Nyeri is a city situated in the Central Highlands of Kenya. It is the county headquarters of Nyeri County. It is one of the oldest towns in Kenya having been established in the British colonial era in Kenya. The town was the central administrative headquarters of the country's former Central Province. Following the dissolution of the former provinces by Kenya's new constitution on 26 August 2010, Nyeri town is now the largest city in the newly created Nyeri County. Nyeri is the birthplace of the Boy Scout movement and hosts the tomb of the founder Lord Baden Powell. It is also the home town the late Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai. Nyeri's Roman Catholi...
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