Machakos County is located about 30 minutes’ drive from Kenya's Capital City, Nairobi. The name Machakos was adopted from a famous Akamba seer known as Masaku who welcomed the British in Kambaland. Machakos was established in 1887 as the first administrative centre for the new British East Africa colony but later the capital was moved to Nairobi in 1889 since it by-passed the Uganda railway line. Others argue that the…

Travelling eastwards from the city of Nairobi, one soon enters the expansive heart of Ukambani; the traditional homeland of the Akamba People. The peaceful plains and occasional hills of this land are indeed a welcome sight after a stay in the busy bustle of Nairobi. Heading towards Kangundo, one soon begins to see rocky hills to the left and right. And it is one of these hills, some 50kms from…