Inside Kisii Town, Kenya's Land Of Matoke & Best Soapstone Carvers In The World

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  • Опубліковано 18 гру 2024

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  • @chrispinusshibona4118
    @chrispinusshibona4118 Місяць тому +5

    Those guys are welcoming you to kisii and they are encouraging you to do your work

  • @edwinomweri
    @edwinomweri Місяць тому +5

    My hometown. So nostalgic. Welcome to Kenya's land of matoke.

  • @fredrickochieng8112
    @fredrickochieng8112 Місяць тому +3

    Thanks so much for showing us regions in the country sides,this s plus to show how development is taking shape away from big towns and cities,theris so much potential in these regions

  • @chrispinusshibona4118
    @chrispinusshibona4118 Місяць тому +6

    Every town with it's own garden

  • @MusiqJared
    @MusiqJared Місяць тому +2

    mahnn... nobody was taking you around and i'm within..... daaaaaamn

  • @ben2252
    @ben2252 Місяць тому +3

    Im happy that you visited my home town.Kisii remains the best town and fast growing with all banks including Central bank.Kisii we lead in business and investment in the whole of western Kenya region.Kisii is the leading forex exchange remittance from diaspora .In short we lead others follow.Kisiis hoyee.

    • @ugconnect
      @ugconnect  Місяць тому +1

      Thanks for the feedback

    • @georgewabwire824
      @georgewabwire824 Місяць тому

      The proof is in the pudding! Even UG was like they need to catch up.

  • @Deggoo
    @Deggoo Місяць тому +5

    I believe u read my comment. Thanks for showing my hometown

    • @ugconnect
      @ugconnect  Місяць тому +1

      You're most welcome

    • @Deggoo
      @Deggoo 24 дні тому

      I'm kisii but kisii people call me Nigerian as because of my beard

  • @rodgerskilia863
    @rodgerskilia863 Місяць тому +1

    Kisii is the best town to be ❤❤❤thank you for visiting.

  • @fredrickochieng8112
    @fredrickochieng8112 Місяць тому +7

    The county government needs to do a lot on side walks in the town

  • @Theokenya
    @Theokenya Місяць тому +1

    Thanks for visiting my hometown

  • @erastusmisando6934
    @erastusmisando6934 Місяць тому +6

    Kisii is the biggest town in South Nyanza

  • @nashma820
    @nashma820 Місяць тому +5

    Most congested county...

  • @DeeRaha01
    @DeeRaha01 Місяць тому

    Kisii is very clean! I like it! No sewage,no plastic bags,it's really clean.❤

  • @wilfredemayot6969
    @wilfredemayot6969 Місяць тому +3

    Very active city

  • @DeeRaha01
    @DeeRaha01 Місяць тому +1

    I'm happy to see you feature my hometown. I'm from Kisii but I reside in Texas USA.
    I wish you could start wearing your brand name T-shirt. That way,people could see your name on the T.shirt and subscribe.
    Just a suggestion. I love your work bro! Keep shining

    • @Cel-j
      @Cel-j Місяць тому +1

      in los angel but ugandan

    • @ugconnect
      @ugconnect  Місяць тому

      Thank you for watching and appreciating. About the shirt, I don't want to announce my presence where I travel

  • @tfl4963
    @tfl4963 Місяць тому

    Glad you visited our very own Little Kampala, "K-Town"😊. It's busy, very busy nearly 18hrs of each day and rainy ⛈️ 🌧. Beautiful diverse and vertically built big town in the highlands of southwestern Kenya 🇰🇪. Enjoy kabisa Bwana UG Connect.

  • @monicaviolta3449
    @monicaviolta3449 Місяць тому +3

    AM first

  • @jamesonduso6036
    @jamesonduso6036 Місяць тому +5

    The town is well developed.and busy

    • @jamesmaina7004
      @jamesmaina7004 Місяць тому +2

      No, it's not,,,looking unpleasant 😢

    • @ostinlamar704
      @ostinlamar704 Місяць тому +2

      If it were planned it could have been fine but inakaa estates za Eastlands za Nairobi bana kama Kayole hivi ....just buildings zimerushwa ovyo ovyo like CBD ndio market ndio residential ndio bus park hakuna formula ....just good planning and it can be good

    • @soinda87
      @soinda87 Місяць тому

      @@jamesonduso6036 poor planning.

    • @ERICKGODWILL
      @ERICKGODWILL Місяць тому

      @@ostinlamar704 in terms of build up, Kisii has large, beautiful and wonderful buildings. Most estates in nairobi have too many rusty buildings. Only horizontal infrastucture should be improved in Kisii, roads in CBD are really unplanned, but modern ones are being constructed in the outskirts, like the wonderful interchange past Daraja Mbili, one of its kind in East Africa

  • @cregperkins5857
    @cregperkins5857 Місяць тому +1

    Beautiful, thanks a lot

  • @media1international279
    @media1international279 Місяць тому

    Good update I have seen so far about Kisii town. You highlighted all the very important sections of the town in the CBD...Otherwise the very best of the town is on the outer layer of CBD especially the hotels...

  • @mikekenya6991
    @mikekenya6991 Місяць тому +8

    Hii town haina plan kabisa. It is supposed to be demolished waanze from scratch. Wametutupa tu buildings.....

  • @jumaramadhan3276
    @jumaramadhan3276 Місяць тому +5

    I've realised almost all Kenyan towns are well developed and modern,

    • @pharoah-ahmose6075
      @pharoah-ahmose6075 Місяць тому +1

      The only thing that they don’t maintain are sidewalks

    • @calvoh9715
      @calvoh9715 Місяць тому

      @@pharoah-ahmose6075 it is like laying cabros on streets and planting grass is an abomination for us. same thing all over kenya.

    • @tfl4963
      @tfl4963 Місяць тому

      ​@@pharoah-ahmose6075Sidewalks and remodeling will be done soon and has been budgeted by the county assembly. Watch the space

    • @pharoah-ahmose6075
      @pharoah-ahmose6075 Місяць тому

      @tfl4963 -I hope this is not ruto na tumepanga 🤣🤣.And please work on the garbage too,business owners should be required to maintain sidewalks (same style)and paint their buildings every couple of years. Introduce street names and each building must a number. Hire me for free advice on how to make Kisii to city.

  • @deniskiplimorono9307
    @deniskiplimorono9307 Місяць тому

    Love the way you connect with people.

  • @Erial_Blaze
    @Erial_Blaze 19 днів тому

    Kisii looks like some of our Ugandan small towns 🇺🇬🇺🇬 but busy

  • @DeeRaha01
    @DeeRaha01 Місяць тому +1

    Please visit Tabaka soapstone, and show us nice stuff!

  • @clintoncharles8219
    @clintoncharles8219 Місяць тому +3

    Finally you have left kisumu after weeks

  • @IggyRide
    @IggyRide Місяць тому +2

    Very lively town

  • @oinovelix1834
    @oinovelix1834 Місяць тому +1

    25 minute to rural home ,Watching from Mombasa..the City experience long Rains throughout which make the Canbers dirty.

    • @ugconnect
      @ugconnect  Місяць тому

      Ooh yeah, that makes sense but shouldn't be an excuse. While in Kisumu, it rained almost everyday but they manage to put things in order

    • @carlton_ed8444
      @carlton_ed8444 Місяць тому

      @@oinovelix1834 the governor has failed so bad.

    • @oinovelix1834
      @oinovelix1834 Місяць тому

      @@ugconnect However, remember the Soil texture is different for Kisumu it can't hold water for long for instance where l'm currently that is Mombasa when it's raining even if you walk on a muddy area your clothes can't get dirty. It's because soil texture.

    • @jamesonduso6036
      @jamesonduso6036 3 дні тому

      ​@@ugconnectthat is how we like our life no need to be clean but poor .rem that community is among the richest in kenya

  • @martinstarford6209
    @martinstarford6209 Місяць тому +6

    Kisii soil is same as Ugandas soil

  • @martino6205
    @martino6205 Місяць тому +1

    I knew of doctor called Mayanja who taught biology at Kangaru School in Embu, he later got his medical license and then worked at Kenyatta Hospital. I guess he is now back in UG. He had escaped from Amin. Interesting to hear that name

  • @thomasmomanyi3931
    @thomasmomanyi3931 Місяць тому +3

    Bro have been watching you since Nairobi welcome to my home city. I can assist if you want please

    • @ugconnect
      @ugconnect  Місяць тому

      Thank you for the support

  • @genesisbera7761
    @genesisbera7761 Місяць тому +6

    After watching Kisumu and Eldoret for sometime, Kisii looks dirty, underdeveloped and disorganized. But the one thing i appreciate about the kisiis is that they are very hardworking!

    • @freddiekipkoech4752
      @freddiekipkoech4752 Місяць тому +2

      @@genesisbera7761 I think u are very blind. can't u see kisii is highly developed and neat with skyscrapers everywhere!?

    • @megadun2610
      @megadun2610 Місяць тому +1

      What do you mean by underdeveloped, do you really understand what you are saying or jist throwing words around

    • @soinda87
      @soinda87 Місяць тому +2

      @@freddiekipkoech4752poorly planned and looks rustic. They need to repaint and remodel everything.

    • @ERICKGODWILL
      @ERICKGODWILL Місяць тому +1

      Apart from unplanned CBD roads, the buildings are many, beautiful and large.

  • @ImDevin25
    @ImDevin25 Місяць тому +2

    Charcoal is imported from Uganda,it's illegal to cut trees and burn charcoal in Kenya but you can import with authorization from the government.

  • @chesshudsen4643
    @chesshudsen4643 Місяць тому +1

    I hope you cover all 47 county HQs in kenya. No UA-camr has ever done that. So far you've covered around 6, not bad.

    • @ugconnect
      @ugconnect  Місяць тому

      Thank you for the suggestion

  • @zacfab9
    @zacfab9 Місяць тому +1

    😎💯😎!

  • @williamwatitwa3534
    @williamwatitwa3534 Місяць тому +1

    nmeona misheveve

    • @thomasduke4402
      @thomasduke4402 Місяць тому +1

      Risosa in Gusii, Isosa in Luganda!

  • @denisssekah1949
    @denisssekah1949 Місяць тому +7

    Whoever is reading this comment. I watched this video 3 minutes after its upload. 25.10.2024

  • @clipcity4242
    @clipcity4242 Місяць тому +1

    yooooooow

  • @freddiekipkoech4752
    @freddiekipkoech4752 Місяць тому +1

    ug connect. u said kisii is abit different from the rest of the towns u've visited, and that, its giving you different vibes.. tell us what u saw unique in kisii, from the rest🤔

    • @ugconnect
      @ugconnect  Місяць тому +1

      I'll share that at the end of these series

  • @aleki008
    @aleki008 Місяць тому

    The la S t time i was here is almost 25 years; i am shocked and disappointed that nothing has really changed in terms of infrastructure. The walkways and pavements are just as the same. The buildings, some have never been repainted. Its like the town is been left behind by time, ITS STAGNANT. County government needs to wake up. What a shame!

  • @paulomondi-gp1hk8ng6t
    @paulomondi-gp1hk8ng6t Місяць тому +1

    Good business, but busy in a disorderly way, lot of street trading like Nairobi. The town park need some beautifying and maintenance.

  • @freddiekipkoech4752
    @freddiekipkoech4752 Місяць тому +1

    for the visits u've made so far, what can u say about kenyan🇰🇪 towns as compared to ugandan🇺🇬 towns. what are the major difference or culture shock😲

    • @cliffolch5924
      @cliffolch5924 Місяць тому +4

      My opinion is that Kisii can compete with mbarara easily

    • @marcusdanielmuchangi11
      @marcusdanielmuchangi11 Місяць тому

      @@cliffolch5924 nooo, mbarara is big and well organized bro,, travel

    • @freddiekipkoech4752
      @freddiekipkoech4752 Місяць тому

      ​@@cliffolch5924 are u a kenyan or ugandan?

  • @cadagala
    @cadagala Місяць тому

    Kisii will be the next City in Kenya..also its a 24hr economy (twilight girls at night)

    • @thomasduke4402
      @thomasduke4402 Місяць тому

      twilight girls is a very disturbing thing indeed! They rob farmers of their tea bonuses!

    • @marcusdanielmuchangi11
      @marcusdanielmuchangi11 Місяць тому +1

      This disorganized dirty town to a city??? You must be kidding right??

  • @URBANLOVER254
    @URBANLOVER254 Місяць тому +1

    That guy who is saying , NAIROBI is disorganized tell us which city in Africa can be able to easily handle the kind of traffic NAIROBI handles from big buses to human traffic ,a city like Kampala is congested by bodaboda no city in Africa can handle smoothly the kind of vehicles NAIROBI hosts every single Day Lawrence knows what am saying cause NAIROBI is not even congested despite handling all classes of vehicles in it

  • @Edu12616
    @Edu12616 Місяць тому

    Soapstones they are mined a place called Tabaka u will Google en u can explore thea is near just 100shillings from kisii town passing suneka

  • @thejackofalltrades100
    @thejackofalltrades100 Місяць тому +1

    This towns looks ugandan

  • @freddiekipkoech4752
    @freddiekipkoech4752 Місяць тому +1

    alafu nnasikia hapa mguu🦵🏽 inatembezwa mbaya sana!

  • @astonlupiafilmz
    @astonlupiafilmz Місяць тому +3

    people use charcoal but not so much like it used to be.

  • @BoscoGab
    @BoscoGab Місяць тому +1

    Is true charcoal burning is outlawed in some parts of the country, especially makueni, machakos, and kitui counties

  • @felixmaena6816
    @felixmaena6816 Місяць тому +1

    You haven't done justice to the town, youve not done even a quarter of the town

  • @Nashon967
    @Nashon967 Місяць тому

    Visit Homa-Bay County

  • @DeeRaha01
    @DeeRaha01 Місяць тому

    Yes it's illegal to cut trees in Kenya, to Cub deforestation. The government is real encouraging people to start using gas instead of charcoal. They get most charcoal from neighboring countries.

  • @malikwaswa001
    @malikwaswa001 Місяць тому +6

    Kisii is such a big planless town in Kenya,i wish the governor could do something before it becomes worse

    • @thomasduke4402
      @thomasduke4402 Місяць тому +1

      And so is the rest of the towns in Kenya! Nairobi is one big slam with no drainage system and even proper managed modern transport system and even well managed county toilets!! Which one is your town?

    • @marcusdanielmuchangi11
      @marcusdanielmuchangi11 Місяць тому +1

      @@thomasduke4402kericho, kisumu na tuko and embu are organized

    • @mkenyamzalendo4130
      @mkenyamzalendo4130 Місяць тому

      Which town in Kenya that has a plan other than Konza and Tatu city?

    • @felixmakinda7689
      @felixmakinda7689 Місяць тому +1

      Unfortunately not much can be done to improve Kisii. The location makes planning challenging. It's hilly and develops following the highways. The population is excessive.

    • @thevillagewanderer
      @thevillagewanderer Місяць тому

      County government should build a modern multi story market to improve the look of the town and give the traders a decent work environment.

  • @carlton_ed8444
    @carlton_ed8444 Місяць тому

    the unique building is the catholic parish quarters

    • @ugconnect
      @ugconnect  Місяць тому

      Thank you for the clarification

  • @ImDevin25
    @ImDevin25 Місяць тому +3

    Kisii is the land of matoke , but Meru county produces a lot of bananas than kisii.

    • @felixmakinda7689
      @felixmakinda7689 Місяць тому +2

      Mogusii and Momeru were twins. That's why they are like the same people living miles apart.

    • @ImDevin25
      @ImDevin25 Місяць тому +2

      @@felixmakinda7689 All Bantus are cousins, nothing special about meru and kisiis,kisii are close to luhya and kuria than meru ,if you are a kisii you are more likely to understand kiluhya and kuria more than kimeru

    • @felixmakinda7689
      @felixmakinda7689 Місяць тому +2

      @@ImDevin25 not entirely true. Languages have evolved due to migration patterns, distance, and interactions with outsiders. For example, to Abagusii, God is Nyasaye (which is borrowed from the Nilotic neighbours - Luo), but even closest relatives Abakuria and Simbiti (use Enokwe and Wa Rioba respectively). Bantu groups diverged from somewhere, at times even from a common parent. Saying that Mogusii and Momeru were twins does not distance the rest. Yes, the Ameru, Abakuria, Simbiti, Zanaki, Ngurimi are closely related to Abagusii linguistically. Some shared words include Mogambi (Mugambi), Mogendi (Mugendi). Mokuria and Mogusii are closer because they migrated together. Momeru moved with Mokamba and Mogikoyo. I am a student of history and I am currently documenting the history, language, and traditions of Abagusii people for future generations. Part of it has been to understand where Omogusii comes from.

    • @ImDevin25
      @ImDevin25 Місяць тому +1

      @@felixmakinda7689 Do you know that Samia and banyala subtribe of luhya share a lot of words with kisii as well as maragoli? For instance a name for a man in kisii is the same for Samia and banyala luhya same as wash your hands and many more,if you are documenting get time and visit maragoli land familiarize yourself with the language then go to funyula and budalangi and familiarize with the language too, the mojar difference is the pronunciation and the effect of L and R.

    • @felixmakinda7689
      @felixmakinda7689 Місяць тому

      @@ImDevin25 yes I know.

  • @derrickokumu2675
    @derrickokumu2675 Місяць тому

    You have not explored all areas of Kisii. The beautiful areas are in Milimani

  • @wekati
    @wekati Місяць тому

    Compared to Bungoma, Kakamega, and Eldoret, Kisii looks rather disorganised and dull. It looks bigger than most towns, but someone needs to do better urban planning.

    • @ugconnect
      @ugconnect  Місяць тому +2

      Thank you for your thoughts

    • @wekati
      @wekati Місяць тому +1

      @@ugconnect Absolutely loving your videos rn. I'm from Bungoma.

  • @freddiekipkoech4752
    @freddiekipkoech4752 Місяць тому

    dude! now see why kenya is not nairobi alone

  • @chrispinusshibona4118
    @chrispinusshibona4118 Місяць тому

    We use charcoal bro

  • @RaphaelNyaboga
    @RaphaelNyaboga Місяць тому +1

    Kisii is 24 hr economy . Is economically stable than Kisumu

    • @clintoncharles8219
      @clintoncharles8219 Місяць тому +1

      @@RaphaelNyaboga i don't think so talk of brothels not economy

    • @paulomondi-gp1hk8ng6t
      @paulomondi-gp1hk8ng6t Місяць тому +2

      @@clintoncharles8219 There is no "real" 24 hr economy in Kenya, or in most countries in Africa. What we call 24hr economy is essentially sleaze (sin) economy

    • @felixmakinda7689
      @felixmakinda7689 Місяць тому

      ​@@paulomondi-gp1hk8ng6teven Nairobi has gone to 12 hour 😂

  • @megadun2610
    @megadun2610 Місяць тому

    There's a difference between National Bank and Central Bank,
    Thats Central Bank of Kenya

    • @ugconnect
      @ugconnect  Місяць тому

      Thank you for the correction

  • @AustineAngote-v9p
    @AustineAngote-v9p Місяць тому +4

    I think Kakamega town is better than Kisii town

  • @carlton_ed8444
    @carlton_ed8444 Місяць тому

    hometown... the governor is a letdown . the town looks dirty.

    • @ugconnect
      @ugconnect  Місяць тому

      Thank you for watching

  • @ImDevin25
    @ImDevin25 Місяць тому +1

    Your face is of those Yoruba boys.

    • @ugconnect
      @ugconnect  Місяць тому

      Maybe I'm a yoruba boy

  • @edwinomweri
    @edwinomweri Місяць тому +1

    Kisii is overpopulated. There's limited land for expansion, hence the reason why even roads are narrow as compared to other towns. It's also the reason most Kisiis have migrated to other towns in Kenya and overseas.

    • @jamesonduso6036
      @jamesonduso6036 Місяць тому

      Landscape is hilly is the reason, population is more Kenyan invest in the town coz money is in high circulation ,be smart omweri

  • @JBRMummy
    @JBRMummy Місяць тому +6

    I think people mistake you to be a Nigerian cos of your beards 😂😂😂❤

  • @pharoah-ahmose6075
    @pharoah-ahmose6075 Місяць тому

    Yes you do look like a Nigerian😂😂😂

  • @waitimuwaispear8129
    @waitimuwaispear8129 Місяць тому +12

    Kisii look pathetic. It is a shame more than 10 years after devolution nothing much has changed. But looks busy which tells you kisiis are very hardworking. Lakini governor atie bidii.

    • @felixmakinda7689
      @felixmakinda7689 Місяць тому +2

      Kisii is like Thika. Those who own properties don't want to develop. The old generation. Those who want to develop can only do it outside the town. Has nothing to do with the county. The town is developing into other towns instead.

    • @waitimuwaispear8129
      @waitimuwaispear8129 Місяць тому

      ​@@felixmakinda7689 The roads look poorly maintained and very narrow. No street lights. No proper sewage systems. That is the work of the county governments. I am not talking about buildings. A town can look ancient but still well maintained.

    • @felixmakinda7689
      @felixmakinda7689 Місяць тому +1

      @@waitimuwaispear8129 the streets were designed in 1920s. If any change has to be made, then buildings have to go down. Laying down sewage in a place where there was none isn't one plus one. Same thing with expanding roads. However, there is no excuse for not having street lights. That said, the nature of Kisii means that the town (hilly) cannot grow within but grows following the highways. New developments are along Kisii-Kilgoris, Kisii-Migori, Kisii-Nyamira, and Kisii-Sotik (limited because land is occupied by institutions - schools, KARI, etc).

    • @Justampleboy
      @Justampleboy Місяць тому

      ​@@waitimuwaispear8129what do u mean by no proper sewage system? Did you see any leakages anywhere?

    • @rockstarlifestyle9980
      @rockstarlifestyle9980 9 днів тому

      Naah, my friend, that's just brutality as it it erupting, the problem is that it is dirty and disorganized, plus the video wasn't good, I don't know how he did his homework....

  • @jamesmaina7004
    @jamesmaina7004 Місяць тому +2

    This town is a down low,,,not as pleasant like the kisumu and western towns,,,true they need to play catchup!

    • @megadun2610
      @megadun2610 Місяць тому +1

      Are you hearing what you are saying,what do you mean by down low,
      Even the Kisumu you are talking about cant be compared with kisii interms of development,
      It may beat it on wide roads and some little extra cleanliness but interms of every other thing you can see kisii is much developed evwn than most towns we have in Kenya

    • @evansmadara
      @evansmadara Місяць тому +1

      ​@@megadun2610which development is here. You can't compare Kisumu with what I am seeing here. Thisbis only comparable to Kondele.

  • @rockstarlifestyle9980
    @rockstarlifestyle9980 9 днів тому

    You didn't do justice to Kisii, am sorry but I hate the video

    • @rockstarlifestyle9980
      @rockstarlifestyle9980 8 днів тому

      Kisii is the only of Kenya's small towns to be declared as not having more land to build on, so it's a rapidly advancing place... The roads are not wide but there are plenty of network of meandering roads... Plus it has tall buildings
      It's just dirty... And brutal... It more of needs to be 'cleaned' or perfected if anything...
      Plus it's number 7 and pretty close to Eldoret(6) and Thika(5)in modernization

    • @rockstarlifestyle9980
      @rockstarlifestyle9980 8 днів тому

      And you walked in the old town... Of a colonial town

  • @marcusdanielmuchangi11
    @marcusdanielmuchangi11 Місяць тому +1

    Dirty town

  • @elparola
    @elparola Місяць тому +3

    İm from Türkiye I love your videos bro Greetings to all nawapenda 🫡🎉🙌🏽

    • @ugconnect
      @ugconnect  Місяць тому +1

      Thank you 🙌

    • @elparola
      @elparola Місяць тому

      @@ugconnect welcome bro 👊🏽