, and is the second largest town in the former greater Nyanza after Kisumu. The Gusii people originally called the site Getembe; the later name Bosongo comes from Abasongo, a word for the British who lived there in colonial times, and the town was chosen as district headquarters of the larger South Nyanza and Kisii region. The town is mainly inhabited by the Gusii, with Luo, Luhya, Kuria, Kikuyu and other minorities. It lies at the centre of the western Kenya tourist circuit that includes Tabaka soapstone carving, Maasai Mara and Ruma National Park.