Kalamba
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Kalamba
Kalamba Nzaui Maiani | |
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  Kalamba Location in Kenya | |
| Coordinates: 1°52′S 37°31′E / 1.867°S 37.517°E | |
| Country |  Kenya |
| County | Makueni County |
| Founded | 1895 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
| Postcode | 90122 |
| Climate | Cwb |
Kalamba is town found in Makueni Constituency Makueni County in Kenya. The town was started as a mission station of Africa Inland Mission in 1895 by Peter Cameron Scott. In Kalamba, there is final resting place for Peter Scott.
As a historical destination, it is now known as the origin of AIC Church in Kenya. In 1895, Mr. Peter Cameron Scott, a Scottish missionary sent from America passed here and ventured further interior to Nzaui where he set up the first Africa inland Mission in Kalamba with his sister Margret and six others.[1] After hardly seven months, he had established three other missions in Ukambani at Sakai, Kilungu and Kangundo. He died in Nzaui- Kalamba on 4 December in 1896, after having established the first mission that gave birth to the Africa Inland Church in Ukambani.
