Kikuyuni is a settlement in

Kenya Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country located in East Africa. With an estimated population of more than 52.4 million as of mid-2024, Kenya is the 27th-most-populous country in the world and the 7th most populous in Africa. ...

Coast Province The Coast Province () was one of Kenya's eight provinces prior to 2010. It covered the entire country's coastline on the Indian Ocean. Its capital city was Mombasa. It was inhabited by the Mijikenda and Swahili peoples, among others. The provin ...

. It was named after immigrant Kikuyu who converted to Islam in the early twentieth century and intermarried with Swahili residents near Malindi.Malindi Commission, App VII p. 57

References

Malindi Commission of Inquiry, Report, 22 December 1916, British National Archives CO 533 180 Populated places in Coast Province {{CoastKE-geo-stub