Kitui District was an administrative district in the Eastern Province of Kenya . Its capital was Kitui . The district had an area of 20,402 km.
5-481: Kitui District was created in 1895 as one of the original districts of Ukamba Province among, Ulu (then named Athi and later Machakos), and Kikuyu districts. The district remained as part of Ukamba Province until 1933, in Central Province until 1953, Southern Province until 1962, and Eastern Province after 1963. By the 2000s, Kitui District had three more districts created from it; Mutomo, Mwingi and Kyuso, all had
10-717: A population of 872,742. In 2010, after the promulgation of the new constitution of Kenya , counties were to be created based on the districts of Kenya that existed prior to 1992. This effectively led to the creation of Kitui County . The district had two local authorities: Kitui municipality and Kitui county council. Kitui district was divided into eight administrative divisions: Central (Kitui), Kabati, Chuluni, Mutitu, Mwitika, Mutomo ( Ikanga ), Ikutha and Yatta. The district had four constituencies: 0°22′S 38°01′E / 0.367°S 38.017°E / -0.367; 38.017 Eastern Province (Kenya) The Eastern Province ( Swahili : Mashariki ) of Kenya
15-633: The political wrangles in the Kenyan coalition government at the time. The sub-division of provinces was carried out in seven provinces of Kenya , excluding Nairobi . As of March 2013 after the Kenyan general election, 2013 , the Eastern Province was subdivided into eight counties, namely: The province was principally inhabited by the Meru , Kamba , Embu , and several pastoralist communities. In 1979, its population
20-520: Was 2.7 million; in 1999, 4,631,779 (according to the 1999 census) and in 2009 the province would have had a population of 5,668,123. In terms of area, it was the second largest province at (140,698.6 km ) in Kenya. Eastern Province of Kenya includes the Chalbi Desert , Mount Kenya , and the eastern half of Lake Turkana . The climate in the region is arid to semi-arid. Its most important permanent river
25-619: Was one of 8 Provinces of Kenya . Its northern boundary ran along with that of Ethiopia ; the North Eastern Province and Coast Province lay to the east and south; and the remainder of Kenya's provinces, including Central Province , ran along its western border. The provincial capital was Embu . On 16 July 2009, the province was sub-divided into three: Lower Eastern with Machakos as headquarters, Central Eastern with Embu as headquarters, and Upper Eastern with Marsabit as headquarters; however, those changes never took effect due to
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