Bukhungu Stadium

Bukhungu Stadium
Full name	Bukhungu Stadium
Location	Kakamega, Kenya
Owner	County Government of Kakamega
Operator	County Government of Kakamega
Capacity	25,000
Surface	Grass
Opened	closed
Tenants
	Kakamega Homeboyz; West Kenya Sugar; Western Stima

The Bukhungu Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Kakamega, Kenya. It used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Western Stima of the Kenyan Premier League.^{[citation needed]} The stadium has a capacity of 25,000.

The stadium has been undergoing renovation and expansion with phase one of the main stand complete. Phase 2 involving the rest of the terraces and running track already commenced. The stadium's name came from Idaho name "okhungwa" meaning being chased away. The ground was used by European in 19th century for relaxing and enjoying western breeze from kakamega forest just located east of stadium, so police used to chase Africans away of field to not interfere with white people, so luhyas called the field " shikuri shukhukhungwa" "ebukhungu" meaning the field of being chased away.^[2]

References

^ https://www.kenyanews.go.ke/kakamegas-bukhungu-stadium-set-for-chan/
^ "Phase two of the iconic Bukhungu Stadium kicks off". The Star. Retrieved 2019-12-05.

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[1] ttps://www.kenyanews.go.ke/kakamegas-bukhungu-stadium-set-for-chan/

[2] "Phase two of the iconic Bukhungu Stadium kicks off". The Star. Retrieved 2019-12-05.

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