Rongo or Rongo town is a town in

Migori County Migori County is a county in the former Nyanza Province of southwestern Kenya. It is located in Southwestern Kenya and borders Homa Bay County (North), Kisii County (North E), Narok (South East), Tanzania (West and South) and Lake Victoria to ...

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.It attracts lots of investors due to its massive gold mineral reserves since decades. As of 2009, it had a total population of 82,066 with 12,355 in the urban core.

Education

Rongo town is the home fo
Rongo University
Rongo University (RU), formerly Rongo University College, is a public university and was awarded Charter to full fledged university by H.E. Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta, the President of the Republic of Kenya on 7th October 2016. The University derives its mandate from the Rongo University Charter of 7th October, 2016, which stipulates the objects and functions including teaching research and community service. Rongo University (RU) is located 8 km outside Rongo town. It was formerly a constituent college of

Moi University Moi University is a public university located in Kesses, Eldoret town, Uasin Gishu county, in the former Rift Valley Province of Kenya. It was established in 1984 by the Moi University Act of the Parliament of Kenya, after recommendations from ...

. RU was founded in 2011. The site was formerly used as Moi Institute of Technology, established in 1981.History
Rongo University College Rongo is also home to St. Magdalene Teachers College.

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Rongo University
Populated places in Kenya Migori County {{Kenya-geo-stub