Burundu

Burundu is a rural village in Kakamega North District of Western Province, Kenya.

The people of Burundu are the Kabras-a subgroup of the Luhya.

The main economic activity is Sugar Cane farming as a cash crop. Maize and sweet potatoes are grown for subsistence.Cattle, sheep, goats, chicken and ducks are all reared on small scale.

There is only one primary school - Burundu Primary School.There is no Secondary School, most children go to neighbouring school.The village is sparsely populated with most people literate. Some of the Prominent Scholars from this village include Dr Shikuku Musima Mulambula, a Senior Lecture at Moi University,Department of Educational Psychology, Jemima Mulambula (Bsc, Forestry, Moi University,) and Peter Murunga (Bed. Technology - Moi University).

The village has famous traditional medicine-men and traditionists including; Mr. Murunga Joseph Mulambula who is also a teacher.Some very old herbs species still exist on the banks of River Lusumu bordering Burundu to the South.

The former Kenyan footballer,the late Jonathan Niva came from Burundu village.

The Extra High Voltage (132 kV ) transmission line from Owen falls ,Jinja, Uganda crosses Burundu village on its way to Nairobi via a Sub-station at Kesses,near Eldoret.There is a Power Sub-station in neighbouring Musaga village,that connects the whole of Western Kenya to the National Grid.The village is however,not supplied by Electricity.

Road network coverage is good but trailers transporting Sugar Cane mess them when Sugar Cane is harvested. Mobile phone network coverage is excellent, for Zain and Safaricom that have base stations in Nambacha and Muhuni respectively.