Makueni County (formerly Makueni District) is a
county
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in the former
Eastern Province of
Kenya
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. Its capital and largest town is
Wote. The county has a population of 987,653 (2019 census). The county lies between Latitude 1° 35' and 2° 59' South and Longitude 37° 10' and 38° 30' East. It borders Machakos to the North, Kitui to the East, Taita Taveta to the South and Kajiado to the West and covers an area of 8,008.9 km
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Physical and topical features
The county has a number of prominent features in including volcanic Chyullu hills which lie along the South West border of the county Mbooni hills in Mbooni sub county and Kilungu and Iuani hills in Kaiti sub county, Makongo forest and scenic view, Makuli forest and Nzaui hill.
Climatic conditions
The county experience semi-arid climatic conditions with an average temperature range between 15C – 26C and Annual rainfall ranges between 250mm to 400mm per annum on the lower regions of the county and the higher region receives rainfall ranging from 800mm to 900mm.
Demographics
The county has a total population of 987,653 of which 497,942 females and 20 intersex persons. There are 77,495 household with an average household size of 5.8 persons per household and a population density 6 people per square kilometre.
Administrative and political units
Administrative units
There are 6 sub counties, 16 divisions, 63 locations and 127 sub-locations.
Sub-counties
*Makueni
*Kilungu
*Kilome
*Kibwezi East
*Kibwezi West
*Nzaui
*Kathonzweni
*Mbooni
Political units
It has 6 constituencies and 30 county assembly wards and 60 sub-wards.
* Makueni constituency
* Mbooni constituency
* Kibwezi East constituency
* Kibwezi West constituency
* Kaiti constituency
* Kilome constituency
Political leadership
Kivutha Kibwana is the Governor and serving his last in office after being elected in 2013 and 2017 general elections. He is also the chairman of legal and human rights committee under council of governors. His deputy is Adelina Ndeto Mwau. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr is the Senator and has been senator since 2013. Rose Museo Mumo is the first elected women representative and was re-elected in 2017 general elections.
For Makueni County, the County Executive Committee comprises:-
Members of parliament in Makueni County 2017–2022
# Hon. Jessica Nduku Kiko Mbalu of Wiper democratic Movement Kenya Member of Parliament Kibwezi East.
# Hon.Patrick Musimba as Independent Candidate Member of Parliament Kibwezi West Constituency.
# Hon.Daniel Kitonga Maanzo of Wiper democratic Movement Kenya Member of Parliament Makueni Constituency.
# Hon.Kimilu, Joshua Kivinda of Wiper democratic Movement Kenya Member of Parliament Kaiti Constituency.
# Hon.Nzambia, Thuddeus Kithua
of Wiper democratic Movement Kenya Member of Parliament Kilome Constituency.
# Hon. Erastus Kivasu Nzyoka of Wiper democratic Movement KenyaMember of Parliament Mbooni Constituency.
Education
There are 78 ECD centres 997 primary schools and 375 secondary schools. The county has also 3 teachers training colleges, 37 Youth Polytechnics, 231 adult training institutions, 2 technical training institutions, 3 university campuses.
Health
There is a total of 156 health facilities, 726 hospital beds and 1261 cots in the county. County has 815 health personnel of different cadre.
HIV prevalence rate is 5.1% in 2017.
Transport and Communication
There is one air strip and 8 railway lines with total coverage of 140 km. The county is covered by 7670 Km of road network. of this 6,776 km is covered by earth surface, 706 km is murram surface and 188 km of surface is covered by Bitumen.
There are twenty post office with 4,850 installed letter boxes, 3,302 rented letter boxes, 1,548 vacant letter boxes and 31 licences stamp vendors.
Trade and Commerce
There are 420 trading centres, 17,390 registered businesses, 153 banking services(including agents& insurance, 882 mobile service providers and 382 agro-vets, chemists& pharmacies.
Universities and colleges in Makueni County
South Eastern Kenya university (SEKU)wote campus– The campus is located at Soi Plaza building, 2nd floor, above Equity Bank in Wote Town, the headquarters of Makueni County, and about 140 km from Kitui main campus. The campus began its operations in March, 2012. Currently, the campus has a student population of 315 who are taking classes in different regular, part-time and institutional-based programmes.
Wote Technical Training Institute* Kenya Medical Training College KMTC Makueni Campus.
*Kenya Medical Training College KMTC Makindu Campus.
*Kenya Medical Training College KMTC Mbuvo Campus.
Constituencies
Since 2010, county has six constituencies:
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Mbooni Constituency Mbooni Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of six constituencies in Makueni County
Makueni County (formerly Makueni District) is a county in the former Eastern Province of Kenya. Its capital and largest town is Wote. T ...
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Kilome Constituency Kilome Constituency is an Constituencies of Kenya, electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of six constituencies in Makueni County. The constituency was established for the 1988 elections. The constituency has three wards, all electing councillor ...
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Kaiti Constituency Kaiti Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of six constituencies in Makueni County
Makueni County (formerly Makueni District) is a county in the former Eastern Province of Kenya. Its capital and largest town is Wote. Th ...
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Makueni Constituency Makueni Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of six constituencies in Makueni County
Makueni County (formerly Makueni District) is a county in the former Eastern Province of Kenya. Its capital and largest town is Wote. ...
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Kibwezi West Constituency
Kibwezi West is a constituency in Kenya. It is one of six constituencies in Makueni County
Makueni County (formerly Makueni District) is a county in the former Eastern Province of Kenya. Its capital and largest town is Wote. The county has a ...
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Kibwezi East Constituency
Other Divisions
South Eastern Kenya Region
Urbanisation
Source
OpenDataKenya
Wealth/Poverty Level
Source
OpenDataKenyaWorldbank
Villages and settlements
* Astra Farm
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Emali
Emali is a fast-growing town located along the Mombasa-Nairobi highway in Kenya's Makueni County. It is a popular resting place for truck drivers ferrying goods from the Mombasa port to inland destinations such as Nairobi, Kampala, Kigali and eve ...
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Kikima
Kikima is a small town in Kenya. It is in Makueni county administratively. It is near the top of the Mbooni hills. The local community is majorly of Native Kamba who are a Bantu speaking community. The nearest landmarks in the area are Mbooni ...
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Nunguni
Nunguni is a small town in Makueni County, Kenya
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Mbeetwani
See also
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Kitui County
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Machakos County
Machakos County is one of the 47 counties of Kenya, which came into being because of the devolved system of governance occasioned by the 2010 constitution of Kenya. The country's first administrative headquarters are in Machakos Town, which is ...
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Taita Taveta County
Taita may refer to:
* Taita people, a Bantu ethnic group in Kenya
* Taita language, a Bantu language
*Taitā, New Zealand, a suburb of Lower Hutt City
* Taita Hills, a mountain range in Kenya
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Kajiado County
Kajiado County is a county in the former Rift Valley Province of Kenya. As of 2019, Kajiado county spanned an area of 21,292.7 km2, with a recorded population of 1,117,840. The county borders Nairobi and to its south it borders the Tanzan ...
References
External links
Makueni County Council*http://www.aridland.go.ke/districts.asp?DistrictID=15
*https://web.archive.org/web/20070628140851/http://www.drylandsresearch.org.uk/dr_kenya.html
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Counties of Kenya