[1] It is located in the administrative area of Siaya County in the western part of the country, about 470 km west of the capital Nairobi.

The warmest month is March, when the average temperature is 23°C, and the coldest is June, with 19°C.

[4] Mageta Island is one of the reference points used to differentiate the border between Kenya and Uganda.

[5] As of March 2016, it was considered that no driven vehicle had been to Mageta Island and that there are no roads there.

The late Waruru Kanja, a future MP for the Nyeri Town Constituency, was one of those thought to have been incarcerated there.