Kakamega rainforest stands as the only tropical rain forest in Kenya of the Guineo-congolian type that once stretched across from West Africa to East Africa.
According to the recent findings, the rainforest has over 360 species of birds, 380 species of plants, 420 species of butterflies, 7 species of primates. The forest plants, 80% are of highly medicinal plants that are used by the local people to cure common diseases such as Malaria, Prostate cancer, cold amongst others. Also not to forget the forest carries different species of birds including Great blue turaco, Blue headed bee-eater, Turners Eremomela, Yellow bellied wattle-eye, African shrike-flycatcher, Petit’s cuckoo-shrike and many others.