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Ambwere Alliance Hotel (Chavakali) Butere town is a small farming town in Kakamega County in the Western Province of Kenya. It is about 405km from Nairobi City and 60km from Kisumu City. The town is the capital of Butere District formerly Butere/Mumias District. The name Butere comes from one of the main clans in the division the aBatere subclan who reside in areas such as Muyundi, Masaba and around the township.

Butere town is easily accessible by road from Mumias in the North and Kisumu in the South East. There is also a railway line from Kisumu terminating at Butere. The roads of Butere town are notable for the many cyclists that use bicycles as a means of transport within the division.www.crocodileracers.com

Economy of Butere Town

Small scale maize production is a major economic activity for Butere region. There is a small quantity of sugar cane supply to Mumias Sugar factory. Residents are also small scale cattle and bee keepers as well as fish keepers.

The people of Butere have traditionally been small scale farmers planting soghum, millet and vegetables which they traded with their neighbours from south Nyanza with fish from Lake Victoria.

Places for tourist attraction sites near Butere

• Hippo Point (Kisumu)
• Clock Tower (Kisumu)
• Kakamega National Reserve
• Ilesi Traditional Pottery (Kisumu - Kakamega Road)
• Ikhongo Murwi
• Muliro Gardens Grounds (Kakamega)
• Kisumu Museum

Hotels near Butere

• Ambwere Alliance Hotels- Kakamega Road, Chavakali
• Ambwere Alliance Hotels - Kakamega
• Lwangni Hotels - Kisumu

Banks Near Butere

• KCB Kenya Ltd.
• Co- Operative Bank A.T.M
• Rabuor Sinaga Area Bank

Universities near Butere

• Maseno University Kisumu City
• KCA University Kisumu City
• Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology

Hospitals in Butere

• St. Mary's Mission Hospital (Mumias Constituency)
• Butere District Hospital

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