Koru is a small town centre in Kisumu County, Kenya, Africa (0.1833° S, 35.2667° E). It forms an electoral ward of Muhoroni Constituency and Muhoroni town council.Electoral Commission of Kenya: Registration centres by electoral area and constituency Koru is also a location in the Muhoroni division.UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA): Kenya_AdminLevels_1-4 It is at an elevation of 1540m.
Transport The town centre 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.Rough Guide Map of Kenya
Paleontology The first fossil remains of Proconsul, 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.
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