Molo is a town in
Nakuru County
Nakuru County is a county in Kenya. It is County number 32 out of the 47 Kenyan Counties. Nakuru County is a host to Kenya's Forth City – Nakuru City. On 1 December 2021, President Uhuru Kenyatta awarded a City Charter status to Nakuru, ranki ...
. It is served by a branch of
Kenya Railways
Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC), also Kenya Railways (KR) is the national railway of Kenya. Established in 1977, KR is a state corporation.
History
The original Uganda Railway was transformed into the East African Railways and Harbours Cor ...
, formerly the
Uganda Railway,
East African Railways Corporation until 1977. Molo hosts a town council. The town has a population of 156,732 (2019 census
).
Overview
Molo is along the
Mau Forest
Mau Forest is a forest complex in the Rift Valley of Kenya. It is the largest indigenous montane forest in East Africa. The Mau Forest complex has an area of .
The forest area has some of the highest rainfall rates in Kenya. Mau Forest is the lar ...
which runs on the
Mau Escarpment. The town was a settlement established primarily because of its fertility and vast vegetation. It is one of the coldest places in the country. This is a perfect place for growing
Pyrethrum, a cash crop that can be maintained with little resources. There are plenty of other crops that are grown by farmers both small and large scale and attracting settlers, many of them politically empowered. This massive invasion resulted to a high rate of forest destruction and timber poaching. Efforts to reclaim land and grow trees have been outpaced by logging and charcoal making. The Kenyan government has since declared all forests contained from human activity. Only imported timber is permitted from 2002.
Molo town has seven wards, five of them (Kiambiriria, Molo,
Sachangwan, Turi North and Turi South) are within
Molo Constituency, while the remaining two (Koige and Sirikwa) are part of the
Kuresoi Constituency.
[Electoral Commission of Kenya]
''Registration centres by electoral area and constituency''
According to the Kenyan National Potato Policy, Molo is the second largest producer of potatoes in Kenya. Baraka Farmers Training College is located just outside Molo.
St. Andrews School, Turi, is located in
Turi, a railroad station centre about 10 kilometres towards the east of Molo.
The
2009 Kenyan oil spill ignition occurred near Molo in Sachangwan.
See also
*
Railway stations in Kenya
Railway stations in Kenya include:
Maps
* UN Map
* UNHCR Atlas Map
* Prondis Map
* Railway Gazette International June 2012, p31
* KRC Map
Towns served by metre gauge railways
* Mombasa - ocean port
* Changamwe
* Miritini
* Mazeras
* Mar ...
Statistics
* Elevation = 2506m
References
External links
Molo Town - KenyaAll about Molo Town
Nakuru County
Populated places in Kenya
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