Vihiga is a town in Kenya located on the eastern side of the Kakamega Forest.

[2] Vihiga municipality has six wards; two of them (Central Maragoli and Wamuluma) belong to Vihiga Constituency while the remaining four wards (Chavakali, Izawa, Lyaduywa and North Maragoli) are part of the Sabatia Constituency.

In the 2002 general elections, all six civic seats were won by the National Rainbow Coalition.

The town is also known as Maragoli with the Tiriki, Idakho and Banyore being the other ethnic groups in this locale.

The majority of the Maragoli people were primarily converted into the Quaker denomination of Christians, which is practiced to this day.