Nyang’oma Kogelo 6 Hours

Nyang’oma Kogelo village and the Maseno Equator Point – Leave Kisumu in the morning by road and drive past Maseno to proceed just 150 meters from the Maseno University gates to the Equator Line Point.

After a photographic session on the Equator line, you will proceed to Luanda town, divert to the left heading straight to Ngiya market. If you arrive on a Tuesday, then you will be lucky to have a glimpse of the open-air market day at Ngiya.

Kogelo, also known as Nyang’oma Kogelo is a rural village in Alego – Siaya District, Nyanza Province, Kenya. It is located near the equator, 40 kilometers West-Northwest of Kisumu City, and the provincial capital. After a visit to the dispensary proceed to the Kogelo market, Kogelo primary school, and Senator Barack Obama Secondary School. You will then enter Sarah Obama’s home behind the secondary school if permitted.  

Kogelo is the ancestral home of Barack Obama, Senior the father of the former United States President, Barack Obama. Barack Obama Senior was buried in the village. Some of their family members, including his paternal grandmother Sarah Anyango Obama, still live in the home. In the homestead, you will find both the grave sites of  Barack Obama Senior and his father. Packed lunch will be served at a convenient place before we return to Kisumu city to end your full-day Kogelo Excursion from the Kisumu tour.