Rongo or Rongo town is a town in Migori County, Kenya.It attracts lots of investors due to its massive gold mineral reserves since decades. As of 2009, it had a total population of 82,066 with 12,355 in the urban core.[1]

Education

Aerial view of Rongo University main campus

Rongo town is the home for Rongo University. Rongo University (RU), formerly Rongo University College, is a public university and was awarded Charter to full fledged university by H.E. Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta, the President of the Republic of Kenya on 7 October 2016. The University derives its mandate from the Rongo University Charter of 7 October 2016, which stipulates the objects and functions including teaching research and community service.

Rongo University (RU) is located 8 km outside Rongo town. It was formerly a constituent college of Moi University. RU was founded in 2011. The site was formerly used as Moi Institute of Technology, established in 1981.[2] Rongo is also home to St. Magdalene Teachers College.

References

  1. ↑ Volume 1A-Population Distribution by Administrative Units, Population and Housing Census 2009, Kenya National Bureau of Statistics
  2. ↑ History, Rongo University College

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