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Gilgil, Kenya, is a town in Nakuru County, Kenya. The town is located between Naivasha and Nakuru and along the Nairobi - Nakuru highway. It is to the west of the Gilgil River, which flows south to feed Lake Naivasha.
According to the 1999 census, Gilgil had a population of 18,805.
Gilgil is the administrative centre of Gilgil Division in Nakuru County. In 2022, Gilgil town received a charter from former Governor Lee Kinyanjui to become a municipality.
During the 1920s - 1940s, some members of the Happy Valley set lived in Gilgil. From 1944 to 1948, it also contained a British internment camp for Irgun and Lehi members. The first soldiers that arrived in the town were advance parties of the South African Army preparing for the arrival of the 1st South African Infantry Brigade, which was training in the area by mid-1940. Gilgil was made the brigade headquarters.
In July 1958 Gilgil G1 Camp was occupied by the 1st Battalion, the King's Own Royal Regiment, first to take up accommodation at the camp since the end of the Second World War. In July 1959 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards replaced them. Works services costing £75,000 were begun in two phases, £50,000 in December 1958, and £25,000 in August 1959. These charges were borne by the UK (British) Army vote. As of December 1959, the battalion at Gilgil was to move to Kahawa when the new buildings there were ready.
In the 1950s and 1960s, Gilgil was used as a base for the rotation of British infantry units who, typically, would progress from the United Kingdom to the British Army of the Rhine (BAOR) in Germany, to Kenya (with detachments left en route in the nascent Gulf states) and then on to Hong Kong.
3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery was located at Alanbrooke Barracks, Gilgil, from September 1961 to September 1964. After the handover to Kenya the barracks was rechristened Kenyatta Barracks.
Agriculture is the main local industry. While Gilgil Telecommunications Industries was a notable employer, it is now closed down as it was sold by the government. There are a few industries within the outskirts of the town, namely the Gilgil Diatomite Industries which is located further to the west along the Gilgil-Nakuru main road. The industry mines diatomite which is used for various industrial purposes. The other industry is the Ndume Farm Machineries, which manufactures farm equipment, especially maize milling machines and ploughs.
Gilgil
Gilgil, Kenya, is a town in Nakuru County, Kenya. The town is located between Naivasha and Nakuru and along the Nairobi - Nakuru highway. It is to the west of the Gilgil River, which flows south to feed Lake Naivasha.
According to the 1999 census, Gilgil had a population of 18,805.
Gilgil is the administrative centre of Gilgil Division in Nakuru County. In 2022, Gilgil town received a charter from former Governor Lee Kinyanjui to become a municipality.
During the 1920s - 1940s, some members of the Happy Valley set lived in Gilgil. From 1944 to 1948, it also contained a British internment camp for Irgun and Lehi members. The first soldiers that arrived in the town were advance parties of the South African Army preparing for the arrival of the 1st South African Infantry Brigade, which was training in the area by mid-1940. Gilgil was made the brigade headquarters.
In July 1958 Gilgil G1 Camp was occupied by the 1st Battalion, the King's Own Royal Regiment, first to take up accommodation at the camp since the end of the Second World War. In July 1959 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards replaced them. Works services costing £75,000 were begun in two phases, £50,000 in December 1958, and £25,000 in August 1959. These charges were borne by the UK (British) Army vote. As of December 1959, the battalion at Gilgil was to move to Kahawa when the new buildings there were ready.
In the 1950s and 1960s, Gilgil was used as a base for the rotation of British infantry units who, typically, would progress from the United Kingdom to the British Army of the Rhine (BAOR) in Germany, to Kenya (with detachments left en route in the nascent Gulf states) and then on to Hong Kong.
3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery was located at Alanbrooke Barracks, Gilgil, from September 1961 to September 1964. After the handover to Kenya the barracks was rechristened Kenyatta Barracks.
Agriculture is the main local industry. While Gilgil Telecommunications Industries was a notable employer, it is now closed down as it was sold by the government. There are a few industries within the outskirts of the town, namely the Gilgil Diatomite Industries which is located further to the west along the Gilgil-Nakuru main road. The industry mines diatomite which is used for various industrial purposes. The other industry is the Ndume Farm Machineries, which manufactures farm equipment, especially maize milling machines and ploughs.
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