Muguga

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Muguga
Location of Muguga
Coordinates: 1°11′S36°39′E / 1.18°S 36.65°E / -1.18; 36.65 Coordinates: 1°11′S36°39′E / 1.18°S 36.65°E / -1.18; 36.65
Country Kenya
Province Kiambu County
Time zone UTC+3 (EAT)

Muguga is a settlement in Kenya's Kiambu County, formerly in Central Province.

It is the location of a Veterinary Research Centre. [1]

Economy

Spencon had a headquarters in Muguga. [2] The offices were in prefabricated buildings formerly used as workshops. The property also had a golf facility installed after July 2015. The headquarters moved there in 2015 as a cost-cutting measure, [3] away from Rahimtulla Tower in Upper Hill, Nairobi. [4]

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References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-05-05. Retrieved 2012-03-18.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Contact Us". Spencon. 2016-04-25. Archived from the original on 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2020-04-06. Kenya (Corporate HQ) Off A104 Highway, Muguga [...] Nairobi, Kenya
  3. Gunter, Joel; Charles Young. "Spencon: Inside the collapse of an African construction giant". BBC . Retrieved 2020-04-06. [...]relocating Spencon from its upmarket Nairobi headquarters to a dusty out-of-town maintenance depot owned by the company,[...]
  4. "Contact". Spencon. 2011-05-24. Archived from the original on 2011-05-24. Retrieved 2020-04-06. Rahimtulla Tower, hill road P.O. Box 881-00606 Nairobi Kenya