Kajiado County

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Kajiado County

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.[3] 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.

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Kajiado County
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Location in Kenya
Country Kenya
Formed4 March 2013
CapitalKajiado
Government
  GovernorJoseph Ole Lenku
Area
  Total
21,292.7 km2 (8,221.2 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)
  Total
1,117,840[1]
GDP (PPP)
  GDP $4.362 billion (22nd)(2022)[2]
  Per Capita $3,524 (2022) (29th)
GDP (NOMINAL)
  GDP $1.604 billion (2022) (22nd)
  Per Capita $1,294 (2022) (29th)
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)
Websitekajiado.go.ke
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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.[4]

More information Sub-county, Population ...
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
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Religion

Religion in Kajiado County [5]

More information Religion (2019 Census), Number ...
Religion (2019 Census) 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
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Administrative and political units

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.[6]

Administration units

Kajiado is subdivided into five sub-counties with 25 county assembly wards across the county.[7] 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.[8]

More information Sub County, Division ...
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
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Source[9]

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.[10] Phillip Salau Mpaayeiwas is serving his second term as the senator and was elected in 2017.[11] Janet Marania Teyiaa is the second women representative for the county and was also elected in 2017 on a Jubilee Party ticket.[12][13]

Education

Kajiado has 811 ECD centres, 568 primary schools, 124 secondary schools, 18 tertiary institutions and 7 polytechnics.[9]

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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
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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.[15]

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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
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Source[14]

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.[16]
There are 11 Post Offices with 4,105 installed letter boxes, 3,220 rented letter boxes and 885 vacant letter boxes.[9]

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.[17]

Services

More information County, Stats for the County (Per cent) ...
Stats for Kajiado County
County
Stats for the County (Per cent)
Literacy
55.4
Attending School (15-18 Yrs)
44.9
Paved Roads
5.9
Good Roads
38.4
Electricity Access
39.8

Stats for the County

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Source: USAid Kenya

Nairobi metro

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

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Population development

More information Year, Pop. ...
Historical population
YearPop.±%
1979 149,005    
1989 258,659+73.6%
1999 406,054+57.0%
2009 687,312+69.3%
2019 1,117,840+62.6%
source:[18]
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Urbanisation

More information County, Urbanisation in Nairobi Metro (Per cent) ...
Urbanisation in Nairobi Metro
County
Urbanisation in Nairobi Metro (Per cent)
Nairobi County
100
Kiambu County
60.8
Machakos County
52
Kajiado County
41.4
 Kenya Average
32.3

Urbanisation by County within Nairobi Metro

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Source: OpenDataKenya

Wealth/Poverty Level

More information County, Poverty Level in Nairobi Metro (Per cent) ...
Wealth/Poverty Level in Nairobi Metro
County
Poverty Level in Nairobi Metro (Per cent)
Kajiado County
11.6
Kiambu County
21.8
Nairobi County
22
Machakos County
59.6
 Kenya Average
45.9

Poverty level by County

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Source: OpenDataKenya Worldbank

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