Kiirua technical training institute is located in Naari location, Buuri sub county, Meru County. It’s about 13km from Meru town and 2km from Kiirua market, off the Meru-Nanyuki highway. The institution was established in 1990 under a Youth Support Training Programme (Y.S.T.P) built by the European Economic Commission (E.E.C), voluntary services overseas (V.S.O) and the Government of Kenya through a joint funding scheme. In 1983 the physical facility was handed over to the government and in 1999, it was registered as a public technical training institute with the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MOEST), to offer certificate and diploma courses in TVETA.