Kitengela town is located in Kajiado County just 30 kilometres south of Nairobi. The town is part of the Nairobi Metropolitan Area. Kitengela has an urban population of about 30,000. Kitengela began as The Kitengela group ranch, made up of 18,292 ha and 214 registered members which were subdivided in 1988 in efforts by the Government to encourage private land ownership in pastoral systems, to intensify and commercialize livestock production. After the subdivision of the group ranch, land fragmentation and sales have continued at a steady and escalating pace. Kitengela is close to Athi River town in Machakos County in the former Eastern Province, while Kitengela belongs to Kajiado County in the former Rift Valley Province. Kitengela is growing quickly and is expanding with residential houses. Close to Nairobi National Park is also the Kitengela Game Conservation Area populated with buffalo, Masai giraffe, eastern black rhino, Common eland, impala, Grant’s and Thomson’s gazelle