Ngandu Sector
Ngandu, N’gandu or Ng'andu may refer to * Ngandu (name) * Ngandu, Kenya, a settlement *Bishop Gatimu Ngandu Girls High School in Kenya * Lake Ishiba Ng'andu in Zambia *Shiwa Ngandu Shiwa Ngandu (also spelled Shiwa Ng'andu) is an English-style country house and estate in Shiwang'andu District in the Muchinga Province of Zambia, previously in the Northern Province, about west of the nearby Great North Road between Mpika and ...

Ngandu (name)
Ngandu, N’gandu or Ng'andu is an African name that may refer to * Ngandu Kasongo (born 1979), Congolese football player *N’gandu Peter Magande, Zambian economist * Canaan Ngandu (born c.1972), Zimbabwean sculptor *Pius Ngandu Nkashama Pius Ngandu Nkashama is a professor, writer, playwright, poet and literary critic. He was born in 1946 in Mbujimayi in the province of Kasai Oriental in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. After a degree in philosophy and letters at Lovanium Un ...

Ngandu, 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:
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Bishop Gatimu Ngandu Girls High School
Bishop Gatimu Ngandu Girls High School, popularly known as BG or BeeGee, was founded in 1960 by Bishop Caesar Gatimu in Karatina, Nyeri County, Kenya. It was first named "Ngandu Girls' High School" for the area where it was situated. The name was later changed to honour its founder. It was originally run by the Comboni mission. Sister Nazarena Zonta and her deputy ran the school until 1983. Lay principals (or headmistresses) have headed the school since. The school's Old Girls' group, (ONGA - Old Ngandu Girls Association) is uniting with alumni to help revamp the school and collect donations. The group visits the school to talk to the student body and offer them career advice and leadership. It has five streams from form 2 to 4 except form 1 which has seven steams and has 15 dormitories. The school motto is "Unity is Strength". Notable alumni * Cecilia "Amani" Wairimu, musician The Standard, October 30, 2009"Amani's Road to the Top" * Susan Kihika, lawyer and politician * ...
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Lake Ishiba Ng'andu
Lake Ishiba Ng'andu is a lake close to the watershed between the Luangwa and Chambeshi River basins in the Muchinga Province of Zambia, on the Chambeshi side. Its name in the Bemba language means 'lake of the royal crocodile'. It measures about . It is important to the Bemba people as the country in which, in the late 17th Century, Chitimukulu">Bemba_people.html" ;"title=" It is important to the Bemba people"> It is important to the Bemba people as the country in which, in the late 17th Century, Chitimukulu of the Ng'andu (crocodile) Clan came across a dead crocodile, and taking this as an omen, settled his people after their wanderings from the Lunda Kingdom to the east. The lake was visited by missionary explorer David Livingstone, whose dog was taken by a crocodile there. The area supported large populations of game animals until the middle of the 20th century. In the early 20th century, it was the inspiration for the nearby Shiwa Ngandu estate built by Stewart Gore-Browne ...
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