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Mai Mahiu
Place in Nakuru County, Kenya From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
The town is a trucking hub and is often considered to be a safe heaven for sex trade. Some studies confirm that underage prostitution is witnessed in the town.
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.
In April 2024, a flash flood nearby killed at least 50 people in the village of Kamuchiri.[4][5][6] The flood resulted from a blockage in a culvert beneath a railway embankment which led to a catastrophic failure and inundation; initially, it was reported as arising from a dam burst. [7]
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