diff --git a/db/seeds.rb b/db/seeds.rb
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new mode 100755
index 0664d1be..fae2e86a
--- a/db/seeds.rb
+++ b/db/seeds.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+require 'faker'
+
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 # This file should contain all the record creation needed to seed the database with its default values.
 # The data can then be loaded with the bin/rails db:seed command (or created alongside the database with db:setup).
@@ -6,3 +8,61 @@
 #
 #   movies = Movie.create([{ name: "Star Wars" }, { name: "Lord of the Rings" }])
 #   Character.create(name: "Luke", movie: movies.first)
+
+## User Seeds for local dev testing and setup.
+
+LOCATIONS = ["Nairobi", "Mombasa",    # Kenya
+          "Kampala", "Entebbe",       # Uganda
+          "Dar es Salaam", "Arusha",  # Tanzania
+          "Bujumbura", "Gitega",      # Burundi
+          "Kigali", "Butare"]         # Rwanda
+
+def build_user
+  user = User.new
+
+  user.email = Faker::Internet.email
+  pass = Faker::Internet.password
+  user.password = pass
+  user.password_confirmation = pass
+  user.github_username = Faker::Internet.username
+  user.name = Faker::Name.name
+  user.phone_number = Faker::Number.number(digits: 10)
+
+  user.save if user.valid?
+end
+
+def build_country
+  country = Country.new
+
+  country.name = %w(Kenya Uganda Tanzania Rwanda Burundi).sample
+
+  country.save if country.valid?
+end
+
+
+def build_chapter
+  chapter = Chapter.new
+
+  chapter.name = ["#{Faker::Name.middle_name}", "Chapter"].join(" ")
+  chapter.country = Country.all.sample
+  chapter.location = LOCATIONS.sample
+  chapter.description = "The East African chapter in #{chapter.location}"
+
+  chapter.save if chapter.valid?
+end
+
+users = []
+countries = []
+chpaters = []
+
+10.times do 
+  build_user
+end
+
+5.times do
+  build_country
+end
+
+10.times do
+  build_chapter
+end
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