Nkubu Secondary School
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Nkubu is a town located in Eastern Province
of Kenya
, 275 kilometers from Nairobi on the Nairobi-Meru road. It is the headquarters of the Imenti South District and falls in one of the most fertile and best watered parts of Africa, with tea, coffee and dairy farming as the main economic activities in the area. It is also the lead town in South Imenti, a beacon constituency.
Nkubu is the home of a Farmers Sacco. The South Imenti Tea Farmers Sacco is now a bank with the tallest building in East and Central Kenya. The building houses the Nkubu campus of Mount Kenya University.
The town is a trade hub with several businesses, and several banks: Equity Bank
, DTB Bank, Imperial Bank
, Family Bank, Cooperative bank, Kenya Commercial Bank
and the South Imenti Sacco Bank. There are two major hospitals, Nkubu Consolata Mission hospital and Kanyakine district hospital, four kilometres away.
The town is connected to surrounding towns, by tarmac to Chuka, Meru and Mikumbune towns, and the road to Mitunguu town is being tarmaced.
Education institutions in the town include Mount Kenya University, Nkubu High school, Nkubu Primary school, Stella Maris mission day and boarding primary school, Winners Academy, Kenrama Educational Centre, Nkubu Youth Polytechnic and Kaguru Agricultural Training Centre. The town is involved in commercial banana production.
The town is situated on the banks of the river Thingithu, which has its origins on Mount Kenya. Transport includes public service minibuses, taxis and bodaboda motorbikes.
Some of the estates in the town's outskirts include Kiigene, Kaguru and Muthaiga (Muguru).
Eastern Province (Kenya)
The Eastern Province of Kenya is one of seven regions of the country. Its northern boundary is with Ethiopia; the North Eastern Province and Coast Province lie to the east and south; and the remainder of Kenya's provinces, including Central Province, run along its western border. The provincial...
of Kenya
Kenya
Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...
, 275 kilometers from Nairobi on the Nairobi-Meru road. It is the headquarters of the Imenti South District and falls in one of the most fertile and best watered parts of Africa, with tea, coffee and dairy farming as the main economic activities in the area. It is also the lead town in South Imenti, a beacon constituency.
Nkubu is the home of a Farmers Sacco. The South Imenti Tea Farmers Sacco is now a bank with the tallest building in East and Central Kenya. The building houses the Nkubu campus of Mount Kenya University.
The town is a trade hub with several businesses, and several banks: Equity Bank
Equity Bank
Equity Bank is a financial services provider headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya. It is one of the forty-four commercial banks licensed by the Central Bank of Kenya, the national banking regulator. , Equity Bank had the largest customer base in Kenya, with over 5.7 million accounts...
, DTB Bank, Imperial Bank
Imperial Bank South Africa
Imperial Bank South Africa Limited, also referred to as Imperial Bank South Africa , but commonly known as Imperial Bank, is a commercial bank in the Republic of South Africa...
, Family Bank, Cooperative bank, Kenya Commercial Bank
Kenya Commercial Bank
Kenya Commercial Bank is a financial services provider headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya. , it was among the three largest commercial banks in Kenya with assets of more than US$2.65 billion , and shareholders capital valued at US$486 million . The other two large Kenyan commercial banks are Barclays...
and the South Imenti Sacco Bank. There are two major hospitals, Nkubu Consolata Mission hospital and Kanyakine district hospital, four kilometres away.
The town is connected to surrounding towns, by tarmac to Chuka, Meru and Mikumbune towns, and the road to Mitunguu town is being tarmaced.
Education institutions in the town include Mount Kenya University, Nkubu High school, Nkubu Primary school, Stella Maris mission day and boarding primary school, Winners Academy, Kenrama Educational Centre, Nkubu Youth Polytechnic and Kaguru Agricultural Training Centre. The town is involved in commercial banana production.
The town is situated on the banks of the river Thingithu, which has its origins on Mount Kenya. Transport includes public service minibuses, taxis and bodaboda motorbikes.
Some of the estates in the town's outskirts include Kiigene, Kaguru and Muthaiga (Muguru).