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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://housingfinanceafrica.org/app/uploads/VOLUME-II-KPHC-2019.pdf The name Ruiru is of the Kikuyu dialect and possibly relates to the black cotton soil that is found in most parts of Ruiru to the East and South. Location Ruiru is located about , by road, northeast of the central business district of Nairobi, the nation's capital city. The subcounty measures and is connected to Nairobi by both road and rail. The geographical co-ordinates of Ruiru are: 1°10'04.0"S, 36°58'24.0"E (Latitude: −1.167778; Longitude: 36.973333). The municipality sits at an average elevation of , above sea level. History This area was a sisal and coffee growing district with sisal on either side of the river to the right of the main road to Thika. As can be seen it is now a ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruiru Area Map
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://housingfinanceafrica.org/app/uploads/VOLUME-II-KPHC-2019.pdf The name Ruiru is of the Kikuyu dialect and possibly relates to the black cotton soil that is found in most parts of Ruiru to the East and South. Location Ruiru is located about , by road, northeast of the central business district of Nairobi, the nation's capital city. The subcounty measures and is connected to Nairobi by both road and rail. The geographical co-ordinates of Ruiru are: 1°10'04.0"S, 36°58'24.0"E (Latitude: −1.167778; Longitude: 36.973333). The municipality sits at an average elevation of , above sea level. History This area was a sisal and coffee growing district with sisal on either side of the river to the right of the main road to Thika. As can be seen it is now a ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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://housingfinanceafrica.org/app/uploads/VOLUME-II-KPHC-2019.pdf The name Ruiru is of the Kikuyu dialect and possibly relates to the black cotton soil that is found in most parts of Ruiru to the East and South. Location Ruiru is located about , by road, northeast of the central business district of Nairobi, the nation's capital city. The subcounty measures and is connected to Nairobi by both road and rail. The geographical co-ordinates of Ruiru are: 1°10'04.0"S, 36°58'24.0"E (Latitude: −1.167778; Longitude: 36.973333). The municipality sits at an average elevation of , above sea level. History This area was a sisal and coffee growing district with sisal on either side of the river to the right of the main road to Thika. As can be seen it is now a ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kahawa
Kahawa is a suburb settlement spanning the Kiambu County and Nairobi County borders along Thika Road. It is administratively divided into four wards across the two counties: Kahawa and Kahawa West wards in Nairobi county and Kahawa Wendani and Kahawa Sukari wards in Kiambu county. Despite its proximity to the city, half of it is administratively in Ruiru, while some parts, such as Kenyatta University, Kahawa Barracks, Kiwanja and Githurai 44, are administratively in Kasarani. The Kahawa region Originally a coffee growing region, the Kahawa region is generally subdivided into four electoral wards as follows: Kahawa Barracks The Kahawa Barracks area (which partly forms the border with Nairobi County) was the site of a British Army base before Kenya's independence and now hosts the Kahawa Army Base of Kenyan Army.Jane's, July 7, 2009IMINT tracks T-72 tanks towards South Sudan/ref> Transport Kahawa lies to the north of Githurai, another inter-county suburb and settlement al ... [...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] |
Membley Estate Ruiru
Membley Estate is an upper middle-class suburb located near Nairobi, in the South-Western Ruiru Municipal area of Kiambu County. The suburb is located a short distance from Kenyatta University and Tatu City some 1.5 Kilometers from the Thika Road. The Membley Baptist, St. Lucia Catholic Church and ACK St Mathew's Membley Churches are found within this locality. Administration Membley falls within the Ruiru Municipality Area (chartered in 2018) and hitherto the Nairobi Metropolitan Area. Administratively, the area falls within the Gitothua electoral ward of Ruiru Constituency, Kiambu County. The area is also domiciled within what was formerly Thika District. Education Educational institutions within the estate include Focus Academy, Top Talents Academy, St. Beautah School, Fine Care Kindergarten, and Membley High School. Transport Membley is served by the Nairobi Eastern Bypass Highway, Nairobi Northern Bypass Highway, and Thika Road Thika Thika (pronounced ˆÎ¸ika is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nairobi Eastern Bypass Highway
The Nairobi Eastern Bypass Highway is a road in Kenya, forming a semi-circle through the south-eastern and north-eastern neighborhoods of the capital city of Nairobi. The road allows traffic from Mombasa, destined for the central parts of Kenya to bypass downtown Nairobi, thereby reducing traffic congestion in the city's central business district. Location The road starts at the junction of the Nairobi–Mombasa Road and Airport North Road, in Embakasi, immediately west of Nairobi International Airport, approximately south-east of the city centre. The road then loops through the south-eastern suburbs of Nairobi, skirting the northern edges of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, through Ruai. It then crosses from Nairobi County, into Kiambu County and turns westwards, passing underneath the Thika Highway and ends at the Ruiru Kamiti Road, at a place called ''Ruiru Road Junction''. The total length of the Nairobi Eastern Bypass Highway is approximately . Overview This road ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatu City
Tatu City is a special economic zone (SEZ) located North of Nairobi in the Ruiru Municipality area of Kiambu County. It sits within the greater Nairobi Metropolitan region and is a flagship project of the Kenya Vision 2030 blueprint. Administration Tatu City is designated as a project of special importance by the Government of Kenya through The Physical Land Use Planning (Classification of Strategic and Inter-county Projects) Regulations of 2019 via the Kenya Gazette Vol.CXXI-No.73 (2019). According to the Kenyan law, projects located within a Special Economic Zone context benefit from government-issued tax incentives among other benefits. Project Progress As of 2022 the Tatu City Zone was home to more than 60 business entities two international schools namely Nova Pioneer and Crawford International. The city was (as of 2022) also home to various completed, ongoing, and proposed housing projects among them Kijani Ridge, Lifestyle Heights, Unity Homes, Karibu Homes, Tatu Wate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zetech University
Zetech University is a private university located in Ruiru in Kiambu County, Kenya.Zetech was founded by Engineer Ken Mbiuki in 1999 and is registered by the Ministry of Higher Education Science and Technology. In its early years, Zetech collaborated with the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology to offer various programmes from the institution but after receiving a Letter of Interim Authority to operate as a University in 2014, the University started to offer its own programmes. The University is approved by The Commission for Higher Education. The University comprises four faculties: *School of Business and Economics, *Faculty of ICT, Engineering and Media, *Department of Hospitality, Tourism, Education and Social Arts and *the Department of Media Arts and Design. The current chancellor is Professor Susan Alfano, and the Vice Chancellor is Professor Njenga Munene. History Although Zetech University was officially founded in 1999, Ken Mbiuki had been offer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenyatta University
Kenyatta University (KU) is a public research university with its main campus in Nairobi County, Kenya. It acquired the status of university in 1985, being the third university after University of Nairobi (1970) and Moi University (1984). As of October 2014, it was one of 23 public universities in the country. Location The main campus of Kenyatta University sits on over , at Kahawa, in the Kasarani Constituency#Kasarani Sub-county, Kasarani Sub-county, north of Nairobi City County, approximately , by road, northeast of the central business district of Nairobi, the capital city of Kenya, off of the Thika Road, Nairobi-Thika Road. The list of KU campuses includes the following locations: # Main Campus - Kahawa, Nairobi # Ruiru Campus - Ruiru # Parkland Campus - Parklands, Nairobi, Parklands # Kitui Campus - Kwa Vonza # Mombasa Campus - Mombasa # City Centre Campus - Nairobi, Nairobi Central Business District # Nyeri Campus - Nyeri # Nakuru Campus - Nakuru # Kericho Campus - Keric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
