Kajiado County | |
|---|---|
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location in Kenya | |
| Country |  Kenya |
| Formed | 4 March 2013 |
| Capital | Kajiado |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Joseph 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 zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
| Website | kajiado |
Kajiado County is acounty in the formerRift 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 bordersNairobi and to its south it borders theTanzanian regions ofArusha andKilimanjaro. The county capital isKajiado town but the largest town isOngata Rongai. Its main tourist attraction is wildlife.
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]
| 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[4]
Religion in Kajiado County[5]
| Religion (2019 Census) | Number |
|---|---|
| Catholicism | 204,086 |
| Protestant | 461,955 |
| Evangelical Churches | 260,678 |
| African instituted Churches | 53,865 |
| Orthodox | 4,162 |
| Other Cristian | 60,271 |
| Islam | 26,779 |
| Hindu | 379 |
| Traditionists | 3,421 |
| Other | 12,229 |
| No ReligionAtheists | 15,071 |
| Don't Know | 4,083 |
| Not Stated | 247 |
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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.[6]
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]
| 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[9]
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]
Kajiado has 811 ECD centres, 568 primary schools, 124 secondary schools, 18 tertiary institutions and 7 polytechnics.[9]
| 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[14]
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]
| 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[14]
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]
| 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 | |||||||||
Source:USAid Kenya
Some Northern areas of Kajiado County borderingNairobi are within Greater Nairobi metro.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 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] | ||
| 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 | |||||||||
Source:OpenDataKenya
| 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 | |||||||||
Source:OpenDataKenyaWorldbank
Nairobi metropolitan area | ||
|---|---|---|
Population -7.8 million | ||
| Counties |  | |
| Major city 3.8 million | ||
| Urban Centres over 200K | ||
| Other major Urban Centres | ||
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