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Ramisi
Location in Kenya
Coordinates: 4°31′31″S39°23′51″E / 4.52528°S 39.39750°E / -4.52528; 39.39750
CountryFlag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Province Kwale County
Time zone UTC+3 (EAT)

Ramisi is a small town and ward in the Msambweni Constituency of Kwale County, southeastern Kenya, close to the Tanzanian border. A sugar processing factory is located in Ramisi, named the Kwale International Sugar Factory. [1] [2] [3] Ramisi also has several schools. The Ramisi river flows to the west of the town.

Dr Mulji Modha (1939-2016) spent considerable time growing up in Ramisi. He came to love the wildlife around the sugar plantations, forests and rivers around Ramisi and eventually went on to become a leading authority in the world on crocodiles. [4]

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References

  1. "Ramisi Sugar Factory to Be Reopened". Kenya Citizen TV. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  2. Jabu, S.M., 1986. The Growth and contribution of the sugar industry in rural development: a case study of Ramisi in Kwale District, Kenya (Doctoral dissertation, University of Nairobi).
  3. Njuki, J.O.W.H.M., Ndichu, O.N.O.S., Macharia, K.J.M. and Campus, K., Turn-Around Strategy by Kwale International Sugar Company Limited.
  4. Spawls, S., 2004. Obituary: James Ashe 1925‐2004