Maai Mahiu is a town in Kenya's Nakuru County. The name means "hot water" in native Kikuyu, but another derivative could be "me'imayu", meaning impassable in Maasai.
Maai Mahiu has a train station as well as an inland container depot on the Nairobi–Malaba Standard Gauge Railway, which was inaugurated in October 2019.[1][2]
The Kenya government has established a 50-acre Special Economic Zone in Maai Mahiu,[3] to facilitate investment in the region, in financial, hospitality, retail, and recreational facilities.
View of Mai Mahiu in 2013
In April 2024, a dam burst nearby killed some 40 persons in the village of Kamuchiri.[4][5][6]
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Retrieved 18 October 2019. "Investors eye 50-acre Special Economic Zone in Mai-Mahiu". The Star. Retrieved 2024-04-03. "Kenya dam bursts: More than 40 killed...
April: 2024 MaiMahiu flash flood: At least 50 people are killed after a railway embankment collapses due to heavy rains near MaiMahiu, Nakuru County...
previous month that killed over 110 people. Casualties came from the town of MaiMahiu, where another 84 people were reported missing, and 109 people were hospitalized...
morning hours of Monday, 29 April 2024, a railway embankment failed near MaiMahiu, with the resulting flood killing an additional 42 people. Residents were...
total population of 110,963 (2009 census). It is located along the B3 MaiMahiu-Narok-Kisii road. Bomet city is one of the eight sister cities to Milwaukee...
Town Council 21,385 Baringo 81. Hola Municipality 20,912 Tana River 82. MaiMahiu Other Centre 20,823 Nakuru 83. Rongo Municipality 20,688 Migori 84. Oyugis...
142 9 Molo Town 40,651 60 Gilgil Town 35,293 69 Njoro Town 23,551 82 MaiMahiu Town 11,230 112 Subukia Town 7,309 139 Dundori Town 5,221 166 Salgaa Town...
kilometres (34 mi) from the lower Ngong hills area ("Kibiku") to the Mutarakwa MaiMahiu road, and falls under the Kikuyu/Kabete and Limuru constituencies. The...
passes through the town, reducing distance from Nakuru to Narok by 80 km. "MaiMahiu-Narok road to reopen on Tuesday- KeNHA". Nairobi News. 2023-05-02. Retrieved...
earthquake.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2019-11-18. "A Midelt, plusieurs maisons touchées mais pas de victime après le séisme du 17 novembre". Telquel.ma (in French). Retrieved...
12 people died when a bus collided with a trailer along the Naivasha-MaiMahiu Road April 30 - Dick Wathika (PNU) is set to lose his parliamentary seat...
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