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Hilarious Origin of Names of Towns and Locations in Kenya
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Mtafiti
#71 Posted : Saturday, September 12, 2015 9:30:01 PM
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wazuaguest wrote:
Kihara joni wrote:
where did these come form

-kihunguro
-ngombe nguo
-githuki kwemunyaLaughing out loudly Laughing out loudly
-thugunuiLaughing out loudly Laughing out loudly
-karima mutiume
-kinyongero
-kinoo
-gitambaya


Kinoo. There was a big sign post reading 'NO through way'Kiuks used to refer that place as 'haria hee Ki No'
loosely translated as that place with a big No hence Kinoo
Kihunguro I suspect is an underpass probably a railway line one
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Mtafiti
#72 Posted : Saturday, September 12, 2015 9:34:10 PM
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Karima Mutiume is a steep hill which public service vehicles could not ascend while loaded, so the popular "mutiume!"(si mushuke/mshuke/muchuke!)by touts of those days.
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Coolio
#73 Posted : Saturday, September 12, 2015 11:51:22 PM
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What of Wanyee?
Nadondosha meli kubwa seuze ngalawa!
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Lolest!
#74 Posted: : Sunday, September 13, 2015 8:40:42 AM
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Coolio wrote:
What of Wanyee?

a family those sides of Riruta has that name
Laughing out loudly smile Applause d'oh! Sad Drool Liar Shame on you Pray
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Rankaz13
#75 Posted : Sunday, September 13, 2015 10:41:15 AM
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https://kenyanhistory.wo...-and-locations-in-kenya/
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Mtafiti
#76 Posted : Sunday, September 13, 2015 12:53:06 PM
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King'eero, another one! I gathered a certain firewood dealer had a power-saw and with its ng'eeeeee, ng'eeeee, ng'e...ng'e...ng'eeeeeeee there came the name. Kafete people, please confirm.
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kaka2za
#77 Posted : Sunday, September 13, 2015 2:52:31 PM
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Mtafiti wrote:
King'eero, another one! I gathered a certain firewood dealer had a power-saw and with its ng'eeeeee, ng'eeeee, ng'e...ng'e...ng'eeeeeeee there came the name. Kafete people, please confirm.


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Hapo umetania bwana!
Power-saws are very recent development.
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Mtafiti
#78 Posted : Sunday, September 13, 2015 8:27:59 PM
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.....and Muthiga along Waiyaki way was named after a tree that goes by that name in a local dialect. Others call it Wurbagia Ugandensis. My informant told me that the specific tree still stands today in its place.
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Mtafiti
#79 Posted : Sunday, September 13, 2015 8:29:40 PM
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Sages and Oracles, what is Uthiru, or what was the area named after?
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Mtafiti
#80 Posted : Sunday, September 13, 2015 8:34:14 PM
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Murang'a people mko? A place called Kafati on Thika-Kenol road was named after the first ironsheet-roofed structure owned by an ancestor called Job Muchuchu. Those who like it refer to it as Kafati ka Jofu.
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