Ituramiro = the story I have heard, is it is at the of a steep hill. Hence 'kukaa vibaya'

The people of Kirinyaga/Embu are the Luo's of Central province - thus the penchant to Anglicize names like, Difatha's, Kutus, Runyenjes, Siakago etc

Karatina - from the Muratina tree, one used to stand where the market now is.

Ndenderu is a slippery place.

Many of the names in the northern part of the Nyeri Valley and Nyandarua are from Maasai, specifically Samburu, who occupied the area before the Maa civil war. Thus names like Nyeri, Mweiga, Ol Kalou, Nyahururu, Maragema, Njororoko etc

While we are at it, who can tell me where the following names came from:
- Gatina, Rodkopany, Padpieri, Iveti, Gathatia ng'ondu

1.Kapsabet....Its kwa Elizabeth(Elizabeth's place) in kale kap is kwa and since you know kales pronounce Elizabeth as elisabet they called the place kapsabet
2.Kaptana---Kwa turner(turner's place)
Ikolomani---Gold mine in luhya kuna chida ya matamchi Gold mine=Kold mine
3.Kakamega-Kakamega was used to describe how the mzungus used to cut ugali(kakamega-Kamekata) mega is to cut while kaka is to refer to a small person
4.Chavakali:Is a women things in luhya(it was a women market)
5.Bungoma:engoma(drums)
6.Emuhaya:Aim higher:A mzungu who used to run a friends church used to encourage the kids to aim higher so they would go around telling otherr kids to emuhaya