According to the Urban Areas and Cities Act, for a town to be elevated to a municipality it should have a population of at least 50,000 residents.
Gilgil Sub-County has a population of 185,209 while Molo Sub-County has a population of 156,732 people as per the 2019 Kenya population census.
Buoyed by its elevation into a city, Nakuru County now plans to elevate Gilgil and Molo towns to municipalities with an aim of attracting more investors.
This comes after the successful adoption of a report by the Department of Lands, Housing and Physical Planning during a Cabinet meeting held on Tuesday.
