- Source: Samburu County
Samburu County is a county in the former Rift Valley Province, Kenya which covers an area of roughly 21,000 km2 (8,000 mi2) in northern Kenya 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 had a population of 310,327.
Within Samburu County are the towns of Maralal (the capital and largest town), Baragoi, Archers Post, South Horr, Wamba, Lodosoit, and Kisima.
It also includes the Samburu National Reserve, Bisanadi National Reserve, and Buffalo Springs National Reserve, Mount Ng'iro, Ndoto Mountains, Mathews Range (Ol Doinyo Lenkiyo), Kirisia Hills, and Loroki Forest.
The main access road to Samburu County is the A4 road from Rumuruti-Maralal-Baragoi, which as of 2019 was being tarmacked from Rumuruti up to Maralal.
There is a town named Samburu in Kwale County, Kenya, but it is not related to Samburu County or Samburu people.
Population
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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 although 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 Richard Leiyagu who came last with 771 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
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- County Samburu
- Maralal
- Kabupaten Turkana (Kenya)
- County di Kenya
- Kenya
- Pembagian administratif Kenya
- Cakupan Google Street View
- Pemilihan umum Kenya 2017
- Macan tutul afrika
- Samburu County
- Samburu
- Samburu National Reserve
- Samburu, Kwale County
- Samburu people
- Constituencies of Kenya
- Isiolo County
- Laikipia County
- Samburu District
- Umoja, Kenya
