The program for the Kakamega Book Festival 2023 to happen in the Western Kenyan town on Saturday, July 29, 2023 has been unveiled.
In 2022, the Kakamega Book Club hosted the inaugural Kakamega Book Festival at the Wanda Gardens in Kakamega. With book discussions, poetry recitals, and loads more at the first major book festival in the town in Western Kenya a great time was had by those who attended. Read our report on that event by clicking here.
Festival organisers have announced a reprisal of the activities in Kakamega County on Saturday. There will be a series of events that include a health walk, a book reading tent, book exhibitions, a spelling bee, poetry performances, panel discussions, storytelling sessions around a bonfire, a keynote they call a “Pep Talk” and showtime that includes comedy, songs, and dance. Here is the official program;

8:00 am – 9:00 am
5km health walk (Dr Issa Kweyu, Fitness Expert, Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (MMUST)
Muliro Gardens to Wanda Gardens (Ejinja Corner)
9:00 am
Arrival at Wanda Gardens and Registration
Morning Session
Children’s Corner (chaired by Prof Egara Kabaji)
9:00 am – 9:20 am
Opening Children’s session (Prof Egara Kabaji)
9:20 am – 10:20 am
Book Reading Tent (Victor Malimu & Rosemary Atim)
10:20 am – 10:40 am
Health Break (Wanda Garden’s staff)
10:40 am – 11:40 am
Spelling Bee and Poetry Recitation (Melvin Osimbo & Baraza Eliud)
11:40 am – 12:40 pm
Guest speaker: Hon Dr Ruth Agesa – CECM, Education, Science, and Technology, County Government of Vihiga.
—– School children are released back to school—–
Afternoon session
12:40 pm – 1:00 pm
Opening of the afternoon session (chaired by Prof Egara Kabaji)
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Panel discussion on the back of the book In the Back of 20th Century (Prof Egara Kabaji)
Book exhibition (Lexa Lubanga)
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
July book session (Barack Wandera & Dennis Indimuli)
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Pep Talk on Marriage (Prof Peter Amuka)
5:30 pm onwards
Merry making (Bosire Osoro & Bernadette Ogachi)
Poetry and bonfire (Maloba Bernard & Mbukha Shitemi)
Showtime (Verolian Opiyo & Faith Bundeh)
The charges are
Adults: Kshs 200
Children: Kshs 100
Organisations: Kshs 2,000 each.
You can register by calling or sending a WhatsApp message to 0723616442.
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