Prominent politicians from the town included: Mwatu wa Ngoma, Paul Joseph Ngei, Mutisya Mulu and Johnson Nduya Muthama.

The county and its town were named after Masaku wa Munyati, a Kamba tribal chief who migrated and settled here in 1816 from the area near Sultan Hamud.

At the turn of the 21st century, peace talks were held here in an effort to settle the Sudan civil war.

The Mavoko area of Machakos houses our nation's major cement mining sites and factories.

It's a busy place where buses and matatus depart for Machakos and Kitui as well as Western Kenya, Nyanza and the Rift Valley.

There is also Kenyatta Stadium which is adjacent to the Machakos Social Hall and is the home ground to Sofapaka FC.

The most advanced and oldest collage remains the Kenya Medical Training College Machakos Campus.

Prominent students from KMTC Machakos include John Mutuku Kivunga HSC, who is now a renowned clinical officer in Kenya.