Kiothi ("putting" or "placing" in Kimeru) is a mancala game of the Meru living primarily on the northeastern slope of Mount Kenya. It is played on a large wooden board (about 36 inch long) with nickernuts (Caesalpinia bonduc) known as "njodthie". The game was first described by Bernardo Bernardi in 1959. In 1972, Father Andrew Botta of the Materi Catholic Mission reported that there was a Kiothi Club at Meru, Tharaka District.