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[[File:Kapenguria Bible College.jpg|alt=Recreation center, conference facility|thumb|Kapenguria Bible Centre, a key point of interest in Kapenguria Town.]] |
[[File:Kapenguria Bible College.jpg|alt=Recreation center, conference facility|thumb|Kapenguria Bible Centre, a key point of interest in Kapenguria Town.]] |
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'''Kapenguria''' is a town |
'''Kapenguria''' is a town in Kenya. It is the capital and largest urban center of [[West Pokot District|West Pokot County]]. The town lies north east of [[Kitale]] on the [[A1 road (Kenya)|A1 road]] in [[Kenya]]. Kapenguria forms a municipality with a population of 40,751 as per the 2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census<ref>{{cite report |author=Kenya National Bureau of Statistics |author-link= |authors= |date=December 2019 |title=2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census; Volume II: Distribution of Populationn by Administrative Units |url=https://www.knbs.or.ke/download/2019-kenya-population-and-housing-census-volume-ii-distribution-of-population-by-administrative-units/ |publisher=Kenya National Bureau of Statistics |page=131 |docket= |access-date=14 April 2023 |quote=}}</ref>. |
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Kapenguria municipality has seven wards (Chemwochoi, Kaibos, Kapenguria, Keringet/Psigirio, Kisiaunet, Siyoi and Talau). All of them belong to Kapenguria Constituency, which has a total of 23 wards, the remaining 15 are located within other local authorities.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Electoral Commission of Kenya |url=http://www.eck.or.ke/downloads/pollingcentres.pdf |title=Registration centres by electoral area and constituency |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081029191208/http://www.eck.or.ke/downloads/pollingcentres.pdf |archive-date=2008-10-29 |url-status=dead}}</ref> |
Kapenguria municipality has seven wards (Chemwochoi, Kaibos, Kapenguria, Keringet/Psigirio, Kisiaunet, Siyoi and Talau). All of them belong to Kapenguria Constituency, which has a total of 23 wards, the remaining 15 are located within other local authorities.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Electoral Commission of Kenya |url=http://www.eck.or.ke/downloads/pollingcentres.pdf |title=Registration centres by electoral area and constituency |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081029191208/http://www.eck.or.ke/downloads/pollingcentres.pdf |archive-date=2008-10-29 |url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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==Economy== |
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==Points of interest== |
==Points of interest== |
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===Kapenguria Museum=== |
===Kapenguria Museum=== |
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Kapenguria is home to the [[Kapenguria museum]] in the [[prison]] where [[Jomo Kenyatta]] was incarcerated in 1953 for his alleged role in the [[Mau Mau Rebellion]]. |
Kapenguria is home to the [[Kapenguria museum]] in the [[prison]] where [[Jomo Kenyatta]] was incarcerated in 1953 for his alleged role in the [[Mau Mau Rebellion]]. |
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==Education== |
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Kapenguria town is a local educational hub with campuses of the University of Nairobi as well as Kisii University. Other tertiary institution located within the town include, a Kenya Medical Training College, West Pokot Teachers Training College and Pokot Technical Training Center among others. |
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==Health== |
==Health== |
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Revision as of 08:18, 16 April 2023
Kapenguria is a town in Kenya. It is the capital and largest urban center of West Pokot County. The town lies north east of Kitale on the A1 road in Kenya. Kapenguria forms a municipality with a population of 40,751 as per the 2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census[1].
Kapenguria municipality has seven wards (Chemwochoi, Kaibos, Kapenguria, Keringet/Psigirio, Kisiaunet, Siyoi and Talau). All of them belong to Kapenguria Constituency, which has a total of 23 wards, the remaining 15 are located within other local authorities.[2]
Economy
Points of interest
Saiwa Swamp National Park
The Saiwa Swamp National Park is located some 25 kilometres south of Kapenguria off the road to Kitale.
Kapenguria Museum
Kapenguria is home to the Kapenguria museum in the prison where Jomo Kenyatta was incarcerated in 1953 for his alleged role in the Mau Mau Rebellion.
Education
Kapenguria town is a local educational hub with campuses of the University of Nairobi as well as Kisii University. Other tertiary institution located within the town include, a Kenya Medical Training College, West Pokot Teachers Training College and Pokot Technical Training Center among others.
Health
The town hosts the Kapenguria County Referral Hospital which is the main health facility in West Pokot county.[3]
Notable personalities
Kapenguria is the home of Tegla Loroupe, world-record-holder in the marathon, half-marathon, 20,000-metre, 15,000-metre and 10,000-metre races. She holds annual Peace Race races here, to bring peace among the eight tribes in the West Pokot area.
This is the location of the Tegla Loroupe Peace Academy, founded to provide education for orphans from the tribal wars.
See also
References
- ^ Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (December 2019). 2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census; Volume II: Distribution of Populationn by Administrative Units (Report). Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. p. 131. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
{{cite report}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|authors=(help) - ^ "Registration centres by electoral area and constituency" (PDF). Electoral Commission of Kenya. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-10-29.
- ^ "Kapenguria County Referral Hospital Changing Lives". Kenya News Agency. Nairobi. 26 May 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
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