Marimanti

Marimanti

Marimanti

Market town in Tharaka Nithi County, Kenya

Marimanti is a small market town in Tharaka South subcounty, of Tharaka-Nithi County, Kenya. The intermittent stream, Kararu, flows past the town.[1] Its market is the second largest in the county after that in Chuka.[2]

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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.[2]

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. [1]
    "Marimanti". Mindat. Archived from the original on 30 September 2023.
  2. [2]
    Njeru, Alex (12 October 2022). "Marimanti town traders stop paying taxes to protest lack of public toilets". Nation. Archived from the original on 12 October 2022.
  3. [3]
    "Parliamentary Debates". Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard): 3965. 2 November 2004.
  4. [4]
    "Marimanti Law Courts".
  5. [5]
    "About Marimanti: Marimanti Hospital". Friends of Marimanti. Archived from the original on 23 July 2023.
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