Nyumbani
Nyumbani means home.
Kikuyu tradition holds that the community began at Mukurwe wa Nyagathanga.
Murang'a is a county of steep green ridges running east from the Aberdares, cut by deep river valleys. It is widely seen as the birthplace of the Gikuyu people, and its tea estates and waterfalls make an easy escape from Nairobi.
Kikuyu tradition holds that the community began at Mukurwe wa Nyagathanga. Wangu wa Makeri, the only female Kikuyu headman of colonial times, served here.
Tea and coffee lead, with avocado, macadamia and dairy.
The Kikuyu ancestral home, where elders still pray.
Founded in 1902, with the tomb of Paramount Chief Karuri wa Gakure.
Nairobi's main reservoir, ringed by trails and picnic spots.
Honouring the colonial-era woman leader.
One of Kenya's toughest whitewater rafting and kayaking rivers.
Trout streams and forest walks.
A farm offering tours of its purple tea.
Waterfalls in deep river gorges.
Communities with a historic home in Murang'a. Today people from every part of Kenya live and work here.
Murang'a is home to the late Joseph Kamaru, the king of Kikuyu benga who helped popularise mugithi. The Ndakaini Half Marathon is run around the dam in late September.
Late September for the Ndakaini Half Marathon, or January–March and July–October for hiking and rafting.
Murang'a and its neighbours. Tap a county or a place to read about it.
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Late September for the Ndakaini Half Marathon, or January–March and July–October for hiking and rafting.
Kikuyu tradition holds that the community began at Mukurwe wa Nyagathanga. Wangu wa Makeri, the only female Kikuyu headman of colonial times, served here.
Murang'a is a county of steep green ridges running east from the Aberdares, cut by deep river valleys. It is widely seen as the birthplace of the Gikuyu people, and its tea estates and waterfalls make an easy escape from Nairobi. The county capital is Murang'a, and the 2019 census counted 1,056,640 people across about 2,523 square kilometres.
ShambaKiambu CountyFounding President Jomo Kenyatta's ancestral home is at Ichaweri. The 1953 Lari massacre was one of the darkest episodes of the Mau Mau war.
McheleKirinyaga CountyThe county grows much of Kenya's rice and guards the southern forests of Mount Kenya, a mountain sacred to the Kikuyu.
KahawaNyeri CountyMau Mau leader Dedan Kimathi was born here. Nyeri is also home to former President Mwai Kibaki and Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai, and Scouting founder Lord Baden-Powell is buried here.
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