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.[2] The county borders Nairobi and to its south it borders the Tanzanian regions of Arusha and Kilimanjaro. The county capital is Kajiado, but the largest town is Ongata Rongai. Its main tourist attraction is its wildlife.

Not to be confused with Kajiado.

Kajiado County
County
Coat of arms of Kajiado County
Coat of arms
Location in Kenya
Location in Kenya
Country Kenya
Formed4 March 2013
CapitalKajiado
Government
 • GovernorJoseph Ole Lenku
Area
 • Total21,292.7 km2 (8,221.2 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)
 • Total1,117,840[1]
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)
Websitekajiado.go.ke

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.[3]

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[3]

Religion

Religion in Kajiado County [4]

Religion (2019 Census) Number
Catholicismy204,086
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

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[5]

Administration units

Kajiado is subdivided into five sub-counties with 25 county assembly wards across the county.[6] 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.[7]

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[8]

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

Education

Kajiado has 811 ECD centres, 568 primary schools, 124 secondary schools, 18 tertiary institutions and 7 polytechnics.[8]

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[13]

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.[14]

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[13]

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.[15]
There are 11 Post Offices with 4,105 installed letter boxes, 3,220 rented letter boxes and 885 vacant letter boxes.[8]

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.[16]

Services
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

Source: USAid Kenya

Nairobi Metro
Kajiado County (blue) within Nairobi Metro (green)

Kajiado County is within Greater Nairobi metro.[17][18] The counties are:

AreaCountyArea (km2)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

Source: NairobiMetro/ Kenya Census

Stats

Population development
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:[19]

Urbanisation
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

Source: OpenDataKenya

Wealth/Poverty Level
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

Source: OpenDataKenya Worldbank

See also

See also

References
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  5. Source: Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, 2018
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