Kyuso Explained
| Official Name: | Kyuso |
| Pushpin Map: | Kenya |
| Mapsize: | 200px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name: | Kenya |
| Subdivision Name1: | Eastern Province |
| Population As Of: | 2019 |
| Population Total: | 76,867 |
| Population Density Km2: | 30 |
| Timezone: | EAT |
| Utc Offset: | +3 |
| Coordinates: | -0.5567°N 38.2125°W |
Kyuso is a town and sub-county in Kitui County, Kenya. Before the 2009 Constitution of Kenya implemented counties, it was in the Eastern Province and was a division of Mwingi District.
Town and sub-county
Kyuso is one of the major towns of Kitui County.[1] At the 2019 census, Kyuso sub-county had an area of and a population of 76,867, of whom 36,789 were male and 40,077 female.[2] The population is predominately Kamba and Tharaka people.[3]
It was formerly a division of Mwingi District within the Eastern Province.[4] [5]
Economy
The majority of people in the area are farmers.[6] They face problems from drought,[4] [5] [7] [8] locusts[9] [10] and regional armed conflicts.[6] [11]
Education
there were 20 secondary schools in Kyuso, all boarding schools, of which two were provincial schools and 18 district schools, with an average enrolment of 250. Two were for boys, three for girls and 15 co-educational.[3]
See also
Notes and References
- https://kitui.go.ke/countygovt/about-kitui/#1567980082261-38d77069-1fb8 "About Kitui"
- 2019 Kenya Housing and Population Census Volume 2: Distribution of Population by Administrative Units, p. 15, downloadable from Kenya National Bureau of Statistics.
- Sammy Boniface Mwenga, "Safety preparedness of secondary schools in Kyuso District, Kenya", thesis, Department of Educational Management, Policy and Curriculum Studies, Kenyatta University, 2012.
- Andrew Mude et al., Kenya Adaptation to Climate Change in the Arid Lands: Anticipating, Adapting to and Coping with Climate Risks in Kenya—Operational Recommendations for KACCAL, ILRI Research Report 18, Nairobi: International Livestock Research Institute, 2007,, p. 109.
- Agnes M. Mugane, "The influence of social capital on women's political participation in local government: a case study of Mwingi District in Eastern Province, Kenya", MA Thesis, University of Nairobi, 2009.
- https://www.kenyanews.go.ke/kitui-senator-decries-wanton-crops-destruction-by-herders/ "Outcry Over Herders' Invasion in Kitui Farms"
- https://nation.africa/kenya/life-and-style/horizon/on-less-than-a-dollar-a-day-yet-smiling--629654 "On less than a dollar a day yet smiling"
- Johanna Koehler, Patrick Thomson and Robert Hope, "Mobilizing Payments for Water Service Sustainability", in: Evan A. Thomas, ed., Broken Pumps and Promises: Incentivizing Impact in Environmental Health, Cham: Springer International, 2016,, pp. 57–76.
- Linah Musangi, "Farmers worried as desert locusts invade Kitui county", The Star, 22 January 2020.
- https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-kenya-locusts-farmers-idUKKBN20D258 "'Nothing left': Kenyan mother's fields stripped by locust swarm"
- Peter Musyo Syengo, "Effects of conflict on the delivery of social services. A case study of Kyuso District Eastern Kenya", MA thesis, Conflict Resolution and Peace Building, Kampala International University, 2011.
