CLIMATE

TEMPERATURE
RAINFALL
LONG RAINS OCCURS BETWEEN MARCH TO MEAN ANNUAL TEMPERATURE VARIES

CHANIA WARD BASEMAP

MAY WHILE SHORT RAINS ARE BETWEEN 17-25 DEGREE CELCIUS
BETWEEN OCTOBER AND DECEMBER MEAN TEMPERATURE IN THE WARD IS 26
HIGHEST RAINFALLS ARE RECEIVED ON APRIL DEGREES CELCIUS
WHILE LOWEST ARE RECEIVED ON THE HOTTEST MONTHS ARE JANUARY TO MARCH
SEPTEMBER WHILE LOWEST TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE MONTHS
THE MEAN ANNUAL RAINFALLS ARE BETWEEN OF JULY AND AUGUST
1070MM -1750MM TO
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MITIGATION OF TEMPERATURES
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DURING HOTTEST MONTHS
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BI GAKUI
PLANTING TREES WITH LARGE SHADES
PLANTING TREES WITH LARGE TREES TO
SERVE AS SHADES AND WINDBREAKERS IN
KANJUKU COFFEE FARMS.
MAGUMU

MURANG’A COUNTY
GACHUGI

MICRO-CLIMATE GITHOBOKONI

KARIMENU DAM WHICH WAS RECENTLY

CONSTRUCTED IN THE WARD HAS LED TO
CHANGES IN CLIMATIC CONDITIONS EXPERI-
ENCED IN AREA.

LEGEND MBARI

THIKA MANGU ROAD

IGEGENIA LEVEL
4 HOSPITAL
MITIGATION OF MICRO-CLIMATE MAKWA

IN THE WARD MAJOR MURRAM

ROADS
USE RENEWABLE ENERGY I.E SOLAR
ENERGY
PRACTISING MULCHING
RIVERS
CHANGE TRANSPORTATION MEANS USE
NON MOTORIZED MEANS I.E BICYCLES
AD
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K INA
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ND
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EMPLOYMENT
ANALYSIS
MAJOR SOURCES OF PROPOSALS ON HOW TO REDUCE
EMPLOYMENT IN THE WARD UNEMPLOYMENT RATE.
AGRICULTURE • CONSTRUCTION OF A CULCTURAL HUB
TRADE Chania pri.
• INTRODUCING NEW AND MODERN
TRANSPORT-[BODA BODAS FACTORIES.
AND NISSANS] • EXPANSION OF ROADS SO AS THAT
Kiriko pri
GOODS REACHES MARKET ON TIME.
KARIUA
• PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE LOCAL GOV-
Karumenu water
ERNMENT AND THE PRIVATE DEVELOPERS.
KANJUKU treatment plant

ACK
GAkui church

GAKUI

kanjuku sec.

cimbici catholic
church Kamwangi morning
glory
KAHURUKO
Kamwangi
police station

Rechell
kamwangi Pharmacy
Catholic
parish

KAMWANGI Kabanas
club
St Agatha junior
primary
Maryhelp
Rehabilitation

EMPLOYMENT SITUATION IN KAIRI

CHANIA WARD.
ACK st.marks
Nyamathumbi
ACK Emmanuel
church

Nyamathumbi Nyamathumbi
sec. sch pri. sch

THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT OF KIAMBU HAS Kakurari

8254 CIVIL SERVANTS AND OUT OF THIS 3 PER-

Kangaita pri. sch

KAIRI Kairi pri.

Pri. sch

special

CENT ARE PEOPLE LIVING WITH DISABILITIES .

unit

Karure pri.
sch

CHANIA WARD HAS HIGH NUMBER OF UNEM-

Mukuyuni shrine

Sunrise

kARURE Girls
High sch

PLOYED YOUTHS IN GATUNDU NORTH Kangaita

YOUTHS IN THIS WARD MAINLY DEPEND ON

pri sch

Newlife

AGRICULTURAL JOBS ,BUSINESS ,CASH

pri. sch
Church of
restoration

WASHING,CONSRUCTION JOBS AND RIDING

Makwa
kolping
dispensary

MOTORCYLES.
Jesus
revival
St Ann's centre Makwa sec
suresh sec. sch
Igagenia school.
level 4
Igegania pri. hosp
sch
MAKWA
IGEGANIA
Igegania
catholic Muirigo pri
church sch.

Igegania
mwangaza
college

Makwa
boys
high sch
Makwa
primary

MEASURES BY COUNTY GOVERNMENT

TO REDUCE UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE GATUKUYU

WARD
THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT OF KIAMBU HAS TAK-
MANG’U

EN THE FOLOWING MEASURES TO CURB UNEM-

PLOYMENT SITUATION IN CHANIA WARD;
• CONSTRUCTING TOILETS IN THE MARKETS ,
• INTRODUCING CASH WASHING,
• BUILDING A VOCATIONAL COLLAGE[KANJUKU
VOCATIONAL TRAINING COLLAGE], AND
• CONSTRUCTION OF MODERN MARKET
CENTRES

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SOILS $ DRAINAGE
ANALYSIS
THE SITE HAS GOOD DRAINAGE THIS IS BECAUSE
THE SITE HAS STEEP SLOPES WHICH ALLOWS
PROPER COLLECTION OF STORM WATER DURING
THE MAIN TYPES OF SOILS IN THE WARD
RAINY SEASON.
ARE RE VOLCANIC SOILS AND CLAY LOAM
THERE ARE CULVERTS IN KAMWANGI TOWN WHICH
SOILS.
AIDS IN COLLECTING STORM WATER TO AVOID
FLOODING.

RED VOLCANIC SOILS

THESE SOILS ARE FOUND IN STEEP
SLOPES AND THEY ARE VERY FER-
TILE,EASILY ERODED AND SLIDES WHEN
SATURATED.
PROPOSALS
GRADING OF EXISTING ROADS TO COLLECT
STORM WATER AND ALSO INCREASING THE
NUMBER OF CULVERTS AND CLOSED CHANNELS
IN KAMWANGI TOWN.

CLAY LOAM
THESE SOILS ARE FOUND ON LOWER
HIGHLANDS AND ARE SUITABLE FOR
AGRICULTURE.
THEY ARE FERTILE,WELL DRAINED AND-
SUPPORTS HORTICULTURE IN THE AREA
MAINLY COFFEE FARMING AND OVACADO.

PROPOSALS
FARMERS SHOULD BE TRAINED ON USING
COMPOST MANURE.
TERRACING SHOULD BE PRACTICED ON
STEEP SLOPES.
PLANTING GROUNDCOVERS TO AVOID
SOIL EROSION ON STEEP SLOPES.

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