Juja - two idols Ju & Ja brought from Nigeria by grogan
Thika - zika, Bury. It was the burial ground for maasais
Hehehe. Uko serious? Pia hiyo ya Juja??
Yes, gugu ju and ja
Karatina ama jee
Nimekuonea 18 
Really informed aren’t u
Kasarani - Gatharaini - small imature nappier grass that grew along the river that snakes from garden estate through safari park to the stadium and beyond
Correction, as @Simiyu22 said above, Embakasi comes from Em-pakasi. Babu zangu from the Maasai side used to graze their cattle there.
On the border between machakos and kajiado and machakos there is a place called emphakasi. Confuses people much.
hmmm, funny coz the kikuyu name for yellow acacia is murera/mirera,
Kikuyu na Maasai waking close sana hata some bits of culture
not some bits of culture…a lot.
Kenya. From the mountain kirinyaga pronounced Kiinyaa by the eastern bantus. Kirinyaga comes from kirima kia nyaga or mountain of the ostrich shortened to kiri-nyaga. And the mountain is names after the ostrich because its white top and black slopes resemble the bird’s plummage. The mountain is also the home of Ngai, God. Ngai is also called Mwene Nyaga, literally owner of the ostrich (mountain)
Cia gikuyu itiiri Ukabii…
nyaga also means spots or speckles
ndeiya ngombe,i will steal a cow
Utawala - was initially called Outer wall, after the wall that was built to guard the rough east african airport. lakini washenzi couldnt spell, hence Utawala.
@Meria Mata you should hit Daily Nation editor to pay you to do a special features article on this topic
I corroborate this. I’d not be surprised if someone from the dailies compiles this and previous threads and makes a very catchy article about the history of the city of the sun.