Ruiru

Ruiru is a municipality and sub-county in Kiambu County, Kenya, lying within the greater Nairobi Metropolitan region about 20 kilometres by road northeast of the central business district of Nairobi and joined to the capital by road and rail. The sub-county measures 292 square kilometres and sits at an average elevation of about 1,565 metres above sea level. In the 2019 national population census it ranked as the fourth largest urban centre in Kenya. Before independence the area was administered under the Nairobi City Council; it became a town council in 1986 and a municipality in 1997 with nine elective wards. Its neighbourhoods include Ruiru Town, Tatu City, Kahawa and Githurai 45, and its economy rests on industry, with steel, foam, garment and feed factories.