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.[3] The county borders Nairobi and to its south it borders the Tanzanian regions of Arusha and Kilimanjaro. The county capital is Kajiado, but the largest town is Ongata Rongai. Its main tourist attraction is its wildlife.
Kajiado County | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location in Kenya | |
| Country |  Kenya |
| Formed | 4 March 2013 |
| Capital | Kajiado |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Joseph Ole Lenku |
| Area | |
| • Total | 21,292.7 km2 (8,221.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2019) | |
| • Total | 1,117,840[1] |
| GDP (PPP) | |
| • GDP |  $4.362 billion (22nd)(2022)[2] |
| • Per Capita | $3,524 (2022) (29th) |
| GDP (NOMINAL) | |
| • GDP | $1.604 billion (2022) (22nd) |
| • Per Capita | $1,294 (2022) (29th) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
| Website | kajiado |
Demographics
editKajiado County has a total population of 1,117,840 people, of which 557,098 are males, 560,704 are females, and 38 intersex people. There are 316,179 households with an average size of 3.5 people per household and a population density of 51 people per square kilometre.[4]
| Sub-county | Population |
|---|---|
| Isinya | 210,473 |
| Kajiado Central | 161,862 |
| Kajiado North | 306,596 |
| Kajiado West | 82,849 |
| Loitokitok | 191,846 |
| Mashuuru | 64,214 |
| Total | 1,117,840 |
Source[4]
Religion
editReligion in Kajiado County [5]
| Religion (2019 Census) | Number |
|---|---|
| Catholicism | 204,086 |
| Protestant | 461,955 |
| Evangelical Churches | 260,678 |
| African instituted Churches | 53,865 |
| Orthodox | 4,162 |
| Other Cristian | 60,271 |
| Islam | 26,779 |
| Hindu | 379 |
| Traditionists | 3,421 |
| Other | 12,229 |
| No ReligionAtheists | 15,071 |
| Don't Know | 4,083 |
| Not Stated | 247 |
Administrative and political units
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Kajiado County is divided into 5 sub-counties and 25 Wards with Kajiado West being the largest and Kajiado North Sub-county being the smallest in terms of area in km2.[6]
Administration units
editKajiado is subdivided into five sub-counties with 25 county assembly wards across the county.[7] All the five constituencies have 5 county assembly wards each. There are 17 divisions which is further subdivided into 101 locations and 212 sub-locations.[8]
| Sub County | Division | Location | Sub Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kajiado North | 4 | 30 | 72 |
| Kajiado Central | 5 | 35 | 69 |
| Isinya | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| Mashuru | 2 | 11 | 19 |
| Loitokitok | 4 | 16 | 34 |
| Total | 17 | 101 | 212 |
Source[9]
Constituencies
editPolitical leadership
editJoseph Jama Ole Lenku is the governor serving his second term after being elected in 2017 and 2022. He is deputised by Martin Moshisho Martin.[10] Phillip Salau Mpaayeiwas is serving his second term as the senator and was elected in 2017.[11] Janet Marania Teyiaa is the second women representative for the county and was also elected in 2017 on a Jubilee Party ticket.[12][13]
Education
editKajiado has 811 ECD centres, 568 primary schools, 124 secondary schools, 18 tertiary institutions and 7 polytechnics.[9]
| Category | Public | Private | Total | Enrolment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ECD Centres | 423 | 388 | 811 | 24,631 |
| Primary schools | 372 | 186 | 568 | 158,064 |
| Secondary schools | 71 | 53 | 124 | 24,709 |
| Youth Polytechnics | 7 | 0 | 7 | |
| Technical Training Institutes | 7 | 0 | 7 | |
| University Campuses | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| Universities | 5 | 5 |
Source[14]
Health
editThe doctor population ratio is 1:26,094, Public Health Staff is 1: 7,619, and the nurse population ratio is 1: 1,068.[15]
| Government | FBO | Private | NGO | TOTAL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitals | 4 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 41 |
| Health centres | 16 | 6 | 20 | 3 | 45 |
| Dispensaries | 74 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 93 |
| Clinics | 1 | 2 | 149 | 7 | 159 |
Source[14]
Transport and communication
editA total of 2,419.2 km of road network cover the county, of which 1,111.9 km is covered by earth surface, 932.3 km is murram surface and 375 km is covered by bitumen.[16]
There are 11 Post Offices with 4,105 installed letter boxes, 3,220 rented letter boxes and 885 vacant letter boxes.[9]
Trade and commerce
There are one hundred trading centres in the county.
Tomato, Cabbage, Kales and Banana are mainly grown for horticulture production. Crops grown for cereal production include maize, sorghum millet, beans, cowpeas and greengrams. Some of the tubers grown are sweet potatoes, cassava, Irish potatoes.
The three main livestock kept are cattle, sheep, goats and they are kept for meat, offal, raw fats, fresh hides and skins.[17]
Services
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Source: USAid Kenya
Nairobi metro
editSome Northern areas of Kajiado County bordering Nairobi are within Greater Nairobi metro.
Stats
editPopulation development
edit| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 149,005 | — |
| 1989 | 258,659 | +73.6% |
| 1999 | 406,054 | +57.0% |
| 2009 | 687,312 | +69.3% |
| 2019 | 1,117,840 | +62.6% |
| source:[18] | ||
Urbanisation
edit| County | Urbanisation in Nairobi Metro (Per cent)
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Source: OpenDataKenya
Wealth/Poverty Level
edit| County | Poverty Level in Nairobi Metro (Per cent)
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Source: OpenDataKenya Worldbank
See also
edit- Amboseli Reserve is in Kajiado County
- Nyiri Desert, a high proportion of the county lies in the desert
- Kitengela, a plain and a town of the same name in Kajiado County
See also
editReferences
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- ^ "GCP". Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ "Kenya Districts". www.statoids.com. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ a b Munene, Evans (4 November 2019). "2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census Results". Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ^ "2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census Volume IV: Distribution of Population by Socio-Economic Characteristics" (PDF). Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ Source: Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, 2018
- ^ "The Report of the Interim Independent Boundaries Review Commission (IIBRC): Delimitation of Constituencies and Recommendations on Local Authority Electoral Units and Administrative Boundaries for Districts and Other Units" (PDF). IEBC. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
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- ^ a b c "Publications". Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
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- ^ "Women Representatives | KEWOPA KENYA". Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ^ "Janet Marania Teyiaa". Mzalendo. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ^ a b "Education, Vocational Training, Youth and Sports – County Government of Kajiado". Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ^ "Kajiado County Integrated Development Plan CIDP 2018-2022". Kajiado County Government. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ^ "Kenya Rural Roads Authority". www.kerra.go.ke. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ "Agriculture, Livestock Veterinary Services & Fisheries – County Government of Kajiado". Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ^ Kenya: Administrative Division population statistics