About

Vihiga County whose headquarters is in Mbale is Located in the Western Region of Kenya. It boarders Nandi to the East, Kisumu County to the South, Siaya County to the West and KAKAMEGA County to the North. It is one of the four Counties in the former Western Province. Vihiga County has five Constituencies; Luanda, Emuhaya, Hamisi, Sabatia and Vihiga

This year’s theme “Exploring our Cultural Heritage for the social Economic Benefits of our people”
Slogan “The Oasis of Hospitality and Great Talents”

The County’s population stands at 612,000. With an annual population growth rate of 2.51%, the population is projected to be 688,778 by the year 2017. It has an annual fertility rate of 5.1% which explains the high population rise. However, the age distribution is given as 0-14 years (45%), 15-64 years (49%), 65 years and above (6%) with the youth representing 25% of the population.

OUR VISION

It is now time to bring the big dreams for Vihiga County into a reality. The office of the governor is tasked with an overall administrative duty for the whole county in the devolved units.

Our service delivery to the people of Vihiga will be guided by our core values that include:

• Creation of jobs and human resource development
• Transparency and fairness to all
• Respect for gender, religion, culture etc
• Freedom – obligation for people to express themselves reasonably without fear
• Equity and quality service
• Accountability and hard work for development
• Integrity – acting within the rules and convention
• Truthfulness – telling it as it is, calling a spade a spade
• Professionalism – doing things systemically and according to standards