Ndeiya or Ndeiya ng'ombe is a region on the northeastern border of Central Province

Central Province (Kenya)

Kenya's Central Province covers an area of 13,191 km² and is located to north of Nairobi and west of Mt. Kenya. The province had 4,383,743 inhabitants according to the 2009 census...

, 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...

. Ndeiya is near the Great Rift Valley

Great Rift Valley

The Great Rift Valley is a name given in the late 19th century by British explorer John Walter Gregory to the continuous geographic trench, approximately in length, that runs from northern Syria in Southwest Asia to central Mozambique in South East Africa...

. The name is derived from a Maasai

Maasai language

The Maasai language is an Eastern Nilotic language spoken in Southern Kenya and Northern Tanzania by the Maasai people, numbering about 800,000...

 word.

Geography

The region stretches nearly 55 kilometres (34.2 mi) from the lower Ngong hills

Ngong Hills

The Ngong Hills are peaks in a ridge along the Great Rift Valley, located southwest near Nairobi, in southern Kenya. The word "Ngong" is a Maasai word meaning "knuckles"...

 area ("Kibiku") to the Mutarakwa Mai Mahiu road, and falls under the Kikuyu/Kabete and Limuru constituencies. The area adjacent to Maasai plain is quite scenic with undulating hills and valleys. It is a famous rock climbing

Rock climbing

Rock climbing also lightly called 'The Gravity Game', is a sport in which participants climb up, down or across natural rock formations or artificial rock walls. The goal is to reach the summit of a formation or the endpoint of a pre-defined route without falling...

 venue.

Some areas in Ndeiya region include Gikambura, Ruthigitti, Kamangu, Kianjagi, Migumoini, Kanyayo, Ng'amba, Renguti, Karabuta, Gatune, Rwanyaga, Nachu, Nguirobi, Gitutha, Nduthi, Kiriri, Kiawanda, Thigio,Githarane, Royal, Mung'etho, Nderu, Mirithu, Tiekunu, and Kiandutu.

Demographics

Ndeiya lies on the border between the territories of the Kikuyu and Maasai people. Research shows that many people in Ndeiya have some Maasai blood, as the two communities had some close links. Ndeiya people are mostly those of Kikuyu origin' but other tribes and races can be found there.

People from Ndeiya region include the current Limuru M.P., Mr. Peter Mwathi; former M.P, Mr. George Nyanja; Paul Gitau, ornithologist; Karanja Nyoro, Head of Rock fellor in Kenya; Dr Paul Karanja Mbugua, pharmacist and Managing Director of MacNaughton Ltd.

Facilities

The region has many schools, among them primary and secondary schools. Several boreholes have been sunk, and clean water for domestic consumption is adequate. Fluorine content of the water is high, and there is a prevalence of dental fluorosis

Dental fluorosis

Dental fluorosis is a developmental disturbance of dental enamel caused by excessive exposure to high concentrations of fluoride during tooth development. The risk of fluoride overexposure occurs between the ages of 3 months and 8 years. In its mild forms , fluorosis often appears as unnoticeable,...

 in the area.

Supply of electricity is good, with most trading centres connected to the National Grid. The main road to Ndeiya can be accessed from Kikuyu and Limuru.There is also a route from Ngong hills and Dagoretti. Much of Ndeiya is semi-arid, and is therefore considered a hardship area. Before the collapse of the pyrethrum

Pyrethrum

Pyrethrum refers to several Old World plants of the genus Chrysanthemum which are cultivated as ornamentals for their showy flower heads. Pyrethrum is also the name of a natural insecticide made from the dried flower heads of C. cinerariifolium and C...

industry in Kenya, pyrethrum was a major cash crop in Ndeiya. Poultry farming has been carried out, though not to a large scale. Subsistence farmin is common and the unemployment level is high.