Mai Mahiu
Place in Nakuru County, Kenya / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Maai Mahiu is a town in Kenya's Nakuru County. The name means "hot water" in native Kikuyu, but another derivative could be "me'imayu", meaning impassable in Maasai.
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Maai Mahiu | |
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Coordinates: 0.98078°S 36.58742°E / -0.98078; 36.58742, | |
Country | Kenya |
County | Nakuru County |
Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
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Maai Mahiu has a train station as well as an inland container depot on the Nairobi–Malaba Standard Gauge Railway, which was inaugurated in October 2019.[1][2]
The Kenya government has established a 50-acre Special Economic Zone in Maai Mahiu,[3] to facilitate investment in the region, in financial, hospitality, retail and recreational facilities.