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Mount Kenya & Meru hub brief

A sub-county view of the Mount Kenya & Meru hub: where growth is going, which places lead each sector, and what to watch.

November 2026Meru, Nyeri, Embu, Kirinyaga29 sub-counties
Overview

Mount Kenya & Meru holds 7.2% of Kenya's people and took 10.6% of its new night-time light.

Buildings in the hub grew 23% between 2016 and 2023, and output grew 4.3% a year in real terms from 2020 to 2024. The brief turns these hub totals into a ranking of every sub-county, so you can see which places carry the growth.

What's inside

  • A ranking of all 29 sub-counties by forecast growth to 2031, with population, building growth and place type
  • County figures: population, growth to 2035, output, real growth and poverty
  • The top five places for retail, financial services, real estate, infrastructure and agriculture, with their strengths
  • Rental returns for a 24-flat block, with the chance of beating a government bond and the rent needed to do so
  • Household spending, rents and mobile internet speeds by county
  • Corridor lookalikes in the hub
  • Drought, conflict and unrest in the past year

Preview

Sub-countyPeople 2026Forecast to 2031 (‰)PercentileBuilding growthPlace type
Client-only

The Mount Kenya & Meru hub brief is part of our client service.

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