Kyuso

Kyuso
Kyuso
Coordinates: 0°33′24″S 38°12′45″E
Country	Kenya
Province	Eastern Province
Population  (2019)
• Total	76,867
• Density	30/km^2 (80/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (EAT)
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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.[2] At the 2019 census, Kyuso sub-county had an area of 2,525 square kilometres (975 sq mi) and a population of 76,867, of whom 36,789 were male and 40,077 female.[1] 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

As of 2012^[update] 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

• List of volcanoes in Kenya

References

1. 2019 Kenya Housing and Population Census Volume 2: Distribution of Population by Administrative Units, p. 15, downloadable from Kenya National Bureau of Statistics.
2. "About Kitui", Kitui County, retrieved 4 April 2023.
3. Sammy Boniface Mwenga, "Safety preparedness of secondary schools in Kyuso District, Kenya", thesis, Department of Educational Management, Policy and Curriculum Studies, Kenyatta University, 2012.
4. 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, ISBN 92-9146-246-2, p. 109.
5. 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.
6. "Outcry Over Herders' Invasion in Kitui Farms", Kenya News Agency, 22 May 2019.
7. "On less than a dollar a day yet smiling", Nation, 7 April 2010, updated 21 June 2020.
8. 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, ISBN 978-3-319-28641-9, pp. 57–76.
9. Linah Musangi, "Farmers worried as desert locusts invade Kitui county", The Star, 22 January 2020.
10. "'Nothing left': Kenyan mother's fields stripped by locust swarm", Reuters, 19 February 2020.
11. 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.