Koru, Kenya

Koru is a village in Kisumu County, Kenya, Africa (0.1833° S, 35.2667° E). It forms an electoral ward of Muhoroni Constituency and Muhoroni town council.[1] Koru is also a location in the Muhoroni division.[2] It is at an elevation of 1540m.

Transport

The village is served by a station on a lightly built branchline of the national railway system. In 2009, this branchline was upgraded.[3] Koru is located between the stations of Muhoroni and Fort Ternan.[4]

Paleontology

The first fossil remains, Proconsul, is a primate species. It 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
  1. Electoral Commission of Kenya: Registration centres by electoral area and constituency Archived 2007-06-28 at the Wayback Machine
  2. UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA): Kenya_AdminLevels_1-4 Archived 2011-05-21 at the Wayback Machine
  3. http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=1144019460&cid=464&
  4. Rough Guide Map of Kenya


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