Living in Njoro, Kenya:
Tips for Moving and Visiting

Soko Mjinga market which means a foolish market is located at the rear side of the town providing a trading ground to the people. It is believed that the British settlers named the so called market because they regarded Africans as foolish people who do not understand the trading terms and the use of currency. The market days are Wednesday and Saturdays. Most trading commodities are farm products such as onions, corn, pumpkins domestic animals and birds. Second hand clothes are also sold at a relatively low prices to serve the low income inhabitants.

The Delamere land is a vast acres of land which were associated with a settler named Lord Delamere who invested a lot in infrastructure and agriculture, eventually attracting other noble settler families. Among them was Lord Egerton of Tatton who settled in Njoro. His former Lord Egerton’s school of agriculture has expanded to fully fledged as the Egerton university of agriculture. After the British settlers left the land to the locals, different tribes immigrated in the town because of its rich agricultural history.

The main economic activities are agricultural-based industries which includes: vegetable and milk processing, horticultural farming and large scale wheat and barley. Quarrying and timber milling are also practiced by a lot of people. The people of Njoro are known by their hard work and unity. The rich tend to employ people from their own town than from the other towns. It is said that the Njoro people live like a big family united by social bonds and cultural interactions.

Njoro town is located 18km west south west of Nakuru town, Kenya. Njoro is an agricultural town situated on the western rim of rift valley. Njoro was named after a maa word ‘corro’ meaning spring. Njoro was first inhabited by the maa community before the British settlers arrived to the Kenyan highlands. Neighboring the town are farms owned by large-scale farmers.