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  • Members: 212
  • Category: Kenya
  • Founded: Aug 6, 2003
  • Language: English
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The LUMBOKA Group is a dynamic forum that facilitates a wide range of deliberations with a view towards community initiatives and dev in Kenya. It is motivated by a strong desire to challenge its membership to be alive to direct community participation and the role of good citizenship.
It is a deliberate forum whose membership is by invitation only.
Smarting over 200 strong, LUMBOKA’s membership is drawn predominantly from Western part of KENYA from the BUKUSU/TACHONI Communities who straddle BUNGOMA and TRANS NZOIA counties, & by extension Kenya & the Diaspora.

Est in 2003, The LUMBOKA Group is a virtual power house with thought provoking intellectual discourse & a professional networking place.
2004 April. LUMBOKA supports surgery for two boys (names withheld) who had been genitally mutilated in Sirisia, Bungoma. The successful penile reconstructive surgery by Dr. Petro Cavadas was performed in Valencia, Spain. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4278323.stm
2005 November. LUMBOKA launches its first LUMBOKA MEMORIAL GAMES at Bungoma High School. Over 10 boys Secondary Schools participated with the winning top three awarded LUMBOKA trophies and medals.
2005 November. LUMBOKA foots bill at Nakuru Hospital for breast reduction surgery performed on a primary pupil from Bungoma (name withheld). Her condition had kept her away from attending school until this successful surgery.
2007, July. After his burial in 1992 the leadership of the day did little to elevate his legacy and the late Masinde Muliro’s dilapidated gravesite with overgrown weeds confirmed it. To restore his legacy for posterity LUMBOKA in collaboration with Bakokho gave the gravesite a facelift as a token of appreciation to this unsung hero.
2009. May. Ranking 4th overall and 1st among girls in ‘08 KCSE results, Velma Nanyama Mukhongo attracted LUMBOKA and a token of appreciation from LUMBOKA was presented to her

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2012 238 247 356 473 312
2011 332 419 600 757 773 395 272 431 426 359 211 120
2010 192 256 290 360 256 257 383 209 186 314 439 499
2009 199 382 438 167 375 508 364 244 254 330 598 390
2008 678 658 548 303 272 312 274 324 308 265 230 113
2007 158 243 509 160 319 276 349 268 329 584 530 309
2006 368 369 456 289 336 208 282 409 231 245 407 210
2005 204 317 267 241 226 230 128 214 456 576 648 295
2004 45 64 149 385 300 204 262 177 221 269 193 288
2003 87 261 146 208 84
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