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Nyeri County
Nyeri County is a county located in the central region of Kenya. Its capital and largest town is Nyeri. It has a population of 759,164 and an area of 2361 km2. It is currently under the leadership of H.E. Governor Mutahi Kahiga. Other governors who have led this county include Nderitu Gachagua, who passed while receiving treatment in London, Wamathai Samuel Githaiga, and Wahome Gakuru, who died in a road accident at Kabati near Kenol heading towards Thika Super Highway. People The county is located on the southwest flank of Mount Kenya. Local people are predominantly of the Kikuyu ethnicity. Local authorities LOCAL GOVERNMENT In reference to the 2022 general elections, the 3rd County Assembly was successfully formed. Its members are as follows: Speaker - Hon. James Gichuhi Mwangi Deputy Speaker - Hon. Samuel Kariuki Gichuki, MCA Ruring'u Ward Majority Leader - Hon. James Kanyugo Mwangi, MCA Mahiga Ward Majority Whip - Hon. Sabastian Mugo Theuri,Majority Whip, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Kenya
Mount Kenya (Kikuyu: ''Kĩrĩnyaga'', Kamba, ''Ki Nyaa'') is the highest mountain in Kenya and the second-highest in Africa, after Kilimanjaro. The highest peaks of the mountain are Batian (), Nelion () and Point Lenana (). Mount Kenya is located in the former Eastern and Central provinces of Kenya; its peak is now the intersection of Meru, Embu, Laikipia, Kirinyaga, Nyeri and Tharaka Nithi counties, about south of the equator, around north-northeast of the capital Nairobi. Mount Kenya is the source of the name of the Republic of Kenya. Mount Kenya is a volcano created approximately 3 million years after the opening of the East African Rift. Before glaciation, it was high. It was covered by an ice cap for thousands of years. This has resulted in very eroded slopes and numerous valleys radiating from the peak. There are currently 11 small glaciers, which are shrinking rapidly, and may disappear by 2050. The forested slopes are an important source of water for much of Keny ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kieni Constituency
Kieni Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of six constituencies in Nyeri County Nyeri County is a county located in the central region of Kenya. Its capital and largest town is Nyeri. It has a population of 759,164 and an area of 2361 km2. It is currently under the leadership of H.E. Governor Mutahi Kahiga. Other gove .... The constituency was established for the 1988 elections. Members of Parliament Wards References {{coord missing, Kenya Constituencies in Nyeri County Constituencies in Central Province (Kenya) 1988 establishments in Kenya Constituencies established in 1988 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiawaithanji
Kiawaithanji Village is a settlement in Nyeri County in Kenya's former Central Province. The village has the administrative status of a Sub-Location in Gaaki Location of Nyeri County. It is located between Mutathiini and Kangaita villages and is adjacent to the Kagumo river and the teachers college named after that river - Kagumo College. Local schools include Kiawaithanji primary school, Kiawaithanji Secondary School, Kiawaithanji PCEA academy and Nanny Lyrle Academy. Churches in the village including a Roman Catholic church, Baptist Church, Presbyterian Church of East Africa church, AIPCA church, and a Church of the Nazarene The Church of the Nazarene is an evangelical Christian denomination that emerged in North America from the 19th-century Wesleyan-Holiness movement within Methodism. It is headquartered in Lenexa within Johnson County, Kansas. With its members co .... References Populated places in Central Province (Kenya) {{CentralKE-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gathuthi
Gathuthi is a settlement in Nyeri County, Kenya. Climate The climate of Central Province is generally cooler than that of the rest of Kenya, due to the region's higher altitude. Rainfall is fairly reliable, falling in two seasons, one from early March to May (the long rains) and a second during October and November (the short rains). See also * Ruiru Ruiru is a municipality and sub-county in Kiambu County. It sits within the greater Nairobi Metropolitan region. According to the 2019 national population census, Ruiru is the 6th largest urban center in Kenya by population.http://housingfinanc ... * Gichuru References Populated places in Central Province (Kenya) Nyeri County {{CentralKE-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gathukimundu
Gathukimundu is a place in Mukurwe-ini District formally in Central Province but now in Nyeri County, Kenya. Name The name is a concatenation of two kikuyu words ''gathuki''-means the part of a tree that remains when it is cut ''mundu''-means 'human being'. The two words together now mean a tree remain which resembled a human being.This came from the colonial days whereby the tree remain used to scare the colonialists and in fact in most occasions attacking it thinking it were maumau fighters. This has since then been the name of the village, catholic church and a primary school around that place. Climate The climate of Central Province is generally cooler than that of the rest of Kenya, due to the region's higher altitude. Rainfall is fairly reliable, falling in two seasons, one from early March to May (the long rains) and a second during October and November (the short rains). History The province is inhabited by the Kikuyu speaking community who are part of the Kenya Eas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morris Gachamba
Morris Gachamba (born 1932) is a basement mechanic in Kenya, a country in East Africa. Gachamba is known for having built and flown his own plane in 1968. Plane project In the 1960s, Gachamba became friends with an English tourist he would go out fishing with. The tourist owned a small plane and took Gachamba out for a short trip around Lake Naivasha Lake Naivasha is a freshwater lake in Kenya, outside the town of Naivasha in Nakuru County, which lies north west of Nairobi. It is part of the Great Rift Valley. The name derives from the local Maasai name ''Nai'posha'', meaning "rough wate .... Gachamba became enamored with flying and soon wanted to build his own. Come the 1970s, he became the first Kenyan to build an airplane. Education Gachamba dropped out of Kenya's Standard Four after Ambrose Wambugu, a Maths teacher beat him for not being able to answer a question on addition of fractions. He has commented on his education experience, "“I was never one to reme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenyatta High School (Mahiga)
Kenyatta High School (Mahiga) is located in Nyeri County, Kenya. History The school was started before Kenya attained independence in 1963. It was started by the community, to offer education to students of parents segregated and denied education by the colonists. The school was first known as Kagere High School, then Mahiga High School and later named Kenyatta High School (Mahiga) in 1965. When the state of emergency was declared in 1952, the school was banned and deregistered on the grounds that its founders were sympathetic or followers of the Mau Mau movement, a group of nationalist Kenyans fighting the British occupation of Kenya. The school opened again on 1966 and was officially opened on 30 March 1969 by Mbiu Koinange, Minister of State, named Kenyatta High School (Mahiga), after the first President of the Republic of Kenya. The school is sponsored by the African Independent Pentecostal Church of Africa - AIPCA. Assistance from the Peace Corps and charitable non-governmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirinyaga County
Kirinyaga County is a county in the former Central Province of Kenya. Its capital is Kerugoya and its largest town is Wanguru. In 2019, the county had a population of 610,411 and an area of 1,478.1 km2. The county is bordered to the east and south by Embu County, to the south by a tiny part of Machakos County, to the southwest by Murang'a County and to the northwest by Nyeri County. Kirinyaga county lies between 1158 and 5199 meters above sea level; its highest point is the summit of Mount Kenya. Since the 2010 Constitution Kirinyaga County was led by Governor from 2013-2017 then Anne Waiguru who was elected for her first term in 2017 and re-elected in the 2022 General Elections. She was also elected the chairperson of the Council of Governors (CoG) which she contested against Kajiado County Governor Joseph Ole Lenku. History Kirinyaga District was created in 1963 out of the western part of Embu District. Kerugoya town was the district headquarters. The district c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muranga County
Murang'a County is one of the counties of Kenya's former Central Province. Its largest town and capital is Murang'a, formerly referred to as Fort Hall during the colonial era. It is inhabited mainly by and is considered the home of the Gikuyu, the largest ethnic group in Kenya. The county has a population of 1,056,640 based on the 2019 census. History When missionaries first came to Kenya, they found the Coast Region already inhabited by Portuguese, who had taken the coast, strategic for trade, from Arab powers in the 16th century. The missionaries ventured into Kenya's rugged interior and Murang'a was one of the first places they settled. When the British set up the East African Protectorate in 1895, their first administrative post (Fort Smith) was located in Murang'a. One of the main highlights of Murang'a's history, however, is the Mau Mau uprising that was led by the Agikuyu community who consider Murang'a their ancestral origin. Murang'a is thus considered, at leas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nyandarua County
Nyandarua County is a Counties of Kenya, County in the former Central Province (Kenya), Central Province of Kenya. Its capital and largest town is Ol Kalou. Formerly the capital was Nyahururu, which is now part of the Laikipia County. Nyandarua County has population of 596,268 and an area of 3,304 km2. The county is located on the northwestern part of the old Central Province, and contains the Aberdare Ranges. The county was split into two in 2007: Nyandarua North District and Nyandarua South District. However, with the Constitution of Kenya, promulgation in 2010 of new constitution, these have been re-organised as sub counties of Nyandarua County . Daniel Waithaka was elected the first governor of the County Kenyan general election, 2013, 2013 General Election and Francis Kimemia seconds him in August 2017 elections. In the 2022 general elections, Moses Ndirangu Badilisha won the sit, becoming the third Governor of Nyandarua County. Demographics Administrative d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiambu County
Kiambu County is a county in the former Central Province of Kenya. Its capital is Kiambu and its largest town is Thika. Kiambu County is the second most populous after Nairobi County. Kiambu County borders Nairobi and Kajiado Counties to the South, Machakos to the East, Murang'a to the North and North East, Nyandarua to the North West, and Nakuru to the West and has a population of 2,417,735. The county is 40% rural and 60% urban owing to Nairobi's consistent growth Northwards. The Kikuyu are the dominant tribe in the county. In 2007, Kiambu District was subdivided in two: Kiambu East and Kiambu West. Kiambu West district took Limuru, Lari and Kikuyu divisions, with Limuru as its district capital. Climate The county has an average annual rainfall of and mean temperature of with temperatures as low as in the upper highlands areas of Limuru. The long rains start in mid-March and run to May, and cold runs between July and August. Demographics According to the 2019 cens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nyeri Town Constituency
Nyeri Town Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of six constituencies in Nyeri County. The constituency in its current form was established for the 1988 elections, after splitting of former Nyeri Constituency into two; Tetu Constituency Tetu Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It was established in 1988 and is one of the six constituencies in Nyeri County. Tetu Constituency comprises the Tetu Division of Nyeri County and is located entirely within the Nyeri County ... and Nyeri Town constituency. Members of Parliament Wards References External links Nyeri Town Constituency {{coord missing, Kenya Nyeri Constituencies in Nyeri County Constituencies in Central Province (Kenya) 1988 establishments in Kenya Constituencies established in 1988 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
