Chemelil is a town in
Kisumu County
Kisumu County is one of 47 counties in the Republic of Kenya. Its borders follow those of the original Kisumu District, one of the former districts of Kenya, administrative districts of the former Nyanza Province in western Kenya. Its headquart ...
,
Kenya
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. It is part of
Muhoroni District. Chemelil has a railway station along the
Nairobi-Kisumu Railway line between the stations of
Kibigori and Muhoroni. The town is located 40 kilometres east of
Kisumu
Kisumu ( ) is the third-largest city in Kenya located in the Lake Victoria area in the former Nyanza Province. It is the second-largest city after Kampala in the Lake Victoria Basin. The city has a population of slightly over 600,000. The ...
, the county capital. Muhoroni, another town, is located 10 kilometres east of Chemelil.
Chemelil is home to ''
Chemelil Sugar Company''. The latter also owns
Chemelil Sugar FC, a football club playing in the
Kenyan Premier League
The Kenyan Premier League (KPL), officially known as the FKF Premier League, is a professional league for men's football clubs in Kenya. Standing at the top of the Kenyan football league system, the league was formed in 1963 under the Kenya Foo ...
. Its home ground is
Chemelil Sports Complex.
The educational facilities in Chemelil include Chemelil Sugar Academy (secondary school), Chemelil Factory Primary School, and Chemelil Sugar Primary School.
Since February 2022, it has been home to a "
ZipLine
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" distribution center used to deliver medical supplies, veterinary goods and animal DNA, to 1012 facilities within the surrounding Region using drones.
References
Kisumu County
Populated places in Nyanza Province