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 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. Parts of its northern boundaries, containing towns like Kitengela, Ngong, Ongata Rongai, and Kiserian are part of the Nairobi Metropolitan Area, forming the largest metropolitan area in East Africa.
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. +Population Density by Sub-County Sub-countyPopulationIsinya 210,473 Kajiado Central 161,862 Kajiado North 306,596Kajiado West 82,849 Loitokitok 191,846 Mashuuru 64,214 Total1,117,840 Source
Religion Religion in Kajiado County
Religion (2019 Census)NumberCatholicism204,086Protestant 461,955Evangelical Churches 260,678African instituted Churches 53,865Orthodox4,162Other Cristian60,271Islam26,779Hindu 379Traditionists3,421Other12,229No ReligionAtheists15,071Don't Know4,083Not 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.Source: Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, 2018
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. +Administrative Units by Sub-County Sub County Division Location Sub Location Kajiado North 43072Kajiado Central 53569Isinya2918Mashuru 21119Loitokitok 41634Total17101212
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Constituencies Kajiado Central Constituency Kajiado North Constituency Kajiado South Constituency Kajiado East Constituency Kajiado West Constituency
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. Phillip Salau Mpaayeiwas is serving his second term as the senator and was elected in 2017. Janet Marania Teyiaa is the second woman 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 polytechnics. +Education Institutions in Kajiado County 2014CategoryPublicPrivateTotalEnrolmentECD Centres42338881124,631Primary schools372186568158,064Secondary schools715312424,709Youth Polytechnics 707Technical Training Institutes 707University Campuses 156Universities55 Source
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. +Health Facilities by Ownership GovernmentFBOPrivateNGOTOTALHospitals41101641Health centres16620345Dispensaries74134293Clinics121497159 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.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.
Services Source: USAid Kenya
Nairobi metro Some Northern areas of Kajiado County bordering Nairobi are within Greater Nairobi metro.
Stats
Population development
Urbanisation Source: OpenDataKenya
Wealth/Poverty Level Source: OpenDataKenya Worldbank
See also Amboseli Reserve is in Kajiado County Nyiri Desert, a high proportion of the county lies in the desert Kitengela, a plain and a town of the same name in Kajiado County
See also Taita Taveta County Machakos County Makueni County Kiambu County Nakuru County Narok County Nairobi County
References
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/