Marimanti

Marimanti Tharaka
market town
Marimanti Location of Marimanti
Coordinates: 00°09′16″S37°58′34″E / 0.15444°S 37.97611°E / -0.15444; 37.97611 [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 town formerly served as the Headquarters of Tharaka District, which was scrapped after the 2010 Constitution which replaced provincial administrative units with counties. River Kathita 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

1. "Marimanti". Mindat. Archived from the original on 30 September 2023.
2. 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.
3. "Parliamentary Debates". Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard): 3965. 2 November 2004.
4. "Marimanti Law Courts".
5. "About Marimanti: Marimanti Hospital". Friends of Marimanti. Archived from the original on 23 July 2023.