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. The county borders Nairobi and extends to the Tanzania border further south. The county capital is Kajiado town, but the largest town is Ngong. Its main tourist attraction is its wildlife. its seats on Longitudes 360 5’ and 370 5’ East and between Latitudes 10 0’ and 30 0’ South.

Demographics

Kajiado county has a total population of 1,117,840 people, of which 557,098 being male, 560,704 are females and 38 intersex people.There are 316,179 households with an average size of 3.5 person per household and a population density of 51 people per square kilometre.

Sub-countyPopulation
Isinya210,473
Kajiado Central161,862
Kajiado North306,596
Kajiado West82,849
Loitokitok191,846
Mashuuru64,214
Total1,117,840

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Administrative and Political Units

Administration Units

Kajiado is subdivided into five sub-counties with 25 county assembly wards across the county. 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.
Sub CountyDivisionLocationSub Location
Kajiado North43072
Kajiado Central53569
Isinya2918
Mashuru21119
Loitokitok41634
Total17101212

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Constituencies

is the governor serving his first term after being elected in 2017 on and is deputised by Martin Moshisho Martin. Phillip Salau Mpaayeiwas is serving his first term as the senator and was elected in 2017. is the second women representative for the county and was also elected in 2017 on a Jubilee Party ticket.

Education

Kajiado has 811 ECD centres, 568 primary schools, 124 secondary schools, 18 tertiary institutions and 7 polythenic.
CategoryPublicPrivateTotalEnrolment
ECD Centres42338881124,631
Primary schools372186568158,064
Secondary schools715312424,709
Youth Polytechnics707
Technical Training Institutes707
University Campuses156
Universities55

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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.
GovernmentFBOPrivateNGOTOTAL
Hospitals41101641
Health centres16620345
Dispensaries74134293
Clinics121497159

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Transport and Communication

A total of 2,419.2 km of road network cover the county. of this 1,111.9 km ic covered by earth surface, 932.3 km is murram surface and 375 km is covered by bitumen.
There are 11 Post Offices with 4,105 installed letter boxes, 3,220 rented letter boxes and 885 vacant letter boxes.
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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.

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Nairobi Metro

Kajiado County is within Greater Nairobi metro. The counties are:
AreaCountyArea Population
Census 2019		Cities/towns/municipalities in the county
Core NairobiNairobi County694.94,397,073Nairobi
Northern MetroKiambu County2,449.22,417,735Kiambu, Thika, Limuru, Ruiru, Karuri, Kikuyu
Southern MetroKajiado County21,292.71,117,840Kajiado, Olkejuado, Bissil, Ngong, Kitengela, Kiserian, Ongata Rongai
Eastern MetroMachakos County5,952.91,421,932Kangundo-Tala, Machakos, Athi River
TotalsNairobi Metro30,389.79,354,580
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Population development

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