Bondo, Kenya

Located 64 kilometers west of Kisumu, Bondo was established in the early 1920s as a market centre.

The municipality has developed and expanded over the years and is currently a busy and vibrant economic and educational hub with not only a university, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology, but also other tertiary institutions such as Kenya Medical Training College, Bondo Teachers Training College and Bondo Technical Training Institute.

[2] Bondo Municipal council has five wards: Ajigo, Bar Kowino East, Bar Kowino West, Bondo Town and Nyawita which is also known as Maranda.

Bondo is a luo name of African Milk Tree (Euphorbia trigona).

the places named Bondo are as a result if the dominance of the African milk tree in those areas.Bondo is also a luo word meaning bald.