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 km² [1].
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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:
People
Local people are mostly of the Akamba tribe.
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).
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.
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
External links
- http://www.aridland.go.ke/districts.asp?DistrictID=16
- http://www.reliefweb.int/library/documents/2006/govt-ken-kitui-31jul.pdf
Industries
Situated in Kitui town is a cotton ginnery where cotton farmers from around the district can deliver their harvest. It is the only major industry in the region, and was set up way back in 1935. Kitui is a semi-arid region and not many crops fare well there apart from cotton, hence the Ginnery plays a major role creating income for the many cotton farmers in the region.
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