Taveta Town Guide
Taveta town is wedged into a projection of Kenyan territory bordered on the north and west by Tanzania. It is in Taita Taveta County.
The irregularity in the border was created in 1881 when Queen Victoria gave Mount Kilimanjaro away as a wedding present to her grandson, then Crown Prince of Prussia and later Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany. Subsequently, the border was adjusted so that Kilimanjaro would fall within the boundaries of the German colony of Tanganyika instead of the British protectorate of Kenya.
Economic Activities in Taveta Town
Taveta thrives as a point of commerce between Kenya and Tanzania, with a twice-weekly outdoor market especially large for a town of its size. The market is fueled in part by Taveta’s distinctive rail connection through Voi with the Mombasa-Nairobi-Kampala line, built by the British during the era of the Kenya protectorate and celebrated in the 1996 film the Ghost and the Darkness. Large numbers of people walk across the border from socialist Tanzania to buy and sell wares in Taveta.
Taveta Town Climate
This Taita Taveta town has a tropical climate. The summers are much rainier than the winters in Taveta. The average temperature in Taveta is 23.3 °C. The average annual rainfall is 616 mm.
Hotels and Accommodations in Taveta Town
- Severin Safari Camp
- Voi Wildlife Lodge
- Afrika Lodges
- Voi Lutheran Guesthouse
- Ashnil Aruba Lodge
- Kitani Safari Lodge
- Grogan Castle Hotel
- Lavender Garden Hote
- De Brook Resor
- Campi Ya Kanzi
Infrastructure in Taveta Town
In terms of infrastructure, the main shame to this town is its dry weather road running from Taveta to Mwatate town and Taveta to Emali town. The roads a major link to other major towns are completely dilapidated, the people of Taveta have voted time and again for members of parliament who keep promising to have the roads tarmacked without success. Farmers cannot easily help it, but count losses every time it rains, as they cannot transport their crop harvests to the markets.
Education Institutions in Taveta Town
Being a developing town, Taita Taveta town is qiute established in terms of education as it has several schools within it. Some of the schools include:
- Murray Girls High School
- Dr. Aggrey High School
- Mwasere Girls Secondary School
- Bura Girls High School
- Senior Chief Mwangeka Girls High School
Taveta Town Administration
Taveta was recently promoted to host a district headquarters for the newly created Taveta District that was formerly a division in the larger Taita-Taveta District. Three divisions have already been crafted out of the new districts whose names are yet to be confirmed.
Taveta Town is a fast-growing city. The Town Council of Taveta has acquired a 20 sq km former sisal plantation to develop for town expansion. All government border offices are moved some five km from the town centre towards the border with Tanzania, with modern new office premises.
Taveta Town- Photos