Bondo District
The Bondo District is a district in the Nyanza Province in Kenya. The capital of the district is Bondo. The district borders Lake Victoria and on the west by Uganda. Until 1998, the area belonged to Siaya District. Bondo District is divided into five divisions: Maranda, Nyang'oma, Rarieda, Madiany and Usigu.
Economy
Most people in Bondo District live from agriculture, livestock and fisheries. The area of the Bondo District actually comprises 1972 km ², of which 1000 km ² water surface on Lake Victoria. 70.6 % of people lived below the poverty line in 2007. Bondo District is considered therefore as one of the poorest districts in Kenya.
Crops are cotton, millet, sorghum, beans, maize, cassava and potatoes. Livestock farming focuses on dairy cows and zebu, sheep, goats and poultry.
The fishermen catch mainly Nile perch, Tilapiini and Rastrineobola argentea. In 2007 there were ten aquaculture enterprises with 18 fish ponds.
Tourism
In the district there are five hotels, all located in the capital of Bondo. There mainly are seminars and workshops, tourism is not very pronounced. With the Migwena Sports and Cultural Festival, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, the mausoleum and the Ramogi Hills, a prehistoric site of the Luo, the district has about potential tourist attractions. Furthermore, water buffalo, crocodiles and Sitatungas be observed in the context of ecotourism wild birds and the river Yala.
Health service
In Bondo District in 2007 there were 43 health care facilities. Among the public institutions decreed in 2007, only the District Hospital on doctors. The doctor-patient ratio is 1:1700, a nurse supplied 50 patients. Mainly malaria, diarrheal diseases, respiratory tract infections ( including tuberculosis ), skin diseases and HIV - positive patients or suffering from AIDS patients are treated. The prevalence rate for HIV and AIDS is 23.6 %.
Education
Bondo District decreed in 2007 to over 245 primary schools and 45 secondary schools, a school for the deaf and a school for mentally handicapped children. At secondary schools there is a technical institute and a college.
Flora and Fauna
Forests are in Bondo District to the tops of hills, the plains, there is no appreciable forest cover. In the forests and exotic tree species such as Callistris Robusta, Australian silver oaks, eucalyptus and various representatives of the genus Kassien grow. In addition, growing in the District acacia, Wüstendatteln, acacias and Iroko. The largest forest is 283 ha of Ramogi Forest in the Usigu Division. Most of the forests were located in 2007 in good condition. The cutting down of forests for building materials is prohibited. The timber is the largest part imported from the Rift Valley province.
In the area of Bondo District live mainly hippos, crocodiles, water buffalo, antelope, wild boar and Sitatunga.