Nyandarua
| Nyandarua County | |||
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Aberdare Ranges in Nyandarua County
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 Location in Kenya |
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 Kenya
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| Formed | March 4th 2013 | ||
| Capital | Ol Kalou | ||
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| • Governor | Daniel Waithaka | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 3,107.7 km2 (1,199.9 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2009) | |||
| • Total | 596,268 | ||
| Time zone | EAT (UTC+3) | ||
| Website | nyandarua.go.ke | ||
Nyandarua County is a County in the former Central Province of Kenya. Its capital and largest town is Ol Kalou. Formerly the capital was Nyahururu, which is now part of the Laikipia County. Nyandarua County has population of 596,268 and an area of 3,304 km². The county is located on the northwestern part of the old Central Province, and contains the Aberdare Ranges.
The county was split into two in 2007: Nyandarua North District and Nyandarua South District. However with the promulgation in 2010 of new constitution, these have been re-organised as sub counties of Nyandarua County . Daniel Waithaka was elected the first governor of the County 2013 General Election, .
The county has five constituencies and 25 wards
Nyandarua is serviced by several government hospitals; Nyahururu, Ngano. Ol Kalou district hospital. Mission hospital funded by church and NGO, Dispensary i.e.Milangine Health Centre and numbers of private hospital.
County hospitals receive patients from all over the county and in case of referral refer them to Nakuru or Nyeri provincial hospital and then to Kenyatta National Hospital
The county is represented in by 25 elected ward representatives 5 MPs,a Women representative, a Senator and a Governor.
In 2013 presidential election the county voter voted for Uhuru Kenyatta with 237,975 a 99% of valid votes
Current Members of parliament from constituencies in the county are;
They were three candidate for governorship during 2013 election
Children in Nyandarua can access school with ease. Schools are normally situated a walking distance mostly of less than 3 km (for primary school and high school) with a large number of public and private schools. For tertiary education they are a number of colleges and polytechnic but no university.
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