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== History ==
Maasai herders found red ochre in Nanyuki, the ground resembled roan coated cattle. The town saw [[British diaspora|British immigrants]] settle there during the early days of [[British East Africa|colonial Kenya]] in 1907. Some of their descendants still live in or around the town. Major [[Digby Tatham-Warter]], a [[British Army]] officer famed for carrying an umbrella into battle, moved to Nanyuki after
<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pegasusarchive.org/arnhem/tatham_warter.htm|title=Major Digby Tatham-Warter}}</ref> The town is noted for small- and large-scale farms, ranches and pastoral lands, and wildlife conservancies. Nanyuki is also the base for people seeking to climb [[Mount Kenya]]. The town sits almost on the Equator, an Equator sign was erected by the government of Kenya beside the A2 road.
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