Samburu County is a
county
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in the former
Rift Valley Province
Rift Valley Province ( sw, Mkoa wa Bonde la Ufa) of Kenya, bordering Uganda, was one of Kenya's eight provinces, before the Kenyan general election, 2013.
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where the
Samburu,
Turkana and many other tribes live. It stretches north from the
Wuaso Ng'iro River to the south of
Lake Turkana. According to the 2019 census, the county has a population of 310,327.
Within Samburu County are the towns of
Maralal
Maralal is a small hillside market town in northern Kenya, lying east of the Loroghi Plateau within Samburu County, of which it is the capital. It is the administrative headquarters of Samburu county. The town has an urban population of 16,281 (19 ...
(capital and largest town),
Baragoi
Baragoi is a market town in Kenya, lying north of Maralal and east of the Suguta Valley. It is located in Samburu County. The entire Baragoi division has a population of nearly 20,000 (1999 census) comprising mostly people from the Samburu and ...
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Archers Post,
South Horr,
Wamba,
Lodosoit, and
Kisima.
It also includes the
Samburu National Reserve
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Bisanadi National Reserve
Bisanadi National Reserve is a wildlife reserve in Isiolo County, Kenya. It is adjacent to Meru National Park. The park is home to the lion, African elephant, cheetah, white rhinoceros
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, and
Buffalo Springs National Reserve,
Mount Ng'iro,
Ndoro Mountains,
Mathews Range (Ol Doinyo Lenkiyo),
Kirisia Hills, and
Loroki Forest.
The main access road to Samburu County is the
A4 road This is a list of roads designated A4.
A4 is the name of several roads:
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from
Rumuruti
Rumuruti is a town in Laikipia County in Kenya's former Rift Valley Province. It is approximately 40 kilometers due north from Nyahururu, on the Nyahururu- Maralal road ( A4). Despite being smaller than either Nanyuki or Nyahururu, which are on th ...
-Maralal-Baragoi, which as of 2019 was being tarmaced from Rumuruti up to Maralal.
There is a town named
Samburu in
Kwale County
Kwale County is a county in the former Coast Province of Kenya. Its capital is Kwale, although Ukunda is the largest town.
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, but it is not related to Samburu County or Samburu people.
Population
County subdivisions
The county has three constituencies:
Samburu East,
Samburu West, and
Samburu North. The headquarters of Samburu Central is Maralal, Samburu North is Baragoi and headquarters for Samburu East is Wamba. There has been controversy about the headquarters of Samburu East. Some schools of thought proposed Archers Post, a rapidly growing town, while others proposed Wamba town a less rapidly growing town
Government
The Samburu County Government is headed by Governor Jonathan Lati Leleliit who won the Samburu county's gubernatorial race in the 2022 general elections under the
United Democratic Alliance(UDA). He garnered 40,740 votes against Dr. Richard Lesiyampe of the Jubilee Party who got 26,834 votes, and Daniel Lekupe an independent candidate, who garnered 1,847 votes, coming in third, and last but not least Richard Leiyagu who came last with771 votes. He succeeded the former governor,
Moses Lenolkulal, who retired after two terms in office. A member of the national Jubilee party, Lenolkulal was the first governor following Kenya's devolution to county administrations.
References
External links
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs – Kenya AdminLevels 1-4(.pdf)
Kenyan Police Attack Samburu Villages
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Counties of Kenya