Few kilometres south of Nyang'oma Kogelo, a bridge built in 1930 crosses the Yala River flowing to Lake Victoria, before the road reaches Ndori along the Kisumu - Bondo road (C27 road). Less than 10 kilometres north of Kogelo, Ngiya is located along the Kisumu - Siaya road (C30 road). The village is along the unpaved C28 road between Ng'iya and Ndori junctions. The village also saw its first Kenya Police post set up in the wake of the election outcome. Prior to the 2008 US presidential election, the village had no electricity, but was connected to the national grid immediately following Obama's victory, owing to the consequent rise in interest in the village. The land for both schools was donated by Barack Obama Sr., a native of the village, and they were renamed in 2006 after his son Barack - then a United States Senator. The village has a primary school (Senator Obama Primary School) and a high school (Senator Obama Secondary School). Following counsel from her family, she opted out of the arranged public conversion and baptism and remained a Muslim. However, in 2009, the Nyang'oma Seventh-day Adventist Church was involved in the attempted conversion of Barack Obama's step-grandmother Sarah Obama to Christianity. The villagers practice different religions and coexist peacefully. The village has a commercial centre with various shops and a bar offering shopping and recreation to the populace.
Nyang'oma Kogelo is a typical rural Kenyan village with most residents relying on small-scale farming as their main source of income.
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