Distinct from its capital, the town of Meru, and its former districts.Meru County is one of the 47 counties of Kenya, located in the former Eastern Province.Meru County is the home of the Ngaa People (Meru) ethnicity, which is sometimes described as being related to other ethnicities living around the Mount Kenya region: the Kikuyu, Embu people and to some extent the Kamba people. The Ameru generally fit into the "Bantu" group of people who have been native to the Mt.