Homa Bay County

Homa Bay County is a county in the former Nyanza Province of western Kenya, on the shore of Lake Victoria, which is a major source of livelihood for its people. Its capital and largest town is Homa Bay, which is also the county headquarters and the seat of the county assembly. The 2019 census counted 1,131,950 residents, and the county covers about 3,154.7 square kilometres. It is divided into eight sub-counties that match its eight electoral constituencies, and into 40 county assembly wards. The county grows coffee, sugarcane, maize, beans, tobacco, millet, pineapples and sorghum depending on the ecological zone, and keeps dairy and beef cattle, goats, sheep, pigs and poultry. Fish farming is practised, and Lake Simbi Nyaima, a small volcanic lake in Karachuonyo, draws visitors. Gladys Wanga has been governor since the 2022 general election.