Koru is a

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centre in

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(0.1833° S, 35.2667° E). It forms an electoral ward of Muhoroni Constituency and Muhoroni town council. Koru is also a

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in the Muhoroni division. It is at an elevation of 1540m.

Transport

The

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is served by a station on a lightly built branchline of the national railway system. In 2009, this branchline was upgraded. Koru is located between the stations of Muhoroni and

Fort Ternan Fort Ternan is a small town in Kericho County, Kenya, located 82 kilometres east of Kisumu and eleven 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 Vall ...

.Rough Guide Map of Kenya

Paleontology

The first fossil remains

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, a primate species, was found in Koru in 1909 by a gold prospector.

Notable people

* Robert Ouko, Kenyan foreign minister, was murdered near his home in Koru and his body was found at the nearby Got Alila hill.

References

Populated places in Nyanza Province Kisumu County {{NyanzaKE-geo-stub