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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 ...
Sub-counties, also known as Districts, are the decentralised units through which government of Kenya provides functions and services. [1] At national level, sub-counties take a more administrative function like security, statistical purposes, provision of government services, etc. Even though the sub-counties are divisions of counties, powers ...
As of 2022, there are 47 counties whose size and boundaries are based on 1992 districts. Following the re-organization of Kenya's national administration, counties were integrated into a new national administration with the national government posting a county commissioner to each county to serve as a collaborative link with county government. [4]
The sub-county borrows its name from the neighbourhood. It is the second largest sub-county after Lang'ata with an area of 129.9 km 2 (50.2 sq mi). [1] It borders Embakasi sub-county. It covers eastern to the farthest east area in Nairobi: from Kariobangi South, Dandora, Ruai, Saika, Njiru, parts of Kayole, to Kamulu. [3]
Nairobi. 18. 4,397,073. 244,282. The subdivisions of Kenya have been in place since 2010, replacing the old system. Under the Constitution of 2010 and other reforms to Provincial Administration the country acquired a new system of Counties. The previous Provinces were scrapped and the 46 Districts, in existence since 1992, were turned into ...
Embakasi is a neighbourhood in the city of Nairobi. It is approximately 18 kilometres (11 mi), southeast of the central business district. Embakasi is considered part of Nairobi's Eastlands area, lying to the south-east of Nairobi County. The Embakasi proper covers other estates in Eastlands such as Donholm, Pipeline, Tena, and Makadara estates.
Starehe Sub-county and Starehe Constituency names are borrowed from the estate. The sub-county is one of the eleven sub-counties of Nairobi City County. Created in 1966, the constituency is one of the seventeen constituencies in Nairobi. the electoral divisions covers the mainly the central and some southern parts of Nairobi. It has six ...
Kasarani Constituency is an electoral constituency in Nairobi. It is one of seventeen constituencies of Nairobi City County. The entire constituency is located within Nairobi City County. It has an area of 152.60 km 2 (58.9 sq mi), making it the second-largest constituency in Nairobi after Lang'ata. It borders Ruaraka, Embakasi Central ...