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In 1901, John Dawson Ainsworth, the first sub-commissioner in charge, followed the railway to establish a new town at Mile 327, the name adopted by railway engineers for Nairobi. [4] Ainsworth, began to entice settlers to come to Nairobi. One of the earliest settlers who was lured by Ainsworth was Sandbach Baker.
Riruta, also known as Riruta Satellite, is a settlement in the Dagoretti area of Nairobi. It is approximately 9.4 kilometres (5.8 mi) west of the central business district of Nairobi. [1] [2] [3] PC Kinyanjui Technical Training Institute, a public, technical institute is located in Riruta. [4]
The Nairobi Hospital was established to replace the smaller older Nairobi European Hospital (1902), that had become too small, as the new European Hospital. [5] The institution was officially opened on 9 April 1954, as an exclusively European Hospital, in Kenya, which was then a colony of the United Kingdom.
Gachie is a locality in Kihara ward, Kiambaa constituency, Kiambu county.It is located in Kenya's Kiambu County approximately 14 kilometres (9 mi) from the Nairobi CBD. It neighbors the affluent Nyari Estate.
The Nairobi Railway Museum is a railway museum in Nairobi, Kenya, adjacent to Nairobi railway station. Containing exhibits from the defunct East African Railways, it was opened in 1971 by East African Railways and Harbours Corporation. It is operated by Kenya Railways. [1] An unusual exhibit at the museum. The museum has maintained its rail ...
The Kasarani neighbourhood is located along Thika Road, approximately 12 kilometres (7.5 mi), by road, northeast of Nairobi's central business district. [2]The greater Kasarani area has other suburbs domiciled within it and shares common boundaries with what was known as Kasarani Division prior to 2013.
His son Samuel Nuthu Kega served as Councillor of Mahiga Ward for 5 years. Others are Gibson Kamau Kuria, a prominent Nairobi Lawyer and Mary Wambüi Münene, a former (and the only female thus far) Othaya MP from 2013 to 2017. Othaya forms a town council, which has five wards: Kanyange, Kianganda, Nduye River, Nyamari and Thuti.
Mau Summit is located at the junction of the Kisumu-Ahero-Kericho-Mau Summit Road (B1) and the Nakuru-Eldoret Road (A104). This is approximately 50 kilometres (31 mi), by road, northeast of Kericho, where the county headquarters are located. [3]