Nkubu

Nkubu is a town in Meru County, Kenya, on the eastern slopes of Mount Kenya, in one of the most fertile and best-watered parts of Africa where tea, coffee and dairy farming are the main economic activities. It is the lead town of South Imenti Constituency and lies 211 kilometres from Nairobi on the Nairobi-Embu-Meru road, on the southern banks of the Thingithu river, which rises on Mount Kenya. Tarred roads connect it to Chuka, Meru and Mitunguu. The town is a trade hub with several banks, three major hospitals including the Nkubu Consolata Mission hospital, and schools and colleges such as Nkubu High School and the Nkubu campus of Mount Kenya University. It is also involved in commercial banana production.