Webuye
Sign in to saveright|150px|Location of Webuye in Kenya Webuye, previously named Broderick Falls, is an industrial town in western region of Kenya and home to the Bukusu people. It is located within Webuye West sub county in Bungoma County, at the slopes of chetambe hill Kenya. Located on the main road to Uganda, the town is home to the Pan African Paper Mills, formerly the largest paper factory in the region, as well as East African heavy-chemicals plant. The area is heavily populated and is used mainly for subsistence agriculture. The town has an urban population of 42,642 (2019 census).
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- Settlement.name
- Webuye
- Settlement.official_name
- Webuye Town
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
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- Kenya
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- County
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- Bungoma County
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- County
- Settlement.population_total
- 42,642
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2019
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right|150px|Location of Webuye in Kenya Webuye, previously named Broderick Falls, is an industrial town in western region of Kenya and home to the Bukusu people. It is located within Webuye West sub county in Bungoma County, at the slopes of chetambe hill Kenya. Located on the main road to Uganda, the town is home to the Pan African Paper Mills, formerly the largest paper factory in the region, as well as East African heavy-chemicals plant. The area is heavily populated and is used mainly for subsistence agriculture. The town has an urban population of 42,642 (2019 census).
Areas near Webuye include Lugulu, Milo, Maraka, Furoi, Lukusi, Lutacho and Misikhu. It is home to the Nabuyole Falls of Nzoia River. In Maraka, there exists the famed "mfunje" suspension bridge which consists of rickety timber strips joined with some metal wires, precariously dangling across River Nzoia. It attracts a considerable number of both local and foreign tourists who enjoy the thrill of crossing the river on the shaky locally made bridge.