Kyuso is a town and sub-county in
Kitui County
Kitui County is a county in the former Eastern Province of Kenya. Its capital and largest town is Kitui, although Mwingi is also another major urban centre. The county has a population of 1,136,187 (2019 census). and an area of 30,430 km2. ...
,
Kenya. Before the 2009
Constitution of Kenya
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implemented
counties, it was in the
Eastern Province and was a division of
Mwingi District Mwingi District was a former district of Kenya, located in the now defunct Eastern Province. The district had a population of 303.828 (1999 census). Its capital was Mwingi town.
Local people are mostly of the Akamba tribe. North of Mwingi town, ...
.
Town and sub-county
Kyuso is one of the major towns of Kitui County. At the 2019 census, Kyuso sub-county had an area of and a population of 76,867, of whom 36,789 were male and 40,077 female.
[''2019 Kenya Housing and Population Census'' Volume 2: ''Distribution of Population by Administrative Units'', p. 15, downloadable fro]
Kenya National Bureau of Statistics
The population is predominately
Kamba
Kamba may refer to:
*Kamba people of Kenya
*Bena-Kamba, a community in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
*Khampa, also spelled Kamba, Tibetan people of Kham
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is one of the three traditional Tibetan regions, the others being Amdo in ...
and
Tharaka
Tharaka () was a mythological king from Sri Lanka.
According to legend, he designed the craft " Dandu Monara", which was able to fly, but he was unable to build it. Instead the king Ravana built it, and stories from Ramayana tell of him using it ...
people.
[Sammy Boniface Mwenga]
"Safety preparedness of secondary schools in Kyuso District, Kenya"
thesis, Department of Educational Management, Policy and Curriculum Studies, Kenyatta University, 2012.
It was formerly a division of
Mwingi
Mwingi is a town in the Kitui County in the Eastern Region of the Republic of Kenya. It has an urban population of 15,970 (2009 census). The town is located along the A3 Road between Nairobi and Garissa, north of its county capital Kitui, and eas ...
District within the Eastern Province.
[Andrew Mude ''et al.'', ''Kenya Adaptation to Climate Change in the Arid Lands: Anticipating, Adapting to and Coping with Climate Risks in Kenya—Operational Recommendations for KACCAL'', ILRI Research Report 18, Nairobi: International Livestock Research Institute, 2007, ]
p. 109
[Agnes M. Mugane]
"The influence of social capital on women's political participation in local government: a case study of Mwingi District in Eastern Province, Kenya"
MA Thesis, University of Nairobi, 2009.
Economy
The majority of people in the area are farmers.
["Outcry Over Herders' Invasion in Kitui Farms"]
Kenya News Agency, 22 May 2019. They face problems from
drought,
[ ]locusts
Locusts (derived from the Vulgar Latin ''locusta'', meaning grasshopper) are various species of short-horned grasshoppers in the family Acrididae that have a swarming phase. These insects are usually solitary, but under certain circumst ...
and regional armed conflicts.[Peter Musyo Syengo]
"Effects of conflict on the delivery of social services. A case study of Kyuso District Eastern Kenya"
MA thesis, Conflict Resolution and Peace Building, Kampala International University, 2011.
Education
there were 20 secondary schools in Kyuso, all boarding school
A boarding school is a school where pupils live within premises while being given formal instruction. The word "boarding" is used in the sense of "room and board", i.e. lodging and meals. As they have existed for many centuries, and now exten ...
s, of which two were provincial schools and 18 district schools, with an average enrolment of 250. Two were for boys, three for girls and 15 co-educational.[
]
See also
* List of volcanoes in Kenya
References
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Populated places in Kitui County