Marimanti Explained

Official Name:Marimanti
Other Name:Tharaka
Settlement Type:market town
Pushpin Map:Kenya
Coordinates:-0.1544°N 37.9761°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Kenya
Subdivision Type1:County
Subdivision Name1:Tharaka Nithi County
Subdivision Type2:Sub-county
Subdivision Name2:Tharaka South
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:EAT
Utc Offset:+3

Marimanti is a small market town in Tharaka South subcounty, of Tharaka-Nithi County, Kenya. The town formerly served as the Headquarters of Tharaka District, which was scrapped after the 2010 Constitution which replaced provincial administrative units with counties. River Kathita flows past the town.[1] Its market is the second largest in the county after that in Chuka.[2]

History

From 1998 to 2009, Marimanti (Tharaka) was the administrative headquarters of Tharaka District.[3]

In 2022, merchants at the Marimanti market organized a tax strike to protest the county government's failure to maintain toilet facilities at the market.

Facilities

There is a magistrate court in Marimanti.[4]

Facilities include Marimanti Hospital with a staff of 160.[5]

Notable people

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Marimanti . Mindat . https://web.archive.org/web/20230930151341/https://www.mindat.org/feature-10400158.html . 30 September 2023 . live .
  2. News: Njeru. Alex. Marimanti town traders stop paying taxes to protest lack of public toilets. Nation . 12 October 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221012124029/https://nation.africa/kenya/counties/tharaka-nithi-/marimanti-town-traders-stop-paying-taxes-to-protest-lack-of-public-toilets-3982566 . 12 October 2022 . live .
  3. Parliamentary Debates . Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard) . 2 November 2004 . 3965 .
  4. Web site: Marimanti Law Courts .
  5. Web site: About Marimanti: Marimanti Hospital . Friends of Marimanti . https://web.archive.org/web/20230723125606/https://www.friendsofmarimanti.org/about-marimanti . 23 July 2023 . live .