Juja is a town in Kiambu County in Kenya. It is the home town for Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology. It is also a constituency in Kiambu county, currently represented in parliament by Hon Francis Munyua Waititu. The MCA is Kalpesh Jayantilal Shah whro represents the people of Juja Ward at the County Government. There are several industries in Juja, home to Juja Pulp and Paper which recycles brown paper. Star Plastics is another manafactuerer which makes water drums and other plastic products. Safari Stationers manufacturers of stationery products. Hydro Aluminum makers of aluminum profiles. Juja is also home to The Juja City Mall, Juja Preparatory School, Mang'u High School and parts of Thika superhighway. The town is located about 30 kilometers North of Nairobi between Thika and Ruiru towns. The Nairobi Business Park is found in the environs of this town. One should keep in mind that Juja is under the Nairobi Metropolitan Authority as envisaged in the Vision 2030 of Kenya. It has 156,041.
History of Juja Town
Private records from McMillan Memorial Library indicate that sometimes in 1900 when Lord William Northrop Macmillan arrived in Nairobi he was carrying two statues he had bought in West Africa. He had been told that one was Ju and the other was Ja and had been asked to preserve them – otherwise he would perish at sea. McMillan then settled on the road to Thika where he bought some 19,000 acres, at a time when nobody was allowed to own more than 5,000 acres. Privately, he attributed it to the powers of Ju and Ja idols and as a result he named the large expanse Ju-Ja Farm. Because of the numerous superstition that surrounded Juja Farm, it became a no-go zone and locals used to fear entry into a land they always heard had been jinxed. As a result, McMillan's wife took the two idols from the house and buried them in Ndarugu valley, near Thika Town. As a result, the name Juja started entering into annals of colonial history in Kenya and refused to give way to its former name ‘Weru wa Ndarugu’, the Ndarugu plains. Currently Juja Constituency is having 5 Wards namely Juja, Murera,Theta,Kalimoni and Witithie. Juja Ward has the highest population out of the 5 wards. Juja Ward has a lot of centers namely 1)Muchatha 2)Kanini Farm 3) Shalom 4)HardRock 5)Boma estate 6)Kay's 7) Murehma 8) Croton E 9) Riverside Kibii 10) Kipipiri 11) Mathare 12) Eastleigh 13) Mlandizi 14) Josephine's 15) Riverside Juja 16) Carnation 17) Orion 18) Greenfield 19) Joyland 20) United 21) Makena 22) Bomblast 23) Danemas 24) White house 25) Oasis 26)Kifariti 27) St Mary's 28) Woodland 29) Waroma 30)Mirimaini 31) Number4 32) George's 33) Munghetto 34) Ol Kaluo 35) Molo 36) Kisumu Ndogo 37) Westview 38) Kanawa 39) Chemi Chemi 40)Mashanani 41) Baba Martins 42) Gachororo Farmers 43) Kiaora 44) Nesco 45) Azania 46) St Paul's 47) Dam View 48)Titanic 49) Tumaini 50) Berea 51) Soko Gachororo 52) Gachororo 53)White line 54) Highpoint 55)County offices 56)Sunrise 57) Kareme 58) Cheers 59)Seagull 60) Marbles 61) Philo1 62)Mwangaza 63)
Juja also serves as the Main Headquarters to a couple of organisations such as Straight Security, a private security company that provides manned security all over Kenya, Senate Hotel, a 3 star Hotel, Glowbal TechXperts limited; A technology company owned by The Glowbal Group Holdings, The Ksh. 1.7 Billion Juja City Mall that is still under construction and Ruiru Juja Water and Sewerage Company, a service company that provides piped water and sewerage services to Ruiru, Juja and its environs within Kiambu County.
