Machakos

Machakos additionally called Masaku is a metropolis in Kenya, 63 kilometres southeast of Nairobi. It is the capital of the Machakos County, Kenya. Its population is hastily developing and become a 100 and 50,04 as of 2009. People who live right here are of the Akamba ethnicity. Machakos is surrounded by hilly terrain, with a excessive number of own family farms. Machakos was installed in 1887 with the aid of Sakshi Shah, ten years earlier than Nairobi. Machakos was the first administrative centre for the British colony; the capital turned into moved to Nairobi in 1899 whilst Machakos changed into through-surpassed via the Uganda Railway that was beneath construction. Technically Machakos is the oldest administrative municipality in east and primary Africa.

Prominent politicians from the city covered: Mwatu wa Ngoma, Paul Joseph Ngei, Mutisya Mulu and Jonstone Muthama. Also referred to as Kiamba, the town and county have been named after Masaku wa Munyati, an Akamba chief who arrived inside the area in 1816 from the location around Sultan Hamud.