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It falls within <a href="/wiki/Tharaka-Nithi_County" title="Tharaka-Nithi County">Tharaka-Nithi County</a> and the former <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Province_(Kenya)" title="Eastern Province (Kenya)">Eastern Province</a>. Between 1992 and 2009, Chuka was the capital of <a href="/wiki/Tharaka-Nithi_District" title="Tharaka-Nithi District">Tharaka-Nithi District</a> (split from <a href="/wiki/Meru_District,_Kenya" title="Meru District, Kenya">Meru District</a>). Tharaka Nithi District was further split into Meru South and Tharaka Districts with Chuka remaining the Capital of Meru South. Later, Meru South and Tharaka were amalgamated into Tharaka-Nithi County. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Chuka_people">Chuka people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chuka,_Kenya&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Chuka people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The people of the area are Gichuka speaking, a dialect of the <a href="/wiki/Meru_language" title="Meru language">Kimeru</a> language.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Chuka Town is chiefly occupied by the Chuka people, one of the nine <a href="/wiki/Meru_language" title="Meru language">Meru</a> dialect Speakers. They dwell on the south-eastern slopes of Mt. Kenya, and cover the area between the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Thuci_River&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Thuci River (page does not exist)">Thuci River</a> in the south, and the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Nithi_River&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nithi River (page does not exist)">Nithi River</a> in the north. It is a common tradition with the Chuka that they have always been in the forests of Mt. Kenya hence they moved down to their present abode. Other versions of the Chuka migratory tradition say that they came out from Mbwa with the other Meru. </p><p>The Chuka are believed to have sprung from the Tharaka, another Meru subtribe. They also have a form of blood brotherhood with the Igembe and the Tigania of the northern Meru dialects. On the other hand, there are some customs, such as the method of circumcision, by which the Chuka are similar to the <a href="/wiki/Embu_people" title="Embu people">Embu</a>. The Chuka are primarily <a href="/wiki/Meru_people" title="Meru people">Meru</a> who, having climbed the first slopes of Mt. Kenya, clearing the forest for cultivation (even at present the fields of the Chuka are on the lower section of their country), mixed with the aboriginal inhabitants of the forest and established some kind of contact with the Embu. These aboriginal forest inhabitants seem to have been the <a href="/wiki/Agumba_people" title="Agumba people">Gumba</a>, now only remembered by some traditions and described as very small people. It seems certain that they were a pygmy race.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="orvillejenkins.com not a reliable source for this sort of material (October 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Some<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch#Unsupported_attributions" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch"><span title="The material near this tag possibly uses too-vague attribution or weasel words. (April 2015)">who?</span></a></i>]</sup> even say that the Chuka may have come from the Coast about AD 1300. Their exodus was provoked by an invasion from Somalia, which drove away the people living around <a href="/wiki/Shungwaya" title="Shungwaya">Shungwaya</a>, north of Malindi. </p><p>Of the former <a href="/wiki/Meru_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Meru District">Meru District</a>, the Chuka were those who suffered most the impact and violence of <a href="/wiki/Mau_Mau_rebellion" title="Mau Mau rebellion">Mau Mau rebellion</a>. During the Emergency, they were the only Meru to be forcibly settled into villages of the <a href="/wiki/Kikuyu_people" title="Kikuyu people">Kikuyu</a> and Embu pattern. Later, they were allowed to return to their fields, as before. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Population">Population</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chuka,_Kenya&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Population"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The population of Chuka is 19,347+ according to the GeoNames geographical database. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chuka,_Kenya&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Chuka and the surrounding area politics were dominated by the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(Kenya)" title="Democratic Party (Kenya)">Democratic Party</a> that was led by former Kenya President <a href="/wiki/Mwai_Kibaki" title="Mwai Kibaki">Mwai Kibaki</a> from 1992 to 2002. When <a href="/wiki/National_Rainbow_Coalition" title="National Rainbow Coalition">NARC</a> was formed in 2002, the population shifted their allegiance to NARC. It follows then that the local residents shifted to PNU in the contested 2007 elections and overwhelmingly voted for the PNU candidate - Mwai Kibaki. In the four elections that Kibaki contested, the area overwhelmingly supported him. </p><p>The Chuka people largely practice Christianity with a small minority of Muslims and traditional religions. According to Zaphania Samuel Mumbere, a scholar and an authority in the Chukan's customs, traditions and ways of life, the Chuka people were a close knit society that kept the spirit of the community alive by oral narrations and practices that were passed down generations. Chuka is part of Chuka Igambang'ombe sub-county. In 2013 the residents shifted to the Jubilee party headed by Kenyatta and Ruto. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Academics">Academics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chuka,_Kenya&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Academics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Colleges have recently blossomed in Chuka and its vicinity with <a href="/wiki/Chuka_University" title="Chuka University">Chuka University</a> being the major new development, headed by Prof. Njoka. While holders of PhD degree were few or none 2 decades ago, in the last 10 years Chuka has had a major development in terms of PhD holders with notable figures such as Prof Micheni J. Ntiba. 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<small>(39)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Busia_County" title="Busia County">Busia</a> <small>(40)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elgeyo-Marakwet_County" title="Elgeyo-Marakwet County">Elgeyo-Marakwet</a> <small>(28)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Embu_County" title="Embu County">Embu</a> <small>(14)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garissa_County" title="Garissa County">Garissa</a> <small>(07)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homa_Bay_County" title="Homa Bay County">Homa Bay</a> <small>(43)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isiolo_County" title="Isiolo County">Isiolo</a> <small>(11)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kajiado_County" title="Kajiado County">Kajiado</a> <small>(34)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kakamega_County" title="Kakamega County">Kakamega</a> <small>(37)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kericho_County" title="Kericho County">Kericho</a> <small>(35)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiambu_County" title="Kiambu County">Kiambu</a> <small>(22)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilifi_County" title="Kilifi County">Kilifi</a> <small>(03)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirinyaga_County" title="Kirinyaga County">Kirinyaga</a> <small>(20)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kisii_County" title="Kisii County">Kisii</a> <small>(45)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kisumu_County" title="Kisumu County">Kisumu</a> <small>(42)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kitui_County" title="Kitui County">Kitui</a> <small>(15)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kwale_County" title="Kwale County">Kwale</a> <small>(02)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laikipia_County" title="Laikipia County">Laikipia</a> <small>(31)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lamu_County" title="Lamu County">Lamu</a> <small>(05)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Machakos_County" title="Machakos County">Machakos</a> <small>(16)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Makueni_County" title="Makueni County">Makueni</a> <small>(17)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandera_County" title="Mandera County">Mandera</a> <small>(09)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marsabit_County" title="Marsabit County">Marsabit</a> <small>(10)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meru_County" title="Meru County">Meru</a> <small>(12)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Migori_County" title="Migori County">Migori</a> <small>(44)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mombasa_County" title="Mombasa County">Mombasa</a> <small>(01)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murang%27a_County" title="Murang'a County">Murang'a</a> <small>(21)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nairobi_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Nairobi County">Nairobi</a> <small>(47)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakuru_County" title="Nakuru County">Nakuru</a> <small>(32)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nandi_County" title="Nandi County">Nandi</a> <small>(29)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narok_County" title="Narok County">Narok</a> <small>(33)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nyamira_County" title="Nyamira County">Nyamira</a> <small>(46)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nyandarua_County" title="Nyandarua County">Nyandarua</a> <small>(18)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nyeri_County" title="Nyeri County">Nyeri</a> <small>(19)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samburu_County" title="Samburu County">Samburu</a> <small>(25)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siaya_County" title="Siaya County">Siaya</a> <small>(41)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taita-Taveta_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Taita-Taveta County">Taita-Taveta</a> <small>(06)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tana_River_County" title="Tana River County">Tana River</a> <small>(04)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tharaka-Nithi_County" title="Tharaka-Nithi County">Tharaka-Nithi</a> <small>(13)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trans-Nzoia_County" title="Trans-Nzoia County">Trans-Nzoia</a> <small>(26)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkana_County" title="Turkana County">Turkana</a> <small>(23)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uasin_Gishu_County" title="Uasin Gishu County">Uasin Gishu</a> <small>(27)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vihiga_County" title="Vihiga County">Vihiga</a> <small>(38)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wajir_County" title="Wajir County">Wajir</a> <small>(08)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Pokot_County" title="West Pokot County">West Pokot</a> <small>(24)</small></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding:0.35em 0.5em;line-height:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Local_authorities_of_Kenya" title="Local authorities of Kenya">Principal cities<br />and towns</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Nairobi" title="Nairobi">Nairobi</a></b> <i>(capital)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athi_River_(town)" title="Athi River (town)">Athi River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baragoi" title="Baragoi">Baragoi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bomet" title="Bomet">Bomet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bungoma" 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