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Kajiado County

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{{Infobox settlement

| official_name = Kajiado County

| image_skyline =

| image_size =

| image_caption = Emali-Oloitokitok Highway

| image_map = Kajiado County in Kenya.svg

| map_caption = Location in Kenya

| image_flag = Flag of Kajiado County.gif

| flag_size = 130px

| image_shield = Coat of Arms of Kajiado County.png

| shield_size = 100px

| settlement_type = County

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|Kenya}}

| coordinates =

| seat_type = Capital

| seat = Kajiado

| established_title = Formed

| established_date = 4 March 2013

| leader_title = Governor

| leader_name = Joseph Ole Lenku

| timezone = EAT

| utc_offset = +3

| area_total_km2 = 21,292.7

| area_land_km2 =

| area_water_km2 =

| population_as_of = 2019

| population_total = 1,117,840{{cite web|url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/36672705/Kenya-Census-2009|title=Kenya Census 2009 - Census - Kenya|via=Scribd|access-date=20 April 2018}}

| population_density_km2 = auto

| demographics_type1 = GDP (PPP)

| demographics1_title1 = GDP

| demographics1_info1 = {{increase }} $4.362 billion (22nd)(2022) {{cite web|url=https://www.knbs.or.ke/gross-county-product/ |title=GCP |access-date=31 August 2021}}

| demographics1_title2 = Per Capita

| demographics1_info2 = {{increase }} $3,524 (2022) (29th)

| demographics_type2 = GDP (NOMINAL)

|| demographics2_title1 = GDP

| demographics2_info1 = {{increase}} $1.604 billion (2022) (22nd)

|| demographics2_title2 = Per Capita

| demographics2_info2 = {{increase}} $1,294 (2022) (29th)

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| website = {{url|https://Kajiado.go.ke}}

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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.{{Cite web|title=Kenya Districts|url=http://www.statoids.com/yke.html|access-date=2021-01-20|website=www.statoids.com}} The county borders Nairobi and to its south it borders the Tanzanian regions of Arusha and Kilimanjaro. The county capital is Kajiado town but the largest town is Ongata Rongai. Its main tourist attraction is wildlife.

Demographics

Kajiado 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.{{Cite web|title=2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census Results|url=https://www.knbs.or.ke/?p=5621|last=Munene|first=Evans|date=2019-11-04|website=Kenya National Bureau of Statistics|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-27}}

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|+Population Density by Sub-County

!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

=Religion=

Religion in Kajiado County

{{cite web |url=https://housingfinanceafrica.org/app/uploads/VOLUME-IV-KPHC-2019.pdf |title=2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census Volume IV: Distribution of Population by Socio-Economic Characteristics |access-date=2 May 2021 |website=Kenya National Bureau of Statistics| df=dmy }}

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style="width:100px;"|Religion (2019 Census)

! style="width:80px;"|Number

Catholicism204,086
Protestant461,955
Evangelical Churches260,678
African instituted Churches53,865
Orthodox4,162
Other Cristian60,271
Islam26,779
Hindu379
Traditionists3,421
Other12,229
No ReligionAtheists15,071
Don't Know4,083
Not Stated247

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.Source: Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, 2018

Administration units

Kajiado is subdivided into five sub-counties with 25 county assembly wards across the county.{{Cite web|title=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|url=https://www.iebc.or.ke/uploads/resources/oep20PEuYn.pdf|website=IEBC|access-date=27 May 2020}} 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.{{Cite web|title=Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government|url=https://www.interior.go.ke/|last=interior_admin|website=interior.go.ke|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-27}}

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|+Administrative Units by Sub-County

!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{{Cite web|title=Publications|url=https://www.knbs.or.ke/?page_id=3142|website=Kenya National Bureau of Statistics|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-27}}

= Constituencies =

Political leadership

Joseph Jama Ole Lenku is the governor serving his second term after being elected in 2017 and 2022. He is deputised by Martin Moshisho Martin.{{Cite web|title=Governors & Deputy Governors|url=https://cog.go.ke/39-main-menu/13-governors|website=cog.go.ke|access-date=2020-05-27|archive-date=27 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727070121/https://cog.go.ke/39-main-menu/13-governors|url-status=dead}} Phillip Salau Mpaayeiwas is serving his second term as the senator and was elected in 2017.{{Cite web|title=Members of the Senate {{!}} The Kenyan Parliament Website|url=http://www.parliament.go.ke/the-senate/senators|website=www.parliament.go.ke|access-date=2020-05-27}} [https://info.mzalendo.com/person/janet-marania-teyiaa/ Janet Marania Teyiaa] is the second women representative for the county and was also elected in 2017 on a Jubilee Party ticket.{{Cite web|title=Women Representatives {{!}} KEWOPA KENYA|url=http://www.kewopa.org/?page_id=965|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-27}}{{Cite web|title=Janet Marania Teyiaa|url=https://info.mzalendo.com/person/janet-marania-teyiaa/|website=Mzalendo|language=en|access-date=2020-05-27}}

Education

Kajiado has 811 ECD centres, 568 primary schools, 124 secondary schools, 18 tertiary institutions and 7 polytechnics.

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|+Education Institutions in Kajiado County 2014

!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{{Cite web|title=Education, Vocational Training, Youth and Sports – County Government of Kajiado|url=https://www.kajiado.go.ke/ministries/education-and-vocational-training/|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-27}}

Health

The doctor population ratio is 1:26,094, Public Health Staff is 1: 7,619, and the nurse population ratio is 1: 1,068.{{Cite web|title=Kajiado County Integrated Development Plan CIDP 2018-2022|url=https://www.cog.go.ke/cog-reports/category/106-county-integrated-development-plans-2018-2022|website=Kajiado County Government|access-date=27 May 2020}}

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|+Health Facilities by Ownership

!

!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

Transport and communication

A 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.{{Cite web|title=Kenya Rural Roads Authority|url=https://www.kerra.go.ke/|website=www.kerra.go.ke|access-date=2020-05-28}}
There are 11 Post Offices with 4,105 installed letter boxes, 3,220 rented letter boxes and 885 vacant letter boxes.

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.{{Cite web|title=Agriculture, Livestock Veterinary Services & Fisheries – County Government of Kajiado|url=https://www.kajiado.go.ke/ministries/agriculture-livestock-and-fisheries/|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-27}}

Services

{{Bar chart

| float = center

| title = Stats for Kajiado County

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| data_max = 100

| label_type = County

| data_type = {{center|Stats for the County (Per cent)}}

| label1 = Literacy | data1 = 55.4

| label2 = Attending School (15-18 Yrs) | data2 = 44.9

| label3 = Paved Roads | data3 = 5.9

| label4 = Good Roads | data4 = 38.4

| label5 = Electricity Access | data5 = 39.8

| caption = {{resize|88%|Stats for the County}}

}} Source: [https://web.archive.org/web/20130221165518/http://kenya.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/profiles/Kajiado_Dec2011%2026.pdf USAid Kenya]

Nairobi metro

Some Northern areas of Kajiado County bordering Nairobi are within Greater Nairobi metro.

Stats

=Population development=

{{Historical populations

| 1979 | 149,005

| 1989 | 258,659

| 1999 | 406,054

| 2009 | 687,312

| 2019 | 1,117,840

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| footnote = source:[http://www.citypopulation.de/php/kenya-admin.php Kenya: Administrative Division population statistics]

}}

=Urbanisation=

{{Bar chart

| float = center

| title = Urbanisation in Nairobi Metro

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| data_max = 100

| label_type = County

| data_type = {{center|Urbanisation in Nairobi Metro (Per cent)}}

| label1 = Nairobi County | data1 = 100

| label2 = Kiambu County | data2 = 60.8

| label3 = Machakos County | data3 = 52

| label4 = Kajiado County | data4 = 41.4

| label5 = {{flag|Kenya}} Average | data5 = 32.3

| caption = {{resize|88%|Urbanisation by County within Nairobi Metro}}

}} Source: [https://web.archive.org/web/20131212082037/https://kenya.socrata.com/Counties/County-Urbanization-Nairobi/g4vq-85ds/ OpenDataKenya]

=Wealth/Poverty Level=

{{Bar chart

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| title = Wealth/Poverty Level in Nairobi Metro

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| label_type = County

| data_type = {{center|Poverty Level in Nairobi Metro (Per cent)}}

| label1 = Kajiado County | data1 = 11.6

| label2 = Kiambu County | data2 = 21.8

| label3 = Nairobi County | data3 = 22

| label4 = Machakos County | data4 = 59.6

| label5 = {{flag|Kenya}} Average | data5 = 45.9

| caption = {{resize|88%|Poverty level by County}}

}} Source: [https://web.archive.org/web/20131212082035/https://kenya.socrata.com/Poverty/Poverty-Rate-by-District/i5bp-z9aq/ OpenDataKenya] [https://web.archive.org/web/20131211044508/http://data.worldbank.org//country//kenya Worldbank]

See also

See also

References

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External links

  • https://web.archive.org/web/20060518005113/http://www.kajiado-district-dev-trust.org.uk/
  • https://web.archive.org/web/20070402092415/http://www.kajiadochildrenshome.com/

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{{First and second-level administrative divisions of Kenya}}

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Category:Counties of Kenya