Overview of Kitui County
Kitui County is located 170Km to the South East of Nairobi City. It covers an area of about 30,496 km2. Kitui County shares its borders with seven counties;
Tharaka-Nithi and Meru to the north, Embu to the northwest, Machakos and Makueni to the west, Tana River to the east and southeast, and Taita-Taveta to the south.
History
The name Kitui means ‘a place where iron goods are made’. The Kamba iron-smiths who settled in the county many years before the colonial period are the ones who named the area Kitui.
