Kajiado county is located at the southern tip of the former Rift Valley Province. It is bordered by Tanzania to the southwest and the county of Taita Taveta (to the south east), Machakos county (to the east), Nairobi county (to the north east), Kiambu county (to the north) and Narok county (to the west).
The landscape of Kajiado county consists of plains plus some volcanic hills and valleys. The region is very dry with no continually flowing rivers and is officially designated as semi-arid. The annual rainfall varies between 500 and 1,250mm.
There are two wet seasons, the ‘short rains’ between October and December and the ‘long rains’ between March and May. In recent years there have been long periods of drought when there has been little or no rain
Population of Kajiado County
The indigenous peoples of Kajiado county are the Maasai but there is an increasing influx of peoples from other tribal groups.