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Membley Estate is an upper middle-class suburb located near Nairobi, in the South-Western Ruiru Municipal area of Kiambu County. The suburb is located a short distance from
Kenyatta University Kenyatta University (KU) is a public university with its main campus in Nairobi, Kenya. It acquired the status of university in 1985, being the third university after University of Nairobi (1970) and Moi University (1984). As of October 2014, it ...
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Kamakis Kamakis (or Kamaki's) is an area located along the Nairobi Eastern Bypass Highway. Often referred to as "Nairobi's Nyama Choma Belt", the area is administratively in Ruiru, Kiambu County which by extension falls within the greater Nairobi Metro ...
and Tatu City some 1.5 Kilometers from the Thika Road. The Membley Baptist, St. Lucia Catholic Church and ACK St Mathew's Membley Churches are found within this locality.


Administration

Membley falls within the Ruiru Municipality Area (chartered in 2018) and hitherto the Nairobi Metropolitan Area. Administratively, the area falls within the Gitothua electoral ward of
Ruiru Constituency Ruiru is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of the twelve constituencies in Kiambu County. It has two sub-counties; Githurai and Ruiru. Its current Member of Parliament is Hon. Kingara, Simon Nganga elected on United Democratic Allian ...
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Kiambu County Kiambu County is a county in the former Central Province of Kenya. Its capital is Kiambu and its largest town is Thika town. Kiambu County is the second most populous county in Kenya after Nairobi County. Kiambu County borders Nairobi and Kaji ...
. The area is also domiciled within what was formerly
Thika District Thika District is a former administrative district in the Central Province of Kenya. Its capital town was Thika. The district was adjacent to the northeastern border of Nairobi. The district had a population of 645.71 In 2010, the district was abs ...
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Education

Educational institutions within the estate include Danjose Academy, Focus Academy, Top Talents Academy, St. Beautah School, Fine Care Kindergarten, Membley High School and Ruiru Peak Academy


Transport

Membley is served by the
Nairobi Eastern Bypass Highway The Nairobi Eastern Bypass Highway is a road in Kenya, forming a semi-circle through the south-eastern and north-eastern neighbourhoods of the capital city of Nairobi. The road allows traffic from Mombasa, destined for the central parts of Ken ...
, Nairobi Northern Bypass Highway, and Thika Road.


References

{{Reflist Kiambu County Populated places in Central Province (Kenya)