Imale

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Imale is a settlement in Kenya, located in Kitui County in the Eastern Province.

The Commission on Revenue Allocation has identified it as a marginalised area in their Second Policy Focus, as it lies within the bottom 20% for deprivation of the 7,131 country-wide lowest-level administrative units.{{Citation|url=https://www.cra.go.ke/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/CRA-37-Second-Policy-on-Marginalised-Areas-June-16th-2018.pdf|title=Second Policy on Marginalised Areas|page=42|year=2018|publisher=Commission on Revenue Allocation}}

History

The village had a population of 662 in the 1962 Census.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iWMUAQAAMAAJ&q=%22imale%22+%22kenya%22|title=Kenya Population Census, 1962: Tables|page=105|publisher=Directorate of Economic Planning, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning|date=1964}}

Schools

There is an Imale School located in Makueni County, which educates 400 students and 150 boarding school students.{{cite web|url=https://wellawareworld.org/projects/imale-makueni-county-kenya|title=Imale, Makueni County, Kenya|date=2014|publisher=Well Aware World}}{{Cite web |url=https://newsblaze.co.ke/full-list-of-best-performing-county-schools-in-makueni-county/ |title=Full list of best performing County schools in Makueni county |last=Team |first=News Blaze Digital |date=2019-12-06 |website=Newsblaze.co.ke |language=en-US |access-date=2020-02-03}} There is another Imale school in Machakos County.{{cite web|url=https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2000070972/|title= MultiChoice extends free DStv access to Kenyan schools|date=19 November 2012}}

Imale Primary School is located in Voo in Kyangwithya West.{{Cite web |url=http://info.mzalendo.com/projects/in/kitui-central/ |title=Projects in Kitui Central |website=info.mzalendo.com |language=en |access-date=2020-02-03}}{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A30bwb21EEEC&pg=PT69 |title=Kenya Gazette |date=2007-02-23 |pages=459 |language=en}}

References