Kisumu iherereye mu burengerazuba bw'igihugu, kilometero magana abiri uvuye mu murwa mukuru wa Kenya, kandi ufatwa nk'ikibuga cya gatatu nyuma ya Nairobi na Mombasa. Byongeye kandi, ni umurwa mukuru w'intara ya Nyanza. Umujyi ni mwiza cyane kandi ushobora kugera kuri ba mukerarugendo, niyo mpamvu urubyiruko na sosiyete nini zingendo zishobora gufatwa neza hano neza, kimwe nabasaza hagati, ariko nta bana.
Mbere, umujyi witwaga icya cyambu Florence, kandi kuva mu 1930, wabonye uko ikigo cyambere cyo guhaha ku mugabane wa Afurika mu burasirazuba bwa Afurika. Hano uburobyi bwatangiye kwiteza imbere, gutunganya isukari, umusaruro w'ipamba, tubikesha umujyi wa Kisumu watangiye kwiteza imbere. Kugeza ubu, uko Centre y'Ubucuruzi y'umujyi iracyabitswe, hiyongereyeho, umujyi ufatwa nk'ikigo cy'uburezi cy'igihugu ndetse n'ikigo kinini cy'ubukungu cy'Intara.
Mu mujyi no mu bidukikije, ikirere gishyuha cyane rwiganje, kandi umwaka wose hari umubare munini wimvura. Kuva muri Werurwe kugeza Kamena kimwe no mu Gushyingo, igihe cy'imvura kirakomeza hano, nubwo bishoboka kuruhuka mu mujyi umwaka wose.
Kisumu iherereye hafi yisi mwisi mubunini bwikiyaga cya Victoria, ikigongo cya vino, niko inyanja isukuye na kamere nyayo - aha ni amahirwe nyayo yumujyi. Ibigega byaho nabyo bikomeza ubwo bwiza, kuko inyoni nziza ninyamaswa zo mwisi muri zo. Nishimiye cyane ahantu nyaburanga Umujyi na kamere yacyo, kuko ari byiza kandi byiza ko ifoto idashobora kwimura ibara ryuzuye ryamabara n'amarangamutima aho umukerarugendo abona kandi yumva. Umuhanda wose wa Kisumu nawo ni icyatsi kinini kandi cyamabara, hari ibitanda byinshi byindabyo n'ibiti.
Nakunze kuba hari byinshi bikurura mumujyi. Kurugero, parike yigihugu imiterere imiterere ya aha hantu yarinzwe. Muri rusange, ntabwo muri Kenya gusa, ahubwo no mu mugabane wa Afurika hari parike, ariko buri kimwe muri byo gifite ibiranga. Kurugero, iyi parike iherereye ku birwa bya Ner, ahantu h'ishyamba, ibikururuka, imvubu, vangana, inkende, hamwe n'inyoni zidasanzwe hamwe na plumage nziza. Dore kandi ibibuga, aho umukerarugendo ashobora kurara, hamwe ningoro nto, hamwe numwuka wamatungo.
Kisumu irashobora gusurwa mini-reserve Kisumu Implah, aho hypopotims iba, antelopopes ya Impala, ubwoko bumwebumwe bwibikururuka bwibikururuka bwibikururuka, ariko ingwe hamwe na Babonera .
Umujyi kandi ufite inzu ndangamurage yo mu kirere, yerekana icyegeranyo cy'intwaro n'ibindi bikoresho bya kera. Hariho kandi terrarium na aquarium, aho inzoka n'amafi y'amabara yikiyaga cya Malawi kibaho. Ariko ubwibone nyamukuru bwinzu ndangamurage ni kopi yurugo rwa Luo yakozwe mubunini bwuzuye.
Muri rusange, mu mujyi, nta muntu uzarambiranye, kuko usibye urutonde, uzashobora kumenyana nubunini bukomeye Kisumu. Mu masahani, birumvikana ko amasahani y'amafi yiganje, kimwe n'ibindi bihe bibi. Byongeye kandi, hafi ya bose barya inshuro eshatu gusa kumunsi, kandi saa 10h00 na 16h00, biramenyerewe ko banywa icyayi mumujyi.
Umuhanda Jomo Koeniat ni resitora nziza Kisumu - Florence, aho ibyokurya byaho bishobora kwishimira, ndetse n'ibiryo gakondo byo muri Kenya.
Ariko resitora ya Kimwant itanga ibyokurya bike biryoshye mugihe kirenze. Cafe ya Kawa ya Kawa Cafe yamamaye cyane muri ba mukerarugendo. Muri rusange, muri uwo mujyi hari resitora nyinshi, zifata ibyokurya amavuta yo mu Butaliyani, Igishinwa, muri Aziya, bityo ntihagomba rero kubaho mu bijyanye no kuba hari ibigo bya gisamo.
Ugereranije na Nairobi, Kisumu arashobora gutanga amacumbi ya ba mukerarugendo byiciro byose hamwe ninzego zose zo guhumuriza. Ku ngendo zubucuruzi, ndakugira inama yo kuguma muri Hotel Imperial Hotel, naho ba mukerarugendo bafite ingengo yimari yo hagati, hoteri ya Nyaza izarushaho kuba ingirakamaro. Amahitamo ahendutse arashobora kuboneka mu nkombe nziza z'ikiyaga cya Victoria, aho ikiguzi cy'ibyumba gifite amadorari 50-100. Kurugero, amahoteri ya Mamba, HotelIa Hotel, palmers.
Ba mukerarugendo benshi bakunda kugura, byombi bihenze kandi biyoroshya, ubu rero tuzasobanura aho dushobora gukorwa. Kisumu arangwa nisoko ritandukanye ryibitekerezo, bikateka ubuzima nabashyitsi, hafi buri munsi. Kandi nubwo isoko nyamukuru mumujyi rifatwa nkisoko nyamukuru, umutwe wisoko ryisoko ryinshi rifite isoko rya Kibuye. Kandi byose kuko buri cyumweru hari imbaga yabaturage. Ibicuruzwa, ibikoresho, imyambaro n'ibikoresho, ibintu byose murashobora kuboneka hano. Ntiwibagirwe impaka kuko igiciro gishobora kugabanuka cyane.
Amabuye y'isabune, masike, uruhu n'ibicuruzwa, n'imitako biragaragara muri ba mukerarugendo. Niba ukunda kugura muri supermarket, hanyuma usure umuyoboro wa Nakumatt.
Imyidagaduro yimyidagaduro izaba nka clubs nijoro hamwe na pubulika rusange, ibyinshi muribyo biherereye ku nkombe. Ibyiza Beach Kisumu - Resort ya Beach, ugomba rero kwitabira hano byibuze rimwe. Ariko imyidagaduro nyamukuru muri Kenya yose nta gushidikanya ko Safari. Ku migezi ndende, hari ibintu byose ku ifasi ya parike yigihugu. Ikiyaga cya Victoria gifite club ya yacht, kizwi cyane, cyane cyane mubakunda gutembera murukundo nimugoroba.
Noneho gato kubyerekeye umutekano wumujyi. Ihame, igipimo cyibyaha giciriritse kigenwa muri Kisum, ariko mumujyi ugomba guhora kiri ku itara. Witondere ibintu, kuko mumirenge yumujyi bibaho no kumanywa. Kandi nijoro, ntugomba kugenda muri umwe, ndetse no gusura ahantu kure yumujyi rwagati. Ndagira inama kandi kudahagarika imodoka ya tagisi kumuhanda, kandi ngakoresha serivisi ya terefone, kuko, hano abarunja bakunze gukoresha imodoka za tagisi, nkabwabwa kayiti.
Byongeye kandi, mbere y'urugendo, birakenewe gukora inkingo ya malariya, kuko umujyi uherereye ku kiyaga. Byongeye kandi, ntukarye inyama zokeje zikaranze nimitoni mishya.