Wamba is a small town in Samburu District

Samburu District

Samburu District is a district in Rift Valley Province, Kenya. It covers an area of roughly 21,000 km² in northern Kenya where the Samburu tribe live...

, Rift Valley Province in central Kenya

Kenya

Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...

. It is located south-southwest edge of the Mathews Range, and northwest of the Samburu National Reserve

Samburu National Reserve

The Samburu National Reserve is located on the banks of the Ewaso Ng'iro river in Kenya; on the other side of the river is the Buffalo Springs National Reserve in Northern Kenya. It is 165 km² in size and 350 kilometers from Nairobi and ranges in altitude from 800 to 1230m above sea level...

. The northbound Isiolo

Isiolo

Isiolo is a town in the Eastern Province, Kenya. It is situated in the Upper Eastern sub-region, and lies 285 kilometres north of Nairobi, the capital city of Kenya. The town grew around the local military camps, much of the population being descended from former Somali soldiers who had fought in...

 - Moyale

Moyale

Moyale is a market town on the border of Ethiopia and Kenya, which is split between the two countries: the larger portion is in Ethiopia , and the smaller is in Kenya . There are four disputed locations within the Moyale district between the Somali and Oromo regions...

 road (A2 road) is about 40 kilometres drives east of Wamba .

Wamba town is the headquarters of the Wamba administrative division

Divisions of Kenya

||The districts of Kenya are divided into 262 divisions . Divisions of Kenya are further subdivided into locations. The divisions are listed below, by district:-Baringo District:*Kabarnet*Kabartonjo*Marigat*Mochongoi*Mogotio*Nginyang...

, which is divided into five locations

Locations of Kenya

||Locations are a type of administrative region in Kenya. Location are a fourth level subdivision below Provinces, Districts and Divisions. Locations are further subdivided into Sub-locations . As of 1999 census there were 2,427 locations and 6,612 sublocations in Kenya .Each division in Kenya is...

, Wamba being one of them . The location has a population of 4,051 (1999 census).

Wamba forms an electoral war of the Samburu East Constituency

Samburu East Constituency

Samburu East is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of two constituencies of Samburu District. The constituency was established for the 1966 elections. The constituency has nine wards, all electing councillors for the Samburu County Council....

and Samburu County Council .