Marimanti
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Marimanti
Tharaka | |
|---|---|
  Marimanti Location of Marimanti | |
| Coordinates: 00°09′16″S 37°58′34″E / 0.15444°S 37.97611°E[1] | |
| Country |  Kenya |
| County | Tharaka Nithi County |
| Sub-county | Tharaka South |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
Marimanti is a small market town in Tharaka South subcounty, of Tharaka-Nithi County, Kenya. The intermittent stream, Kararu, flows past the town.[1] Its market is the second largest in the county after that in Chuka.[2]
History
From 1998 to 2009, Marimanti (Tharaka) was the administrative headquarters of Tharaka District.[3]
In 2022, merchants at the Marimanti market organized a tax strike to protest the county government's failure to maintain toilet facilities at the market.[2]
Facilities
There is a magistrate court in Marimanti.[4]
Facilities include Marimanti Hospital with a staff of 160.[5]
Notable people
- Mzalendo Kibunjia, archeologist and administrator.
Notes and references
- ^ a b "Marimanti". Mindat. Archived from the original on 30 September 2023.
- ^ a b Njeru, Alex (12 October 2022). "Marimanti town traders stop paying taxes to protest lack of public toilets". Nation. Archived from the original on 12 October 2022.
- ^ "Parliamentary Debates". Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard): 3965. 2 November 2004.
- ^ "Marimanti Law Courts".
- ^ "About Marimanti: Marimanti Hospital". Friends of Marimanti. Archived from the original on 23 July 2023.