Laikipia County


Laikipia County is one of the 47 counties of Kenya, located on the Equator in the former Rift Valley Province of the country. Laikipia is a cosmopolitan county and is county number 31. The county has two major urban centres: Nanyuki to the southeast, and Nyahururu to the southwest. Its capital is Rumuruti. The County lies between latitudes 0o 18” South and 0 o 51” North and between longitude 36o 11” and 37o 24’ East. It borders Samburu County to the North, Isiolo County to the North East, Meru County to the East, Nyeri County to the South East, Nyandarua County to the South, Nakuru County to the South West and Baringo County to the West.
Economic activity in the county consists mainly of tourism and agriculture, chiefly grain crops, ranching and greenhouse horticulture.
The county encompasses the high, dry Laikipia Plateau, and has a cool, temperate climate with both rainy and dry seasons. The county borders Nyandarua, Nyeri, Samburu and Baringo counties.

Demographics

Laikipia county has a total population of 518,560 of which 259,440 are males, 259,102 females and 18 intersex persons. There are 149,271 household with an average household size of 3.4 persons per household and a population density 54 people per square kilometre.

Administrative and Political units

Administrative Units

There are five sub counties, fifteen county assembly wards, fifty two locations.

Sub-Counties

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Electoral constituencies

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Political Leadership

governor and replaced the first governor Joshua Irungu, He is deputised by . John Kinyua Nderitu is the senator and joined office in 2017 after replacing the first senator Godfrey Gitahi Kariuki. Catherine Wanjiku Waruguru is the second women representative to hold office after who was first elected in 2013.
For Laikipia County, the County Executive Committee comprises of:-
Number
The Governor1
The Deputy Governor1
The County Secretary1
The CEC Members10
Total13

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Members of Parliament 2017-2022 (Laikipia County)

The are 600 ECD centres 304 primary schools and 99 secondary schools. The county has also 4 teachers training colleges, 9 Youth Polytechnics, 94 adult training institutions and 2 universities.

Health

The are a total of 100 health facilities in the county with one county referral hospital. County has 883 health personnel of different cadre.
The HIV prevalence rate stands at 3.2 per cent.

Transport and Communication

The county is covered by 202.2 Km of road network. of this 77.0 km is covered by earth surface, 105.5 km is murram surface and 19.7 km is covered by bitumen.
There are 19 Post Offices with 2,299 installed letter boxes, 2,079 rented letter boxes and 220 vacant letter boxes.

Administrative divisions

The county has three constituencies: