Mwale Medical and Technology City (MMTC) is a community-owned sustainable metropolis in Butere Sub-county, Kakamega County, Kenya. It is centered on a large medical complex that includes the 5,000-patient-capacity Hamptons Hospital and a research and innovation park in the Plaza district. The city also has an industrial district anchored by a solar power plant; three other districts feature residential housing with a 36-hole golf course, a commercial shopping center with a mall, supermarkets, and hotels; and an airport district designed to evacuate patients to the hospital via a planned cable car. The project cost US$2 billion and is regarded as a model for new green cities worldwide, serving as a template for integrating and uplifting the local community and catalyzing regional economic growth.

History
A feasibility study conducted from 2007 to 2012 identified the site for a proposed medical tourism and technology city in western Kenya. Lead investor Julius Mwale, a Kenyan technology entrepreneur based in the United States, assembled a team of technology and healthcare experts and companies from the U.S. Phase 1 began in 2014 and was completed in 2016; it included a multi-billion shopping and residential complex, Hamptons Mall, with Mwal-mart Supermarket as the anchor. The mall hosts Mwal-mart Supermarket, Hamptons Café Bed and Breakfast, a showroom, and more than 90,000 square feet of private residences. Phase Two commenced in June 2016 and ran until September 2017. This included the first section of a 5,000-bed referral hospital, over 70 kilometers of roads, and more than 300 solar streetlights. Phase Two also included the initial phase of 4,800 homes expected to house doctors and nurses. 

The final phase, from September 2017 to December 2020 and beyond, included a 36-hole golf resort and residences, an airport with a second shopping mall, a convention center, and a water park connected to the hospital by a cable car. Planned features also include a medical school, a technology park, and a 144-megawatt gasification power plant. The project cost is estimated at US$2 billion. 

Since its initiation, MMTC has received widespread admiration from local and foreign visitors. The project's success has been attributed to its outreach to local communities, particularly the Marama clan of the Luhya, and to establishing key relationships. As a result, many have donated large tracts of ancestral land to benefit both the community and MMTC, and numerous families have gained newly constructed homes and rental units that house the growing number of project workers. MMTC has created employment for over 1,000 youths in the area. In return, the project has received key backing from these local stakeholders, which is said to have helped resist attempts by several politicians and Kakamega County Government officials to taint the project's image and suspend its construction over unexplained approval issues. In August 2018, the Kakamega County Government, led by Governor Wycliffe Oparanya, reached an agreement with lead investor Julius Mwale to set aside past grievances and facilitate the timely completion of this community-backed project.

MMTC is situated in a tropical rainforest climate. The area enjoys stable year-round temperatures averaging 20.8 °C (69.4 °F), ranging from average lows of 19.7 °C (67.4 °F) in the coolest month (July) to average highs of 29.4 °C (84.8 °F) in the warmest month (February). Mornings are typically cooler and afternoons warmer, but temperatures rarely rise above 31.7 °C (89 °F) or drop below 12.8 °C (55 °F). Humidity is 56–79% year-round, generally below 69% from December through March and above 72% from April to November. There is frequent rainfall, averaging as low as 77 mm (3.0 in) in the driest month (February) and as high as 244 mm (9.6 in) in the wettest month (April). The best times to visit are late June to early October and late November to early March. Economy

At the center of the local economy is Hamptons Hospital, which welcomes patients for the treatment of cancer and other ailments. Mwale Medical and Technology City (MMTC) also contains a multi-billion shilling shopping and residential complex. The city is powered by renewable energy, including thousands of solar-powered streetlights and a solar power plant expanding to 50 MW. A 36-hole golf resort and residences contain 1,500 rooms and 4,800 residences along the golf course. Other amenities include a planned water park, a convention center, and a second large mall at the airport. The city employs thousands of workers, making it one of the region’s largest employers.

Plaza District

The Plaza District is one of the five economic centers of Mwale Medical and Technology City. It is anchored by the 5,000-patient-capacity Hamptons Hospital, an innovation park, and commercial centers offering shopping, dining, hospitality, and residential homes.

Hamptons Hospital

Hamptons Hospital acquired Ksh 21 billion (US$200 million) worth of equipment in 2021, enabling it to become one of the world’s leading hospitals. It opened in July 2019 offering cancer treatment and subsequently added other departments. The hospital provides free treatment to the two million residents of Kakamega County with National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) cards and is NHIF-accredited. Ambulatory services were launched to provide emergency care to residents in western Kenya. The hospital supports the community beyond providing treatment. It distributes free solar street lights to schools and across the county. One billion shillings (US$10 million) has been spent on a community lighting program in Kakamega County. The hospital is the western region reference center for COVID-19 treatment. It is expanding services to cover the Lake Victoria region with the introduction of a Hamptons floating hospital expected to serve an additional 32 million residents along the lake’s shores.