Post Photos, Discussions, Developments and Constructions in the Towns of Machakos, Meru and Embu.^^

Machakos is a town in Kenya, 64 kilometres southeast of Nairobi. It is the capital of the Machakos District in Eastern Province of Kenya. Machakos town is a major rural centre, and also a satellite town due to its proximity to Nairobi.
Its population is rapidly growing and is 144,109 (as of 1999). People who live here are mostly the Akambas. Machakos is surrounded by hilly terrain, with a high number of family farms.
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Embu is a large town in Kenya, located approximately 120 kilometers (75 miles) northeast of Nairobi towards Mount Kenya. Embu serves as the provincial headquarters of Eastern Province in Kenya and is also the district headquarters of Embu District. Located on the southeastern slopes of Mount Kenya, the town of Embu has a population of 41,092 (as of 1999).
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Hotel Gardens, Embu, Kenya
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Macha.
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Meru, Kenya

Meru is a town in the Eastern part of Kenya. Meru town is headquarters of the Meru Central District in Eastern Province and the 8th largest City in Kenya. Meru forms a munipical council with a population of 140,900. Meru is located on the Kathita River, on the northeast slopes of Mount Kenya. It is situated about five miles north of the equator, at approximately 5,000 feet altitude, in an area of mixed forest and clearings, small towns, villages, and rural farms. and is mainly populated by people of the Meru Tribe.

The town is accessible by paved road, whether from the south around the east side of Mount Kenya, via Embu, or from the northwest around the west and north side of Mount Kenya, via Nanyuki and Timau (As of February As of 2004[update], the road to Meru via Nanyuki was still fairly rough). Meru District is a jumping-off place for Samburu and Buffalo Springs National Reserves and Lewa Downs, all some distance north of Meru, with Samburu and Buffalo Springs via Isiolo, and Meru National Park, to the northeast of Meru, via Maua in the Nyambeni Hills.

Meru Town is a business, agricultural and educational center for the northeast of Kenya. It has banks and hotels, markets and transportation terminals. Coffee, tea, timber, cattle, dairy products, "french" beans and many other products are produced in Meru District. In addition there are primary and secondary schools, including the Meru High School and Kaaga Girls School, two leading Kenyan secondary educational institutions. Emory University has a partnership with the Meru High School to share computers, books, and science equipment in memory of George Brumley. There are also technical schools, the Meru Technical Institute and the Meru College of Technology being the major ones. In addition, there are teacher training colleges and the recently developed Kenya Methodist University at Meru, known as KEMU

LIST OF HOTELS IN MERU TOWN

Hotel Incredible
Blue towers Hotel
White star Hotel
Three steers hotel
Meru County Hotel
Meru Safari Hotel

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Machakos Plains
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Map of Machakos
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^^nice picture love it:cheers:

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Highway through Meru countryside.:)

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thanks for posting Meru I grew up there and from what a heard theres some serious growth

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Machakos from kilima kimwe

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^^ These are private photos... change setting to public :)

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i'm half embuvian, +1 for recognizin eastern province's capital

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Meru town.

Finally got time to visit this place after a long time. :)

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Mwitu Centre: This is Meru towns main mall, Nakumatt is the anchor store here.

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Meru is starting to see glass clad buildings going up all over town.

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Its also clean

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Its also clean

They are trying. I love the landscaping along the streets though. :)

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Some new apartments.

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Students hostel blocks under construction, Chuka University.

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Tharaka Nithi

Garang please post pictures that are relevant to the subject of the thread. I sometimes find your posts to be really random.

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Tharaka Nithi

dude I like the post got to love them haters.

dude I like the post got to love them haters.

Maybe he should have started an off road thread for that pic. Nothing to do with the built environment. Just noticed that a couple of his pics show vehicles driving through challenging terrain/road sections hence my suggestion.

dude I like the post got to love them haters.

Nobody is hating.If one has nothing better to post don't do it here.That applies especially to both of you.

Nobody is hating.If one has nothing better to post don't do it here.That applies especially to both of you.

uta do?

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^^
Looks like pictures taken around Chuka on the highway B6 near the infamous Nithi bridge. Personally hate driving through those bends.

Again, there is a roads thread for such pictures. Just my opinion.