Kyuso is a town and sub-county in

Kitui County Kitui County is one of the 47 counties of Kenya in the former Eastern Province of Kenya. Its capital and largest town is Kitui. Mwingi is also another major urban centre. The county has a population of about 1.2 million people (as of 2024)Ny ...

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. Before the 2009

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implemented

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, it was in the Eastern Province and was a division of

Mwingi District Mwingi District was a former district of Kenya, located in the now defunct Eastern Province. The district had a population of 303.828 (1999 census). Its capital was Mwingi town. Local people are mostly of the Akamba tribe. North of Mwingi town ...

Town and sub-county

Kyuso is one of the major towns of Kitui County. At the 2019 census, Kyuso sub-county had an area of and a population of 76,867, of whom 36,789 were male and 40,077 female.''2019 Kenya Housing and Population Census'' Volume 2: ''Distribution of Population by Administrative Units'', p. 15, downloadable fro
Kenya National Bureau of Statistics
The population is predominately

Kamba Kamba may refer to: *Kamba African Rainforest Experiences, a collection of eco-luxury lodges in the Republic of Congo *Kamba people of Kenya *Bena-Kamba, a community in the Democratic Republic of the Congo *Khampa, also spelled Kamba, Tibetan peop ...

and Tharaka people.Sammy Boniface Mwenga
"Safety preparedness of secondary schools in Kyuso District, Kenya"
thesis, Department of Educational Management, Policy and Curriculum Studies, Kenyatta University, 2012. It was formerly a division of

Mwingi Mwingi is a town in Kitui County in the Eastern Region of the Republic of Kenya. It had an urban population of 15,970 as per the 2009 census. The town is located along the A3 Road between Nairobi and Garissa, north of its county capital Kitui, a ...

District within the Eastern Province.Andrew Mude ''et al.'', ''Kenya Adaptation to Climate Change in the Arid Lands: Anticipating, Adapting to and Coping with Climate Risks in Kenya—Operational Recommendations for KACCAL'', ILRI Research Report 18, Nairobi: International Livestock Research Institute, 2007,
p. 109
Agnes M. Mugane
"The influence of social capital on women's political participation in local government: a case study of Mwingi District in Eastern Province, Kenya"
MA Thesis, University of Nairobi, 2009.

Economy

The majority of people in the area are farmers."Outcry Over Herders' Invasion in Kitui Farms"
Kenya News Agency, 22 May 2019. They face problems from

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and regional armed conflicts.Peter Musyo Syengo
"Effects of conflict on the delivery of social services. A case study of Kyuso District Eastern Kenya"
MA thesis, Conflict Resolution and Peace Building, Kampala International University, 2011.

Education

there were 20 secondary schools in Kyuso, all

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s, of which two were provincial schools and 18 district schools, with an average enrolment of 250. Two were for boys, three for girls and 15 co-educational.

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{{Reflist Populated places in Kitui County

Town and sub-county

Economy

Education

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