Gucha River

Gucha River

Gucha River, referred to River Kuja by Luo community starts from the highlands of Nyamira District passing through the heart of Gucha District running west into Lake Victoria. Streams, as it runs across the Gusii Land come together and one of them being Mogonga River, known by every Kisii of its deadly effects it leaves behind when it floods. Mogonga and Gucha are almost equal in size and they meet just 1 mile before entering into Ogembo Town Center.

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