Keekonyokie ward[1] is an electorate ward that was established in 2012 after devolution as per the Kenyan constitution of 2010 and was ranked as number 187 in Kenyan constituencies. Keekonyokie has a population of approximately 33,562 and was devolved from Kajiado North Constituency after devolution. Moses Saoyo became the second MCA (member of county assembly) [2] for keekonyokie after Hon George Sunkuya[3] is the current member of county assembly for Keekonyokie after the 2013 general elections. Keekonyokie is the most dense ward and the smallest in Kajiado West constituency with an area of 807 km2 and has Kisamis near Kiserian as the administration centre for the ward.
Keekonyokie slaughter house
editThe Keekonyokie slaughterhouse[4] is particularly famous due to its innovative strides in the Biogas industry. The Keekonyokie slaughterhouse stores biogas created by the slaughtering of animals in cylinders and sells them at a price about half of that of conventional liquefied petroleum (LP) gas.[5] The Kiserian dam is also situated in the area.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Kenyans.co.ke Government". Kenyans.co.ke. Archived from the original on 2017-04-22. Retrieved 2017-04-21.
- ^ "Members of County Assembly – County Government of Kajiado". Archived from the original on 2017-07-21. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
- ^ "Kajiado County Press". countypress.co.ke. Archived from the original on 2017-04-21. Retrieved 2017-04-22.
- ^ "Keekonyokie Slaughter House". Venture Capital for Africa. Archived from the original on 2017-09-01. Retrieved 2017-05-08.
- ^ Reuters Archived 2017-04-26 at the Wayback Machine Turning blood to power, Maasai pastoralists begin bottling biogas.