Kutus is a town 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 ...
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Geography
Kutus (Kirinyaga county headquarters) forms a local authority together with another township,
Kerugoya
Kerugoya is the biggest town in Kirinyaga County. Kerugoya is located 10 kilometres east of Karatina and 40 kilometres west of Embu.
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. It is known as ''Kerugoya/Kutus municipality''. The municipality has a population of 39,441, of whom 14,056 are classified urban. (1999 census ).
The municipality has six wards: Kerugoya Central, Kerugoya North, Kerugoya South, Kutus South, Kutus Central and Nduini. Most of these wards belong to
Kerugoya/Kutus Constituency (aka Kirinyaga Central Constituency).
[Electoral Commission of Kenya]
''Registration centres by electoral area and constituency''
Etymology
The original word for this town (Used by many people to-date) was Mucakuthi. The founding chief's name was Gutu (Kikuyu word for Ear). This location was named Gutu's which later with effort of the Gichugu Dialect changed to the modern Kutus. This is to go in line with the English show of possession by 's. Thus Kutus- belonging to Gutu. The English version would have been Gutu's.
References
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Populated places in Kirinyaga County
County capitals in Kenya