Mununga

Mununga is a settlement in Kenya's Central Province. An alternate name for this area is "Mununca".

Mununga
Mununga Location of Mununga
Coordinates: 0.7°S 37.02°E / -0.7; 37.02
Country	Kenya
Province	Central Province
Time zone	UTC+3 (EAT)

Mununga towards Gacharage

Mununga CBD

Gitaigua River

Irati shaft

Acacia lounge

Irati dam

Abandoned Gacharage tea factory tank

Mununga minimart and lounge

Mununga street

Mununga town 2022, December 11th

Mununga road

Mununga is in central Kenya, Muranga county.^[1] It sits in the Kigumo constituency, inside the Kinyona location. Mununga is a Kikuyu name meaning "smelling place." Mununga was known as Gitegenye, but later in the 1950's, received its name 'mununga' from the foul smell of unburied, decomposing bodies of anti-British resistance troops. Said troops allegedly met their terrible death at the hands of Chief Njiiri wa Karanja; a royal and right man to the British Empire, who fought the Mau Mau resistance with all forces at his disposal.^[2] Mununga was one of rebellions' "bedrooms," where it is believed most Mau Mau generals held their warfare meetings here before retreating back into the Aberdare forest.^[3][4][5]

Mununga is made up of villages like Kamahiga, Mahehe, Mukoma Gathaiti, Muchagatha and Kariti. It's one of the towns that MauMau road have slashed through making it a fast growing town in Muranga county.

The Irati river, Gitaigua and Maragua serves Mununga with pure mineral water from the mountain of Aberdare.^[6] Gacharage tea factory is also located in Mununga.