Kitui is county no?

Well, the last time I checked, Kitui is county number 15. That is why  you see Kitui county government vehicle number plates start with ‘015 CG’ meaning that it is county number 15. That is also why you find the Kitui governor vehicle number plate being GVN 015 – meaning that it is for county number 15.

The whole thing is under a scheme where Mombasa is county number 001 and Nairobi County Number 047 – with all the counties falling in between.

The Kitui county in question here is based on the original Kitui district, which encompassed both the Kitui and Mwingi regions of Ukambani. So you find that the Kitui county constituencies are based on Kitui region (Kitui Central, Kitui East, Kitui West, Kitui Rural and Kitui South) as well as Mwingi Region (Mwingi Central, Mwingi East, Mwingi West, Mwingi North). There are those who are of the view that there should have been a separate Mwingi county under those circumstances… but that is a story for another day.

What is not in doubt is the fact that Kitui is a very big county, covering more than 30,000 square kilometers, which makes it bigger than some nations. In Kenya, Kitui is probably the biggest non-pastrolist county, but I could be wrong. The county stretches from as far as Athi town (on the Kibwezi Mutomo town,where it borders Makueni) all the way to past Ukasi town on the Garissa road where it borders Tanariver and all the way to past Tseikuru where it borders Tharaka Nithi…

Kitui’s first governor was Dr Julius Malombe, who was deputized by Penina Malonza. The pair were voted out during the 2017 election, with Charity Kaluki Ngilu coming in as the second governor of Kitui, deputized by Dr Wathe Nzau from Mwingi.

Kitui (county number 15) is a member of the South Eastern Kenya economic bloc, which brings together the three ukambani counties of Kitui, Machakos and Makueni.

Kitui (county number 15) borders Machakos, Makueni, Tanariver and Tharaka Nithi counties among others.