Engineer

Engineer is a small town and administrative ward in Kinangop constituency, Nyandarua County, on the eastern slopes of the Aberdare Ranges roughly 80 km northwest of Nairobi. Its name recalls its colonial-era role as a base for railway engineers during construction of the Kenya-Uganda railway; the modern town grew out of a garage established there in 1945. It sits on the scenic, lightly trafficked road that runs along the Aberdares through Njabini, Engineer, Ndunyu Njeru, and Miharati, and is a farming locality now seeing renewed development through an affordable-housing programme.

By Car / Road

Engineer lies on the road that runs along the Aberdare Ranges through Njabini, Engineer, Ndunyu Njeru, and Miharati, reached from Nairobi via Kinangop.

The town centre is small and walkable.

• The eastern slopes of the Aberdare Ranges and the surrounding highland farmland.

• Stop en route between Njabini and the northern Aberdare towns.

Roadside stalls sell locally grown potatoes and vegetables.

• Ol Kalou — county capital.
• Njabini — gateway to Aberdares.
• Nyeri — town at the base of Mount Kenya.