Meru is a town in eastern Kenya, approximately 225 kilometers northern east of Nairobi. It is the headquarters of Meru County, and the sixth largest urban centre in the country. It covers an area of 6,936 kilometers. It shares it border with 5 other counties: Isiolo County to the north, Nyeri County to the southwest, tharaka nithi to the southwest and laikipia to the west. The origin of the word ‘meru’ is believed to come from the Maasai people who referred to Tigania and imenti forests as the mieru forests or simply the quiet forests.

Meru county government

Meru county is made up of nine constituencies : Igembe south, Igembe central, Igembe north, Tigania west ,Tigania east, North Imenti, Buuri, Central Imenti, and South Imenti.

The Governor of the county is H.E Hon. Bishop Kawira Mwangaza, Deputy Governor Hon. Rev Isaac Mutuma M’Ethingia, Senator is Hon. Kathuri Murungi, county commissioner Frederick Ndunga and women representative Hon. Elizabeth Karambu Kailemia.