Kondele is the most densely populated of the three satellite towns of Kisumu metropolitan region, the others being Maseno and Ahero.

Its large population has recently attracted local business investors despite a history of political violence associated with the region.

[3] Kondele emerged as one of the spots in which people from Kisumu gathered to protest political discontent at the local and national level.

In February 1990, during the presidency of Daniel arap Moi, the foreign minister and a Luo Kenyan, Robert Ouko, was assassinated.

In Kisumu, demonstrators gathered in Kondele and marched to the CBD, and were met with live fire from the police.

However, when the president decided to run for a second term in office, tension ensued into what climaxed as a heated political campaign.

Raila assembled a large team of leaders from across the nation and attracted a massive crowd of supporters.

Minutes later, Kondele was in full force of political demonstration, starting what resulted in a huge nationwide protest in which more than 1,000 people died.

[7][8] Kondele is mainly a slum with a majority of its population living below the UN's definition of poverty of less $2 per day.

In the recent past, there has been an upsurge in the economic activity with the government aiming to lift it out of poverty as part of Kenya's agenda for Millennium Development Goals and Vision 2030.

The main economic activity of the region is retail trade as it has an open-air market for low-scale traders.

Other economic activities include coffin and furniture craftsmanship, matatu transportation, hotels and restaurants.

As part of Kisumu, Kondele experiences thunderstorms, which are the major type of precipitation and normally occur in mid-afternoon during the rainy season.

The following is a summary of population statistics of Kondele compared to the other regions within Kisumu central district.

[citation needed] A majority of the populace in Kondele town are youths aged between 15 and 35 years old.

Other ethnic communities in the town include Somalis, Indians, Kikuyus, Luhyas and Kalenjins.

Kondele's fame for its riots and civil unrests during elections dates back to the 1970s when the founding president of Kenya, Jomo Kenyatta, came to launch the first hospital in the region, JaramogI Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital, then known commonly as Russia.

[15] In the 2017 Kenyan general election that was marked by violence and human rights violations, Kondele was once again at the center.

Because of the compulsory free primary education enforced in Kenya since 2003, a majority of residents of Kondele are able to communicate in English and Swahili and have basic reading and writing skills in these languages.

The most notable ones include Nightingale hospital, Migosi Health Center and Rapha medical clinic.

[22] Similarly, Kondele has drawn attention to national media for having one of the highest HIV and AIDS prevalence rates in the country.

Various media outlets such as Daily Nation and Standard have reported on the rising developments in the region as a result of the new roads, hospital and schools.