1°40′S 36°51′E / 1.667°S 36.850°E / -1.667; 36.850 Isinya is a town in Kajiado County , Kenya . Isinya, located at -1.67 latitude, 36.85 longitude, is 58 km south of Nairobi and 19 km north of Kajiado , the capital of the district.
5-565: The town of Isinya is situated along the Nairobi-Arusha highway . It has a population of 8,670. Isinya has a private airfield called Orly Air Park, often mistakenly thought to be named after Orly Airport in Paris. The name Orly is actually short for the name of area where the airfield is based, Olooloitikosh. It also serves as recreational air park that prides itself as THE HOME OF SPORT AVIATION IN KENYA. . Some pilots and aviation schools prefer
10-535: The airfield over Wilson Airport in Nairobi, due to lower costs. The mineral gypsum is mined in this area. Several facilities exist in the area including: San Toki Country Resorts is located in Isinya along the pipeline road 5 Kilometers from Isinya Town and 32 Kilometers from Kiserian . In Birika area there is also Olooloitikoshi Delights Kiserian a country lodge that offers accommodation and conference facilities in
15-589: The area in close proximity to Orly Airpark. A nearby town Kiserian A104 road (Kenya) The Nairobi–Malaba Road , also Nairobi–Uganda Road or A104 Road (Kenya) is a major highway in Kenya , the largest economy in the East African Community . The road connects Nairobi , the capital and largest city in Kenya, with the border town of Malaba at the international border with Uganda . The road starts in
20-567: The city of Nairobi and takes a general north-westerly direction through Naivasha , Nakuru , Eldoret and Bungoma , to end at Malaba , a distance of approximately 447 kilometres (278 mi) The coordinates of this road in the city of Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County are: 0°30'23.0"N, 35°17'57.0"E (Latitude:0.506389; Longitude:35.299167). This road, together with the Nairobi–Mombasa Road , are part of The Great North Road , which connects
25-518: The landlocked countries of Burundi , Eastern DR Congo , Rwanda , Uganda and South Sudan to the Kenyan coast at Mombasa , on the Indian Ocean . Due to a high volume of traffic, and the concentration of heavy-duty transport vehicles, the route is accident-prone, accounting for a large number of injuries and fatalities in the region. In 2013 alone, 3,179 people lost their lives in traffic accidents on
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