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Gucha District was a former district in Nyanza Province, western Kenya. Created in 1995, the district was carved out of Kisii District, making it the second district to do so after Nyamira District. It was also known as South Kisii District or Ogembo District. In 1999, its population was approximately 461,000 people [1]. Its district headquarters were at Ogembo which houses more than a thousand residents (people who live in the centre of the town), with more than one thousand people more that visit it each day.
Agriculture is the main industry. Apart from numerous small family plantations, there are large sugar cane fields. The population is mostly Gusii, but the district borders Maasai land at southeast. There has been some ethnic clashes between them.
The district had three constituencies: South Mugirango, Bomachoge and Bobasi. At the 2002 General elections all three seats were won by FORD-People.
In 2010, the district was eliminated and merged into Kisii County.
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