Agriculture is the backbone of Bungoma County and most families rely on crop production and animal rearing. Coordinates: 0°35′N 34°35′E / 0.583°N 34.583°E / 0.583; 34.583, First Bungoma County Integrated Development Plan 2013- 2017, "Members of the Senate | The Kenyan Parliament Website", "2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census Volume I: Population by County and Sub-County", Kenya: Administrative Division population statistics, "Bungoma Dairy Farmers Wrecking Millions From Sell Of Milk", "Kenya: State Urged to Revive Webuye Pan Paper Mill", "When Pan Paper collapsed, hopes of Webuye town died with it", "Kenya: New Bosses Begin Work to Revive Pan Paper", "Nzoia Sugar closes over huge debt, shortage of cane", "Mount Elgon National Park - Kenya Wildlife Service", "Naivas in a head-to-head race with Nakumatt for Bungoma", International Livestock Research Institute – Urban Poverty, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bungoma_County&oldid=966823695, Pages with non-numeric formatnum arguments, Articles with dead external links from July 2020, Articles with permanently dead external links, Articles with minor POV problems from March 2019, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 9 July 2020, at 11:44. It borders Busia County, Kakamega County, and Trans-Nzoia County.The climate favors agriculture as temperature ranges between a minimum of 15 degrees with an upper maximum of 30 degrees centigrade with an average rainfall of 1500 mm. The company's nucleus cane estate covers 3,600 hectares, while the out-grower zone spans over 23,500 hectares. The county also has major national and county schools, such as Friends School Kamusinga, Lugulu Girls, Kibabii High School, Chwele Girls, Misikhu Girls, and Bungoma High School. Insurance companies with a presence in the county include British American, Geminia, Pan African, Blue Shield, and Amaco, among others. Rock beds are free and cut firewood usage by a third and cut smoke by much more. Moses Wetangula is the seating senator since 2013[5] and the Catherine Nanjala Wambilianga is the women representative since 2017. [24][25] Chepkube Market is the county's leading secondhand clothes market, which provides entrepreneurship opportunities to many residents. Tuko.co.ke News ☛ Luhya is the second largest tribe in Kenya after Kikuyu. Courier operators in the county include G4S Security and Wells Fargo. In its heyday, Pan Paper was the largest company in Bungoma and employed 5,000 people directly and another 30,000 indirectly. Most of this is on a small scale but some farmers also produce milk and poultry products for commercial use. - Bukusus, who predominantly occupy Bungoma and Trans Nzoi counties, had their population standing at 1,188,963 - They were followed by Maragolis who the census result capped their number at 334, 926 - The third most populous sub-tribe was the Banyala whose number stood at 227,165 Hayo yanajiri ikidaiwa kuwa, Needy twin brothers in Bungoma County may miss a chance to pursue university education since their visually impaired mother is unable to raise the requisite tuition fees.