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Mukurwe-ini
Mûkûrwe'inî was a former district in Nyeri County, Kenya. Mûkûrwe'inî was elevated from a division to district status in 2008. The old Mûkûrwe'inî Divisional boundaries remained as the new district's boundaries. Before Kenya's Independence in 1963, Mûkûrwe'inî was referred to as South Tetu Division. It was one of the seven new districts that were created out of the old Nyeri District of Central Province of Kenya. The district headquarters were located at Kiahungu Township which is also the commercial hub for Mûkûrwe'inî. In 2010, the district was merged with others to form Nyeri County. Overview Mûkûrwe'inî District bordered Ndia Constituency, ( Kirinyaga County) to the south-east, Mathira and Tetu Constituencies to the North, Othaya Constituency to the West and Kiharu and Mathioya Constituencies and ( Muranga County) to the south. Mûkûrwe'inî had the smallest surface of the seven new districts. Mûkûrwe'inî's main frontiers were delianated by four imp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Nyeri District
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, M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucy Kibaki
Lucy Muthoni Kibaki (13 January 1936 – 26 April 2016) was the wife of former Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki and was First Lady of Kenya from 2002 to 2013. Biography Lucy Muthoni was born in 1936. Her parents were Rev. John Kagai, a pastor of the Presbyterian Church of East Africa and Rose Nyachomba, in Mukurwe-ini, Nyeri County, (formerly Nyeri District in Central Province), Kenya. She was educated at Alliance Girls High School, then trained as a teacher, working first at Kamwenja Teachers College and later at Kambui College in Kiambu, where she rose to the post of principal. She met Mwai Kibaki in 1959. After a two-year romance, they married in 1961, with Lucy quitting her teaching career in 1963. They had four children: Judy Wanjiku, Jimmy Kibaki, David Kagai and Tony Githinji. She was a grandmother to Mwai Kibaki jnr Sean Andrew, Rachael Muthoni, and others. Kibaki was a patron of the Kenya Girl Guides Association.KBC, 23 February 2007First Lady assures KGGA of suppor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kabando Wa Kabando
Kabando wa Kabando (born in August, 1967) is a Kenyan politician and activist. He represented the Mukurweini Constituency in the National Assembly of Kenya for two terms having been elected for the first time in the 2007 Kenyan general election under the Safina Party which he was a member until 2022. Education Kabando went to University of Nairobi and pursued Bachelor of Arts in Political Science in International Training in Corporate Governance and Leadership between 1990 and 1993. Later, he did his Masters in Public Policy & Management at State University of New York, USA between 1999-2001. In 2008, he received a Distinguished Alumnus award from SUNYSB. Politics Kabando was elected as chairman of the Students Organization of Nairobi University (SONU) in 1992. Although at the time campus politics was highly tribal, Kabando was able to unite all ethnic groups together to vote for him. At around that time he changed his name to Kabando wa Kabando to conceal his ethnicity at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waruhiu Itote
Waruhiu Itote (1922 – 30 April 1993, aged 70-71), ''nom de guerre'' General China, was one of the key leaders of the Mau Mau Uprising (1952–1960) in British Kenya alongside Dedan Kimathi, Stanley Mathenge, Kurito ole Kisio, Musa Mwariama and Muthoni Kirima. General China was the first senior Mau Mau leader to be captured by the government, when he fell into a trap in 1954. He was jailed alongside future Kenyan president Jomo Kenyatta. Because of his cooperation with the colonial government, General China's legacy is often controversial. To most of his compatriots, he was a turn-coat who saved his neck by betraying others. He is regarded one of the few moderates among the Mau Mau leadership Early life Waruhiu Itote was born into a prosperous farming family in Kaheti village, Mukurwe-ini division, Nyeri District in 1922. He received minimal education at a local Church of Scotland mission, before moving to Nairobi as a teenager to escape his father's beatings. He married hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ndia Constituency
Ndia Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of four constituencies in 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 ..., Central Province. The constituency was established for the 1988 elections. Members of Parliament Locations and wards References {{coord missing, Kenya Constituencies in Kirinyaga County Constituencies in Central Province (Kenya) 1988 establishments in Kenya Constituencies established in 1988 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Province (Kenya)
The Central Province ( sw, Kati, ) was a region in central Kenya until 2013, when Kenya's provinces were replaced by a system of counties. It covered an area of and was located to the north of Nairobi and west of Mount Kenya (''see maps''). The province had 4,383,743 inhabitants according to the 2009 census. The provincial headquarters was Nyeri. Central Province was the ancestral home of the Gikuyu people. 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). General information Central Province is a key producer of coffee, one of Kenya's key exports. Much of Kenya's dairy industry is also based in this province. The provincial headquarters were in Nyeri. Central Province was divided into seven districts ( ''wilaya'at'') until 2007: [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Populated Places In Central Province (Kenya)
Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using a census, a process of collecting, analysing, compiling, and publishing data regarding a population. Perspectives of various disciplines Social sciences In sociology and population geography, population refers to a group of human beings with some predefined criterion in common, such as location, race, ethnicity, nationality, or religion. Demography is a social science which entails the statistical study of populations. Ecology In ecology, a population is a group of organisms of the same species who inhabit the same particular geographical area and are capable of interbreeding. The area of a sexual population is the area where inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirinyaga District
Kirinyaga County is a Counties of Kenya, county in the former Central Province (Kenya), 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muranga
Murang'a (or Muranga) is a town in Murang'a County of Kenya. Before the independence of Kenya in 1963, this town used to be called Fort Hall. It is the administrative centre of Murang'a County and is mainly inhabited by the Kikuyu community. According to the 2019 census, the town has a population of about 110,000. Overview Murang'a is located between Nyeri and Thika. The town of Maragua is located 10 kilometres south of Murang'a while Sagana town is 15 kilometres northeast. It lies on a latitude of -0.7167 (0° 43’ South) and longitude of 37.1500 (37° 8’ East) The town is low, a bit hilly, small but picturesque with an altitude of 4120 ft (1255 metres) above sea level. As a result of the varying altitudes, Murang'a can get quite cold from May to mid-August, and can experience hail. To the west of the town can be seen the rolling Kikuyu farmlands that extend as far as the eyes can see. Murang'a is a fast-growing town that attracts traders and farmers from the neig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karatina
Karatina is a town in Nyeri County, Kenya. It hosts a municipal council and the headquarters of Mathira East district. Karatina municipality has a total population of 6,852, all classified as urban (1999 census). It has six electoral wards, all in the Mathira Constituency; the remaining five wards of Mathira constituency represent Nyeri County Council. Geography Karatina is on the Nairobi – Nyeri highway, 25 kilometres southeast of Nyeri town and south of Mount Kenya. It is at an elevation of . History Karatina was a popular open air market before colonial period, barter trade took place under a muratina tree, hence the name Karatina. During World War II a dried vegetable factory was built in Karatina, providing the people with dried fruits. other people think the town's name came from the English name ' quarantine ' that locals pronounced as 'karantina'. Health There are two major hospitals in Karatina, the government-funded Karatina General Hospital and the private Jamii ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wajee Nature Park
Wajee Nature Park is a bird conservancy and nature park in Mukuruwe-ini, central Kenya. It is set between Mount Kenya and the Aberdare Range north of Nairobi. The park, which covers of pristeen natural forest, was set aside for conservation by the Reverend James Gakunju Gathigi (locally known as Wa-G or Wajee). It is home to two rare species: the Hinde's babbler and the side-striped jackal. See also * Baden-Powell grave * Jeevanjee Gardens Jeevanjee Gardens is an open garden in the Central Business District of Nairobi, Kenya ) , national_anthem = " Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital ... External links * References Parks in Kenya Central Province (Kenya) Bird parks {{CentralKE-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
