Nairobi City County

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Nairobi City County
County
Nairobi city hall.jpg
Nairobi City Hall
Coat of Arms of Nairobi.svg
Coat of arms
Nairobi County in Kenya.svg
Location in Kenya
Country Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Formed4 March 2013
Capital Nairobi
Sub-counties
List
Government
 •  Governor Sakaja Johnson
 •  Senator Edwin Sifuna
 •  County Woman Representative Esther Passaris
Area
 • Total696.1 km2 (268.8 sq mi)
 • Rank 45th
Elevation
1,795 m (5,889 ft)
Population
 (2019) [1]
 • Total4,397,073
 • Rank 1st
 • Density6,300/km2 (16,000/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+03:00 (EAT)
HDI (2019)0.681 [2]
- medium
Poverty Rate 1.3 % [3]
- $1.90/day
Website nairobi.go.ke

Nairobi City County is one of the 47 counties of Kenya. With an estimated population of 5,454,000 in 2024, it is the third-smallest in area of the counties, yet the most populous one. It also serves as the capital of Kenya. The county entity was effected in 2013, replacing Nairobi City Council, which had been the long-standing unit of local administration since before Kenya's independence. The city county consists of eleven gazetted sub-counties and eighty-five electoral wards. On the national level, Nairobi also sends seventeen Members of Parliament across the constituencies and one County Woman Representative to the National Assembly; and one senator to the Senate. The county government, which is allotted devolved functions as stated in the Constitution of Kenya, is headed by the county governor, who appoints his cabinet. The county's legislature is headed by the County Speaker, who presides over the County Assembly. The Members of the County Assembly (MCAs) are elected from single-member districts and represent their respective electoral wards. Additional MCAs are also nominated by political parties as a form of affirmative action.

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Nairobi City County shares the same boundaries as the former Nairobi Province. Kenya's eight provinces were sub-divided into forty-seven counties as stated in the constitution, based on the forty-seven districts that were established prior to 1992.

On 25 August 2022, after the general elections in Kenya, Johnson Sakaja was sworn-in as the fourth Governor of Nairobi County. [4]

Demographics

Based on the population census conducted by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics in 2019, the resident population of Nairobi City County was 4,397,073 within the city proper, the greatest population of any of the counties of Kenya. [5] A breakdown of the population showed that there were 2,192,452 males, 2,204,376 females and 245 intersex individuals. [5] Embakasi Sub-county had the highest population of 988,808, accounting for more than 22% of the total population of the county; Kasarani came in second with 780,656. Kibra Sub-county with an area of 12.1 km2 (4.7 sq mi), had the least population among the sub-counties but had a high population density of 15,311/km2. [6] [5] The population density was highest in the sub-county of Mathare with 68,942/km2, followed in a distant second by Kamukunji with 25,455/km2, then Makadara with 16,150/km2, Kibra and Dagoretti with 15,311/km2, and 14,908/km2 respectively. [5] Lang'ata had the lowest population density with 911/km2, with the highest household size of 3.1. [5]

As a whole, Nairobi City had the highest number of households in the country with 1,506,888, with an average household size of 2.9, as well as the highest population density of 6247/km2 against the county's total area of 703.9 km2 (271.8 sq mi). [5]

Religion

Religion in Nairobi County [7]

Religion (2019 Census)Number
Christian 2,401,619
Islam 1,326,809
Evangelical Churches 897,741
African Instituted Churches307,019
Orthodox 23,160
Other Christian 225,003
Hindu 38,141
Traditionalists7,029
Other46,401
No Religion/Atheists 54,841
Don't know9,047
Not stated1, 285

Administrative and electoral boundaries

Nairobi is divided into 11 sub-counties, 17 electoral constituencies, and 85 wards. [8]

ConstituencyCommunitiesSub-county [9]
Dagoretti North Kilimani  · Kawangware  · Gatina  · Kileleshwa  · Kabiro Westlands/Dagoretti
Dagoretti South Mutu-ini  · Ng'ando  · Riruta  · Uthiru/Ruthimitu · Waithaka Dagoretti
Lang'ata Karen  · Nairobi West  · Mugumo-ini  · South C  · Nyayo Highrise · Otiende  · Lang'ata
Kibra Laini Saba  · Lindi  · Makina  · Woodley/ Kenyatta Golf Course · Sarang'ombe Kibra
Kasarani Clay City · Mwiki  · Kasarani  · Njiru  · Ruai  · Kamulu Kasarani/Njiru [lower-alpha 1]
Roysambu Roysambu  · Garden Estate · Ridgeways · Githurai  · Kahawa West · Zimmermann  · Kahawa Kasarani
Ruaraka Babadogo · Utalii  · Mathare North  · Lucky Summer  · Korogocho Kasarani
Embakasi Central Kayole North  · Kayole North Central · Kayole South · Komarock  · Matopeni/ Spring Valley Embakasi
Embakasi East Upper Savanna · Lower Savanna · Embakasi  · Utawala  · Mihang'o Embakasi [lower-alpha 2]
Embakasi North Kariobangi North  · Dandora Area I  · Dandora Area II · Dandora Area III · Dandora Area IVEmbakasi/Kasarani
Embakasi South Imara Daima · Kwa Njenga  · Kwa Reuben  · Pipeline  · Kware Embakasi
Embakasi West Umoja I  · Umoja II · Mowlem  · Kariobangi South Embakasi/Kamukunji
Kamukunji Pumwani  · Eastleigh North  · Eastleigh South · Airbase  · California Kamukunji
Makadara Maringo/Hamza  · Viwandani  · Harambee  · Makongeni  · Mbotela  · Bahati Makadara/Kamukunji
Mathare Hospital · Mabatini  · Huruma  · Ngei · Mlango Kubwa · Kiamaiko Mathare
Starehe Nairobi Central · Nairobi  · Pangani  · Ziwani/ Kariokor  · Landimawe · Nairobi South Starehe/Makadara
Westlands Kitisuru  · Parklands/Highridge  · Karura  · Kangemi  · Mountain View  ·Westlands

Leadership

Term of officeGovernor's NamePolitical Party
2013-2017 Evans Kidero ODM
2017-2020 Mike Sonko Jubilee
2021-2022 Anne Kananu N/A
2022-2027 Johnson Arthur Sakaja UDA

See also

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References

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  2. ↑ Global Data Lab. "Human Development Indices: Sub-national HDI". globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
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  4. ↑ "Sakaja sworn in as the 4th Governor of Nairobi City County. | Nairobi City County". 25 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
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  8. ↑ Archived 19 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ↑ "2019 Population By County and Sub-county". Archived from the original on 13 November 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2021.

Notes

  1. ↑ Kasarani Sub-county mainly uses the boundaries of the Kasarani Division prior to 2013. Ruai, Njiru and Kamulu are in Njiru Sub-county
  2. ↑ Mihang'o and Utawala are in Njiru Sub-county

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