{{Short description|Town in Kisumu County}} {{Use British English|date=January 2023}} thumb|Sugar cane farm along Muhoroni road '''Muhoroni''' is a town in Kisumu County, Kenya. Muhoroni hosts a town council. It had an urban population of 13,664 and a total population of 31,148 (1999 census [http://treasury.go.ke/cbs.go.ke/pdf/authority.pdf]{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}). Muhoroni has a railway station along the Nairobi-Kisumu Railway. The town is located 50 kilometres east of Kisumu. Chemelil, a smaller town, is located 10 kilometres west of Muhoroni. The cost of living in Muhoroni is so high, coupled with a scarcity of housing facilities.<ref>Rough Guide Map of Kenya</ref>
== Township == The Muhoroni town council has five wards: Fort Ternan, God Nyithindo, Koru, Muhoroni Town, and Owaga.<ref>Electoral Commission of Kenya: [http://www.eck.or.ke/downloads/pollingcentres.pdf ''Registration centres by electoral area and constituency''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080625120239/http://www.eck.or.ke/downloads/pollingcentres.pdf |date=2008-06-25 }}</ref>
Muhoroni is home to ''Muhoroni Sugar Mill'' and ''Agro-Chemical & food Company Limited'' among others. The latter also owns Agro-Chemical 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 Kenyan Premier League.
== Geography ==
Elevation is 1475m.
== See also ==
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * https://web.archive.org/web/20070929022515/http://www.maseno.ac.ke/schools/urban/urbanstudio.htm
{{Authority control}} {{Coord|00|09|S| 35|12|E|region:KE_type:city|display=title}}
Category:Kisumu County Category:Populated places in Nyanza Province