Kitui District
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Kitui District is an administrative district in the Eastern Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Kitui. The district has a population of 515,422 (1999 census) and an area of 20,402 sq km [1].
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[edit] Government
The district has two local authorities: Kitui municipality and Kitui county council.
Kitui district is divided into eight administrative divisions: Central (Kitui), Kabati, Chuluni, Mutitu, Mwitika, Mutomo (Ikanga), Ikutha and Yatta.
The district has four constituencies: Kitui West, Kitui Central, Kitui South and Mutito.
[edit] People
Local people are mostly of the Akamba tribe.
[edit] Climate
The climate is semi-arid; it receives roughly 71 cm (28 inches). A significant point however is that rainfall occurs practically only during the rainy seasons (one long around May and June, and one short, around September and October).
[edit] Education
There are some private secondary schools in the area, however, there are no technical centers of higher learning (known to this editor) in Kitui District.
[edit] Economy
The vast majority of the economy is based on sustenance farming, despite the fact that the agriculture is an extremely challenging endeavor giving the sporadic rainfall. A logical move therefore would be a transition to non-agricultural industries.
During a recent, informal survey of the businesses in the town of Ikutha in southern Kitui District, the following businesses were identified:
- Butcheries
- Food Staples (rice, corn meal)
- Mini-markets (sells things like Coca-cola, potatoes chips, bread, long-shelf milk)
- Mechanics
- Pubs
- Hotel and Restaurant
[edit] External links
- http://www.kitui.com/
- http://www.aridland.go.ke/districts.asp?DistrictID=16
- http://www.reliefweb.int/library/documents/2006/govt-ken-kitui-31jul.pdf
[edit] Industries
Situated in Kitui town is a cotton ginnery where cotton farmers from around the district can deliver their harvest.However low prices and delay of payments in the recent past has discouraged farmers.
There is also a honey refinery THE KITUI HONEY PRODUCTS sitiated outside the town,where beekeepers can sell their honey.
