The Ameru community and their migrationTheir original homeland is claimed to Mbwa, located somewhere at the coast on manda island.the Shungwaya dispersal might have led to the pushing of the Ameru to tigania and igembe regions. The Chuka section settled in the west of river tana. The mwimbi, imenti, tigania and igembe also settled west of the Tana River. -According to tradition, the Meru and Agikuyu were initially migrating as one group and separated at around 15th c and 16th c.