Nyamira County should not be confused with Nyamira.
| Official Name: | Nyamira County |
| Settlement Type: | County |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Kenya |
| Seat Type: | Capital |
| Seat: | Nyamira |
| Established Title: | Formed |
| Established Date: | 4 March 2013 |
| Parts Type: | Sub-counties |
| Parts: | List |
| P1: | Borabu |
| P2: | Manga |
| P4: | Nyamira North |
| P5: | Nyamira South |
| Leader Title: | Governor |
| Leader Name: | Amos Nyaribo |
| Leader Title2: | Deputy Governor |
| Leader Name2: | James Gesami |
| Timezone: | EAT |
| Utc Offset: | +3 |
| Area Total Km2: | 912.5 |
| Population As Of: | 2019 |
| Population Total: | 605,576[1] |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
Nyamira County is a county in the former Nyanza Province of Kenya. Formally a district, Nyamira was hived off Kisii District in 1989, and it shares a common boundary with what was known as Nyamira District. The main cash crops grown are bananas and tea. The county has a population of 605,576[2] (2019 census). Its capital and largest town is Nyamira, with an urban population of around 41,668 (2009 census)[3] The county is also referred to as North Kisii.
Nyamira County borders Kisii County to the East, Bomet and Kericho counties to the West and Homa Bay County to the North.
The County lies between above sea level. Permanent rivers include Sondu, Eaka, Kijauri, Kemera, Charachani, Gucha (Kuja), Bisembe, Mogonga, Chirichiro, Ramacha and Egesagane and all of them drain water to Lake Victoria.[4]
The county has a temperature range between . Annual rainfall ranges between . Long rains start from December to June and short rain seasons from June and July to November.[5]
The county has a population of 605,576 of which 290,907 are male, 314,656 are female, and 13 who are intersex. There are 150,669 households spawning an average size of 4.0 persons per household and a population density of [6]
Religion in Nyamira County [7]
| Religion (2019 Census) | Number |
|---|---|
| Catholicism | 152,888 |
| 326,691 | |
| 90,004 | |
| 12,789 | |
| Orthodox | 762 |
| Other Christian | 10,249 |
| Islam | 554 |
| 16 | |
| Traditionists | 206 |
| Other | 5,341 |
| No Religion/Atheists | 3,347 |
| Don't Know | 176 |
| Not Stated | 28 |
There are 5 sub counties, 4 electoral constituencies, 14 divisions, 46 locations and 114 sub-locations.[8]
It has four constituencies and 20 county assembly wards,
Source [9]
John Obiero Nyangarama was the Governor serving his last term in office after being elected twice 2013, 2017 and his deputy Amos Kimwomi Nyaribo is the current governor .[10] Mogeni Erick Okong’o is the current Senator and the first senator in 2013 to 2017 was Kennedy Mong'are Okong'o.[11] [12] Jerusha Mongina Momanyi is the women representative and was elected in 2017 after winning against the Alice Chae[13] who was the first women representative for the county.[14] [15]
For Nyamira County, the County Executive Committee comprises:-
| The Governor | 1 | |
| The Deputy Governor | 1 | |
| The County Secretary | 1 | |
| The CEC Members | 10 | |
| Total | 13 |
There is a total of 532 health facilities in the county with one county referral hospital. The county has 610 health personnel of different cadre.[17] [18]
HIV prevalence is at 6.4% above the national average of 5.3% (Kenya HIV Estimates 2015).[19]
The county is covered by 388 km of road network. of this 388 km is covered by earth surface, 208 km is murram surface.[20] [21]
There are five post offices and 15 sub post offices, 800 installed letter boxes, 700 rented letter boxes and 100 vacant letter boxes.[22] [23]
There are 49 trading centres, 2049 registered businesses, 1641 licensed retail traders and 42 supermarkets.[24]
| Local authorities (councils) | ||||
| Authority | Type | Population* | Urban pop.* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nyamira | Town | 65,633 | 9,971 | |
| Nyansiongo | Town | 35,413 | 3,692 | |
| Nyamira county | County | 397,056 | 0 | |
| Total | - | 498,102 | 13,663 | |
| Administrative divisions | ||||
| Division | Population* | Urban pop.* | Headquarters | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borabu | 58,079 | 3,241 | Nyansiongo | |
| Ekerenyo | 133,967 | 0 | ||
| Manga | 75,996 | 0 | Manga | |
| Nyamira | 133,920 | 9,559 | Nyamira | |
| Rigoma | 96,140 | 3,395 | ||
| Total | 498,102 | 16,195 | - | |