Mashuuru
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Mahuuru town is a small shopping centre in Kjiado County in the Greater Rift Valley Province in Kenya. It is located about 70 Kilometers South East of Kajiado Town which is the Administrative town of Kajiado County. Mashuuru started at around 1940's before independence and during the colonial time. It is currently the Headquarters of Mashuuru Sub County. Its catchment Population (Mashuuru District) is about 35,666 (1999 Population Census).
It is home to Mahuuru Primary School which is one of the oldest schools in Kajiado County being founded around 1940s. Evidence of old building structures built in the 1940s still exist in the town specifically in Mashuuru Primary School. Mashuuru Secondary School is also another key identifying element of Mashuuru, constructed at around 1980s. It is one of the schools in the county that are built using the modern technology housing designs.
At the center of the Town exists a magnificent rock inhabited by huge lizards and bees. At the top of the Rock, you can enjoy a spectacular view of the shopping center.
The DCs offices and Public Administration housing units are also a key identifying feature of the town. Its building design and architecture share the same as those of Mashuuru Secondary School.
Olkeriai River is also a significant natural feature that identifies the town. The River is a seasonal river just a few meters from the town. It is currently a major source of income for the people of Mashuuru District as it is rich in sand soil that is used for construction works. The sand is benefiting places as far as Nairobi City.
Mashuuru is home to various national and international leaders as well as senior public servants in the government of the day including the current Director of Public Prosecution Keriako Tobiko, East Africa Legislature Member Hon Judith Pareno and Kajiado East Member of Parliament Hon Peris Tobiko among others.
Apart from its picturesque landscape of protuberant hills, the culture of the maasai people overarch everything here. The traditional mode of dressing is a norm in the town. Cultural ceremonies of the Maasai people are performed different times over the years around the place. Astride its outskirts is teaming nature of diverse wildlife including zebras, giraffes, gazelles, wildebeests that are cohabitating peacefully with the local people especially in the plateaus of the land, and various species of monkeys that are common along the Olkeriai River.
It is home to Mahuuru Primary School which is one of the oldest schools in Kajiado County being founded around 1940s. Evidence of old building structures built in the 1940s still exist in the town specifically in Mashuuru Primary School. Mashuuru Secondary School is also another key identifying element of Mashuuru, constructed at around 1980s. It is one of the schools in the county that are built using the modern technology housing designs.
At the center of the Town exists a magnificent rock inhabited by huge lizards and bees. At the top of the Rock, you can enjoy a spectacular view of the shopping center.
The DCs offices and Public Administration housing units are also a key identifying feature of the town. Its building design and architecture share the same as those of Mashuuru Secondary School.
Olkeriai River is also a significant natural feature that identifies the town. The River is a seasonal river just a few meters from the town. It is currently a major source of income for the people of Mashuuru District as it is rich in sand soil that is used for construction works. The sand is benefiting places as far as Nairobi City.
Mashuuru is home to various national and international leaders as well as senior public servants in the government of the day including the current Director of Public Prosecution Keriako Tobiko, East Africa Legislature Member Hon Judith Pareno and Kajiado East Member of Parliament Hon Peris Tobiko among others.
Apart from its picturesque landscape of protuberant hills, the culture of the maasai people overarch everything here. The traditional mode of dressing is a norm in the town. Cultural ceremonies of the Maasai people are performed different times over the years around the place. Astride its outskirts is teaming nature of diverse wildlife including zebras, giraffes, gazelles, wildebeests that are cohabitating peacefully with the local people especially in the plateaus of the land, and various species of monkeys that are common along the Olkeriai River.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 2°6'17"S 37°7'40"E
- Konza/Malili ICT CITY 49 km
- Kajiado 51 km
- Malili 61 km
- Milimani Estate, Kitengela 73 km
- Athi River EPZ 74 km
- Athi River 78 km
- NMC Industrial Park 81 km
- olnchoro nyori 88 km
- Nkoroi 92 km
- Kiserian 93 km
- Kyumvi Hill 60 km
- Kitengela 68 km
- Checkpoint Ololoitikosh 71 km
- Athi River (Mavoko) 76 km
- NPC Community Estate 77 km
- Nairobi National Park 85 km
- Ongata Rongai 89 km
- Ol Esakut 93 km
- Ngong Hills 94 km
- Ngong 96 km
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