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HIV Land Rights in Kenya. 7 Research findings – Bondo District 7.1 Background
on Bondo District Population and economy Bondo District ...
... A land of contrasts, Kenya suffers natural hazards caused by ... addition there is the
Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC ... HIV/ AIDS is a problem as the prevalence ...
... division of property upon divorce, land use and ... reforms, designed to address human
rights violations, should ensure that national HIV/AIDS programs ...
... s women and girls, and a violation of human rights. ... Even in America, “Land of the
Free”, girls are ... the spread of diseases and viruses, the worst being HIV. ...
... forms of intellectual property rights; ? Minimal intervention ... the following areas: ?
Agriculture and Land Reform ? Urban ... the national fight against HIV/AIDS ...
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7 Research findings –
Bondo District
7.1 Background on Bondo District
Population and economy
Bondo District is one of the 11 districts in Nyanza Province. It is a relatively new district,
having been created from the southern part of Siaya District as recently as 1998. It has a
population of about 238 780 living in 56 607 households. The population is extremely
young: 47% of the population is 14 years old and younger, and 58% is 19 years and
younger. Bondo District has five divisions, each of which borders Lake Victoria.
The headquarters of the district are in Bondo town. According to the 1999 census, the
‘core urban’ population in and around Bondo town is 12 202, comprising a mere 5% of
the total district population. On the other hand, the rural population density of Bondo
District is high at around 230 people/km2, though not as high as that for Nyanza Province
as a whole.
The economy of Bondo District is dominated by fishing, small-scale cropping, and animal
husbandry. The district has approximately 175 kilometres of shoreline along the eastern
part of Lake Victoria; however, the economic potential of the artisanal fishing industry is
limited by the lack of refrigeration facilities. Crop production is dominated by maize,
followed by other large grains and some tubers. As elsewhere in Nyanza Province, tsetse
fly constrains livestock production.1 According to some observers this has been growing
worse in recent years on account of bush encroachment caused by a decline in area
cropped.2 Notwithstanding the large share of the population engaged in farming (see
Table 7.1), Bondo is a perpetual food deficit area. Poor rainfall in recent years has
exacerbated the problem of insufficient production. This, together with weak marketing
links, has constrained production of cash crops such as cotton...
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