Investing in Kirinyaga County

Kirinyaga County is a county in the former Central Province of Kenya. Its capital is Kerugoya and its largest town is Wanguru. In 2019, the county had a population of 610,411[1] and an area of 1,478.1 km2. The county is bordered to the east and south by Embu County, to the south by a tiny part of Machakos County, to the southwest by Murang’a County and to the northwest by Nyeri County.

Kirinyaga County covers an area of 1,478.1 square kilometres and lies between 1,158 metres and 5,380 metres above sea level in the South and at the Peak of Mt. Kenya respectively. It is endowed with a forest cover of 350.7 Km2 and is inhabited by a variety of wildlife including elephants, buffaloes, monkeys, bushbucks and colourful birds while the lower parts of the forest zone provide grazing land for livestock. The county has six major rivers which drain into the Tana River.

Kirinyaga county is an agrarian county that grows some of the best coffee in the world, tea and best aromatic rice in the East Africa region. Moreover, the county boasts of agricultural exports such as horticulture and macadamia.

Kirinyaga is literally translated as the dwelling place of God in Kikuyu language. Kirinyaga county is situated at the foot of Mt. Kenya where traditionally the kikuyu community offered their prayers to God. It is thus a symbolic county culturally, religiously and economically. With the sessional paper titled “The Mountain Cities Blueprint” being developed by Her Excellency Governor Waiguru, Kirinyaga is set to become the health, wellness, organic and resort hub of the world by 2032.

Why Kirinyaga county

Conducive Climatic Conditions

Modern Infrastructure

Skilled Human Resource

Investor friendly

Investment Opportunities

Agriculture

Agriculture is the backbone of the county with it producing over 65 percent of the total earnings. There are two main categories of crops food crops and industrial crops and the last category being horticulture. Food crops include maize, sorghum, finger millet, rice, beans, peas, grams, cassava, s/potato, and arrowroots.

Transport and Communication

The county is covered by 4,451.3 km of road network. of this 1,308.90 km is covered by earth surface, 2,792.25 is covered by gravel, 939.32 km is murram surface and 307.5 km is covered by bitumen. There are 14 Post Offices with 8,400 installed letter boxes, 6,969 rented letter boxes and 1,431 vacant letter boxes.

Manufacturing

Due to high demand for locally manufactured goods, regional markets are accessible for Kenya’s manufactured goods owing to its membership to two key regional economic blocs the East African Community (EAC) and Common Market for East and Southern Africa (COMESA).

Real Estate

With the region’s rapidly growing infrastructure, focusing on real estate and construction is a lucrative industry to invest in if you find solace in settling people in better and improved homes and businesses.

Information Communication Technology

Kenya has become the global technology hub of choice when it comes to attracting the strategic business activities of ICT companies in emerging markets.

Financial Services

Financial services is probably the only industry that has high chances of returning on investment in each and every sector, from banks to construction, manufacturing among others.

For more information visit Kirinyaga County Website