- Source: Kitui County
Kitui County is one of the 47 counties of Kenya in the former Eastern Province of Kenya. Its capital and largest town is Kitui. Mwingi is also another major urban centre. The county has a population of about 1.2 million people (as of 2024): 8 and an area of 30,496 km2. It lies between latitudes 0°10 South and 3°0 South and longitudes 37°50 East and 39°0 East.
Kitui County shares its borders with seven counties; Tharaka-Nithi and Meru to the north, Embu to the northwest, Machakos and Makueni to the west, Tana River to the east and southeast, and Taita-Taveta to the south.
Kitui County is "representative" of the fragile Arid and Semi-arid lands of Kenya that account for 80 percent of the land mass. These lands are characterized by high poverty levels, agro-pastoral livelihoods, high vulnerability to climate shocks, underdeveloped social infrastructure, low access to social services, and in extreme cases conflict over natural resources, especially during droughts".: 8
History
The name Kitui means 'a place where iron goods are made'. The Kamba iron-smiths who settled in the county many years before the colonial period are the ones who named the area Kitui.
Demographics
Kitui County has a total population of 1.2 million people (as of 2024).: 8 In comparison, in 2009 the population was 1,136,187 people.
Data from 2019 indicated that there are 262,942 households with an average household size of 4.3 persons per household, and a population density of 37 people per square kilometre.
The population is mostly made up of people of the Akamba ethnicity. Tharaka people, a section of the Ameru, are also found in Kitui County mainly in Tharaka ward. There is also a growing Somali presence.
= Administration and Political Units
== Administrative Units
=There are eight sub counties, forty county assembly wards, one hundred and sixty seven locations and four hundred and eleven sub-locations.
Further, the sub-counties are divided into smaller units called wards. There are 40 wards which are further divided into 247 villages.
Administrative Sub-Counties
Ikutha sub county
Katulani sub county
Kisasi sub county
Kitui central sub county
Kitui west sub county
Kyuso sub county
Lower yatta sub county
Matinyani sub county
Migwani sub county
Mumoni sub county
Mutitu sub county
Mutitu north sub county
Mutomo sub county
Mwingi central sub county
Mwingi east sub county
Nzambani sub county
Thagicu sub county
Tseikuru sub county
Source
Electoral Constituencies
Kitui Central Constituency
Kitui East Constituency
Kitui Rural Constituency
Kitui South Constituency
Kitui West Constituency
Mwingi Central Constituency
Mwingi North Constituency
Mwingi West Constituency
Source
= Political Leadership
=Julius Makau Malombe is the governor of the county after being elected in the 2022 general elections. He is deputised by Augustine Kanani Wambua. Eoch Kiio Wambua is the senator who was re-elected in the 2022 general elections after unseating the first senator David Musila. Irene Muthoni Kasalu is the second Women Representative after Winfred Nyiva Mwendwa. She was re-elected in 2022.
For Kitui County, the County Executive Committee comprises:
Members of Parliament 2017-2022 (Kitui County)
Hon. Mulu, Benson Makali of Wiper Democratic Party Kenya Member of Parliament Kitui Central Constituency
Hon. Mbai, Nimrod Mbithuka of Jubilee Party Member of Parliament Kitui East Constituency
Hon. Mboni, David Mwalika of chama cha uma party Member of Parliament Kitui Rural Constituency
Hon. Nyamai, Rachael Kaki of Jubilee Party Member of Parliament Kitui South Constituency
Hon. Nyenze, Edith of Wiper Democratic Party Kenya Member of Parliament Kitui West Constituency
Hon. Mulyungi, Gideon Mutemi of Wiper Democratic Party Kenya Member of Parliament Mwingi Central Constituency
Hon. Nzengu, Paul Musyimi of Wiper Democratic Party of Kenya Member of Parliament Mwingi North Constituency
Hon. Nguna, Charles Ngusya of Wiper Democratic Party of Kenya Member of Parliament Mwingi West Constituency
= Religion
=Christianity is the dominant religion in Kitui County. Roman Catholics make about 15% of the county's population. Other Christian denominations in the county include The Africa Brotherhood Church (ABC), the African Inland Church (AIC), Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK), Presbyterian Church of East Africa (PCEA), Independent Presbyterian Church (IPC), Redeemed Gospel Church and many others. Kitui county has a significant number of Muslims and several mosques can be spotted around the county's major urban centres.
Religion in Kitui County:
Climate
The climate of Kitui County is arid and semi-arid.: 8 It receives roughly 71 cm (28 inches) per year with a bi-modal rainfall pattern. This means that rainfall occurs practically only during the two rainy seasons (one long around March & April, and one short, around October, November and December). The terms Long and Short Rains has nothing to do with amount of rainfall received but rather on the length of the rainy seasons.
Infrastructure
= Urban centres
=The number of city dwellers is relatively low as the majority of people (about 86% of the population) lives in rural areas.: 8
Major towns in the county include Kitui, Mwingi, Mutomo, Kwa Vonza, Mutitu, Ikutha, Kabati, Migwani, Mutonguni, Mbitini and Kyuso.
= Education
=In 2019, Kitui County had "1,742 public primary and secondary schools, representing a student population of slightly over 400,000 pupils and 17,000 teachers. In addition, there were up to 145 private education institutions across the various education levels.": 8
The county has also 5 teachers training colleges, 311 adult training institutions and one technical training institution.
Kitui School and Muthale Girls are the only national schools in Kitui County.
Kathungi Secondary School, which is also found in Kitui County, is famous for its football championship in the country. Kathungi were the 2013 national silver medalists. Alongside the national champions Upper Hill, they represented Kenya in East Africa Secondary School games held in Lira, Uganda.
South Eastern Kenya University is a public university located in Kitui with the Main Campus at Kwa Vonza and other campuses at Mwingi and Kitui towns. Kenyatta University has a campus at Kwa Vonza while Moi University has a campus at Kyuso in Mwingi North sub-county. University of Nairobi also has a campus in Kitui town. Kenya Medical Training College has campuses in Kitui and Mwingi.
Additional funds are required to improve the water supply situation for schools. These investments would pay for new or upgraded water facilities in schools, and a professional operation and maintenance service. With regards to water infrastructure, schools would benefit from rainwater harvesting systems and piped water schemes and handpump sources if they do not already have these facilities.: 10–11
= Health
=There are a total of 256 health facilities in the county with one county referral hospital. County has 2,084 health personnel of different cadre.
HIV prevalence is at 4.2% below the national 5.9%.
Kitui County has several hospitals and health centres to meet the health needs of residents, among them Kitui County Referral Hospital, Mwingi Sub-County General Hospital, Kitui Nursing Home, Neema Hospital, Jordan Hospital, mission-run hospitals such as Muthale Mission hospital and some private health centres.
= Water supply and sanitation
=Economy
The vast majority of the economy is based on sustenance farming, despite the fact that the agriculture is an extremely challenging endeavor giving the sporadic rainfall. A logical move therefore would be a transition to non-agricultural industries.
During a recent, informal survey of the businesses in the town of Ikutha in southern Kitui County, the following businesses were identified:
Butcheries
Food Staples (rice, corn meal)
Mini-markets (sells things like Coca-Cola, potato chips, bread, long-shelf milk)
Mechanics
Pubs
Hotels and restaurants
= Industries
=Situated in Kitui town is a cotton ginnery where cotton farmers from around the county can deliver their harvest. It is the only major industry in the region, and was set up way back in 1935. Kitui is a semi-arid region and not many crops fare well there apart from cotton, hence the ginnery plays a major role creating income for the many cotton farmers in the region.
= Minerals
=Kitui county has large deposits of coal in Mui Basin, having low energy content/calorific value, meaning it produces less heat when burned. It also has sulphur. The coal could potentially supply the 1,000 MW Lamu Coal Power Station, and the 960-megawatt (MW) Kitui coal plant.
Mutomo/Ikutha district contains limestone.
= Wealth/Poverty Level
=Tourism
Tsavo East National Park
South Kitui National Reserve
Mwingi National Reserve
Ikoo Valley
Ngomeni Rock Catchment.
= Nzambani Rock
=Also in Kitui county is one of the largest Rock outcrops in Kenya which is locally known as "Ivia ya Nzambani". Situated past Kitui Town, about 1 km from Chuluni Market is the Nzambani Rock which is famous for the tales and myths of its origin. Activities here include hiking and rock climbing.
Notable people
Willy Mutunga, Former Chief Justice of Kenya
Kalonzo Musyoka, 10th Vice-President of Kenya
John Mbiti, Kenyan-born Christian Philosopher, priest and writer
Julius Malombe, The first Governor of Kitui County
Makau W. Mutua, Former dean of the University of Buffalo Law School
Charity Ngilu, Former MP Kitui Central (The former Governor of Kitui County)
David Musila, Former Member of Parliament of Kitui West Constituency
Nzamba Kitonga, Former president of the East Africa Law Society and COMESA Court of Justice
Kiema Kilonzo, Kenyan ambassador to Turkey
Eric Mutua, Former chairman of the Law Society of Kenya and Treasurer of the East Africa Law Society
Onesmus Kimweli Mutungi, Former Chancellor of Kenyatta University and the first Kenyan to get Doctor of Law degree
Ngala Mwendwa, Former Minister of Labour in the first Kenyan post-independence cabinet
Nyiva Mwendwa, The first Kitui County Woman Representative and first Kenyan woman to serve as a cabinet minister
Kitili Maluki Mwendwa, First black Chief Justice of Kenya
Benson Masya, Kenyan long distance runner and marathon serial winner and the winner of the inaugural IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in 1992
Benjamin Nzimbi, Retired Archbishop and Primate of the Anglican Church of Kenya
Musili Wambua, Associate Dean of the University of Nairobi School of Law and the first Chancellor of University of Embu
John Nzau Mwangangi, Kenyan long-distance runner and the gold medalist at the 2011 African Cross Country Championships
See also
Counties of Kenya
References
External links
Kitui County official website
Visit Kitui website
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- Constituencies of Kenya
- Makueni County
- Charity Ngilu
- Kamba people
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- Nzambani Rock
- Machakos County
- Kitui Central Constituency
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