Katito Pap Onditi Municipality
Katito-Pap Onditi Municipality is located on the lower part of Nyakach Sub County, Kisumu County in the Republic of Kenya. It lies between latitudes 1° 30’N2. and 0°05’Sand longitudes 34°50’E. The proposed Katito-Pap Onditi Municipality covers approximately 150.8 sq. km. It borders Kericho County to the North East, Nyando Sub County to the North and Lake Victoria to the West. It has an actual population of 69,299 people. The town is located approximately 40kilometres east of Kisumu. The lowest altitude is the same as the surface level of Lake Victoria, which is 1,134m while the lowland area has a flat topography. It gently changes to steep slopes in the North Eastern and Southern areas.
The region has fluvisols soil which has high water retention capacity thus periodical flooding is fairly common. River Atoyieng’o, Asao, Ragen, Omondo, Bugo and River Awach are major rivers found in Katito- Pap Onditi which drain into Lake Victoria. The proposed Katito-Pap Onditi Municipality entirely covers North and Central Nyakach Wards within Nyakach Sub-county. It covers thirteen (13) locations; North East, Agoro West, North Nyakach, Rangul, Asao, Jimo East, East Nyakach, Pap Onditi, Central, Olwalo, Kandaria West, Nyalunya and Kabodho West Locations as indicated in the map below;
Katito Town derived its name from a famous and most respected old man by the name Jaduong Atito Okoth (deceased). The Old man had already sharpened his entrepreneurship skills in the early 1920’s and 1930’s when he started a long journey far from Nyakach and brought several merchandise for trade. This then aspirated and the first bicycle repair ameup. It later attracted the shop owned by the late Jaduong Ombado Ongele (deceased) who came from Tanzania then called Tanganyika. We can now humbly conclude that the two old men with their business acumen triggered the spirit of business which has since then made Katito Town develop into a fast growing town in the Nyanza region.
Pap- Onditi on the other hand, grew as an administrative centre for Nyakach location. Being centrally placed, the paramount chief by then called Opiyo Onditi Omollo unveiled it to be an administrative centre. This was eventually developed to become divisional headquarters for Nyakach division by then. It rapidly grew due to its administrative functions and later on when Nyakach became a district, it was elevated to be the district headquarters.
