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Lady Whitehouse

Coordinates: 0°06′S 34°45′E / 0.1°S 34.75°E / -0.1; 34.75
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Lady Whitehouse
Lady Whitehouse is located in Kenya
Lady Whitehouse
Lady Whitehouse
Location of Lady Whitehouse
Coordinates: 0°06′S 34°45′E / 0.1°S 34.75°E / -0.1; 34.75
CountryKenya
ProvinceNyanza Province
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)

Lady Whitehouse is a settlement in Kenya's Nyanza Province.

Languages

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The predominant language in Nyanza is Dholuo, a Nilotic language whose origins are from Southern Sudan, spoken by the Luo.

Other languages include Gusii, Luhya, Kuria, Suba and the national languages English and Swahili. Other languages from the many Kenyan communities are also spoken in small pockets by migrants from these communities.

Notable residents

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Barack Obama, Sr., was born in the Nyanza Province. He is the father of the President of the United States Barack Obama, Jr. Others include the independence fighters and socialist politicians Achieng Oneko and Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, the latter's son Prime Minister Raila Odinga, former ministers Robert Ouko and Tom Mboya, and the historian Bethwell Allan Ogot.

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