Life is easy and cheap in Kano Plains, the dry region of Luo Nyanza sandwiched between Kericho and Kisumu Towns.
Though there is plenty of money courtesy of the thriving sugarcane and rice farming, living in this region can be ranked as the worst compared to any other region in Luo Nyanza.
The region is always hot and dry, and is also characterized with fewness of trees, making it very uncomfortable during sunny days, not forgetting that most houses are iron sheet roofed.
The kind of sun that shines in this part of the nation is simply unbearable, and the bare ground makes it harder for children, most of who operate bare footed to play.
The water for the irrigation scheme is pumped from the Nyando River which flows from Nandi hills to the nearby Lake Victoria.
Also, there are insecurity challenges, especially in parts of Muhoroni constituency which occupies the Northern part of the region, the lower one being Nyando constituency.
The constituency borders Nandi county and Kericho counties, a contact that has seen the two communities engage each other in recurrent border rows which at times end up bloody.
Consequently most of the Eastern and Northern parts of Kisumu County remain largely deserted due to the region's volatile nature.
When it rains, it turns more deadly as floods sweep through the flat region, carrying with it houses, livestock and property, while at the same time l displacing people.
This is the reason behind the ‘Serikali Saidia’ narrative that earned one woman national recognition after River Nyando broke its banks.
This also brings with it water-borne disease, water snake bites and destruction of transport and communication channels.
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