Muhoroni is a town in

Kisumu County Kisumu County is one of 47 counties in the Republic of Kenya. Its borders follow those of the original Kisumu District, one of the former administrative districts of the former Nyanza Province in western Kenya. Its headquarters is Kisumu City ...

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. Muhoroni hosts a town council. It has an urban population of 13,664 and a total population of 31,148 (1999 censu

. Muhoroni has a railway station along the Kenya Railways Corporation, Nairobi-Kisumu Railway. The town is located 50 kilometres east of

Kisumu Kisumu ( ) is the List of cities and towns in Kenya by population, third-largest city in Kenya after the capital, Nairobi, and the coastal city of Mombasa (census 2019). It is the third-largest city after Kampala and Mwanza in the Lake Victor ...

Chemelil Chemelil is a town in Kisumu County, Kenya. It is part of Muhoroni District. Chemelil has a railway station along the Nairobi-Kisumu Railway between the stations of Kibigori and Muhoroni. The town is located 40 kilometres east of Kisumu, the coun ...

, a smaller town, is located 10 kilometres west of Muhoroni. Cost of living in Muhoroni is so high and densely populated housing.

Township

The Muhoroni town council has five wards:

Fort Ternan Fort Ternan is a small town in Kericho County, Kenya, located 50 kilometres east of Kisumu and five kilometres east of Koru. It is named after Col. Trevor Ternan C.M.G.D.S.O. Fort Ternan is located at the western border of the former Rift Valley Pr ...

God Nyithindo,

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, Muhoroni Town, and Owaga.Electoral Commission of Kenya
''Registration centres by electoral area and constituency''
Muhoroni is home to ''Muhoroni

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Mill'' and ''Agro-Chemical & food Company Limited'' among others. The latter also owns

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while the former is the principal sponsor to the now relegated Muhoroni Youth football Club both of which have had a stint at the top flight level

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Geography

Elevation is 1475m.

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Township

Geography

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