Kiganjo

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Kiganjo
Kiganjo
Location of Kiganjo in Kenya
Coordinates: 0°14′S 37°00′E / 0.23°S 37°E / -0.23; 37Coordinates: 0°14′S 37°00′E / 0.23°S 37°E / -0.23; 37
Country Kenya
Province Central Province
Time zone EAT (UTC+3)

Kiganjo is a settlement in Kenya's Central Province. It hosts the Kenya Police College[1] which is Kenya's main college for police training. Kiganjo also hosts one of the Kenya Cooperative Creameries KCC (now New KCC)[2] and a milk depot for the Brookside Milk Company[3] (at Chaka). Kiganjo sits at the junction of roads from Nairobi (A2), Nyeri (B5) and also hosts a railway station on the northern arm of the Kenyan Railway System.

Athletics

Kiganjo Kenya Police College has long hosted the first Kenyan High Altitude Athletics Training Camp where famous athletes such as Kipchoge Keino and Ben Jipcho started their Golden athletics careers.

Sagana Lodge

Sagana Lodge, once a royal residence, is located in Kiganjo.

Notable people

References

  1. ↑ Kenya Police Website http://www.kenyapolice.go.ke/
  2. ↑ New Kenya Cooperative Creameries website http://www.newkcc.co.ke/
  3. ↑ Brookside Milk Compaany website http://www.brookside.co.ke/


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