The county has two major urban centres: Nanyuki to the southeast, and Nyahururu to the southwest.

[2] The county lies between latitudes 0° 18" South and 0° 51" North and between longitudes 36° 11" and 37° 24' East.

[3] Economic activities in the county consists mainly of tourism and agriculture, chiefly grain crops, ranching and greenhouse horticulture.

[4] Laikipia County has a total population of 518,560, of whom 259,440 are males, 259,102 females and 18 intersex persons.

He returned after governor Ndiritu Muriithi defeated him in the 2017 general elections.