The Central Province ( Swahili : Kati , Gikuyu : Gichigo gia Gatagati ) was a region in central Kenya until 2013, when Kenya's provinces were replaced by a system of counties . It covered an area of 11,449 km (4,420 sq mi) and was located to the north of Nairobi and west of Mount Kenya ( see maps ). The province had 4,383,743 inhabitants according to the 2009 census. The provincial headquarters was Nyeri .
18-682: Garissa District was an administrative district in the North Eastern Province of Kenya . The district is one the districts created by the British colonial government as part of the Northern Frontier Province . Its capital town was Garissa . The district had a population of 329,939. The district had an area of 44,952 km. before the Ijara District was split from it in 2002. In 2013, Garissa County
36-838: A High Court ruling in September 2009, there were 46 legal districts in Kenya, excluding Nairobi which constituted a 47th district. Following the Kenyan general election, 2013 , these districts and Nairobi now constitute the 47 counties which will be the basis for rolling out devolution as set out in the 2010 Constitution of Kenya (district headquarters are in parentheses): Coast Province : North Eastern Province : Eastern Province : Central Province : Rift Valley Province : Western Province : Nyanza Province : All these 46 districts (plus Nairobi) have been replaced with 47 counties since March 2013, promoting them as
54-414: A limited organisation for providing public services locally. These remaining sub-counties are transitional and could be replaced by more efficient cooperative structures grouping the local services in organised cities and their surrounding towns, either for dedicated missions or for temporary plans; so they may be deeply reorganised or disappear at any time. The remaining sub-counties already do not match with
72-556: Is fairly reliable, falling in two seasons, one from early March to May (the long rains) and a second during October and November (the short rains). Central Province is a key producer of coffee, one of Kenya's key exports. Much of Kenya's dairy industry is also based in this province. The provincial headquarters were in Nyeri . Central Province was divided into seven districts ( wilaya'at ) until 2007: Several new districts (declared sub-counties in 2013) were created in 2007: The province
90-602: Is inhabited by the Kikuyu speaking community almost exclusively. They are part of the Kenya Eastern Bantus. During Kenya's colonization by the British, much of the province was regarded as part of the ' White Highlands ', for the exclusive use of the European community. Therefore, it saw political activity from the local communities who felt that they had an ancestral right to the land. This tension culminated in
108-420: The 1963 Constitution of Kenya , apart from Nairobi , there were forty districts across the seven semi-autonomus regions of Kenya which later became to be referred as provinces. The districts were represented by a single member in the senate . Coast Region : North Eastern Region : Eastern Region : Central Region : Rift Valley Region : Western Region : Nyanza Region : Following
126-544: The Constitution of Kenya . In that case, constituencies are sometimes referred to as 'sub-counties' at county management level, but defer significantly from the sub-counties at national level. The sub-counties have a sub-county administrator, appointed by a County Public Service Board. The sub-counties or constituencies in this case are further divided into wards and villages. The county governments are mandated to appoint administrators in both decentralised levels. As per
144-588: The High Court declared all districts created after 1992 unlawful, though they remained functional. Under the former Constitution of Kenya, the Provinces of Kenya were subdivided into a number of districts ( wilaya ). In line with restructuring the national administration to fit with the devolved government system brought in by the 2010 Constitution, that came into full effect following elections in March 2013,
162-401: The 8 provinces and their administrators and districts were replaced by County Commissioners at the county level, while former districts existing as of 2013 were re-organised as sub-counties, and had Deputy Commissioners appointed over them. At county government level, except for the parts which fall under urban areas, sub-counties coincide with the constituencies created under article 89 of
180-533: The City of Nairobi – constitute the 47 counties into which Kenya is now divided administratively, and they are also the 47 constituencies for the elections to the National Senate. All the former districts have disappeared (as well as the former 8 provinces whose devolution was transferred to the new 47 counties), and are now considered only as "sub-counties", without autonomy; they are used in urban areas for
198-503: The High Court decision in September 2009): In August 2009, however, the High Court of Kenya declared all districts created after 1992 illegal. The judge stated that the districts were created "in complete disregard of the law" . As a result, Kenya had only 46 legal districts (excluding Nairobi with its special constitutional status as the capital of the country). Following the March 2013 elections, these 46 districts – together with
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#1732772541012216-497: The High Court outlawed 210 of them). The creation of new districts has been criticised by opponents for being waste of money and a populist attempt to please local residents. The government, however, say new districts bring services closer to the people and will provide security. The following list contains 208 districts, taken from a Kenyan government website in July 2009 (the list is incomplete, but their number stopped growing after
234-508: The colonial government to ease control and management of the colony. The number of districts in Kenya through the colonial period varied. Headed by District Commissioners (DC), districts were the second level of administration after the provinces . In 1962, as the colony was transitioning to self-rule, the colonial government redrew the districts and capped them at forty, in addition to the Nairobi Area . A bicameral parliament meant that
252-556: The districts were to send one senator to the Senate . In 1966, the Senate was abolished by an amendment to the constitution, making the districts purely administrative. By 1992, one district had been eliminated, six more had been created by splitting some of the existing districts. By the start of the 21st century more districts had been created, and by 2005, seventy two districts were in existence, and by 2010, Kenya had 265 districts. In 2009,
270-595: The first level of administrative subdivisions of the country, and the 8 former provinces (which were the first level of subdivisions) have been dissolved. New districts started to be created by President Moi, and there were up to 57 districts in 2003 when President Kibaki first came into office. In early January 2007, 37 new districts were created by the government from the 14 former districts, rising their number to 70. Many more districts have been created since then, such that in July 2009 there were 254 districts (an up to 256 districts plus Nairobi on 20 September 2009, when
288-399: The sub-counties are divisions of counties, powers to create new national sub-counties lies with the national government. As of 2023, there are 314 sub-counties, compared to 290 constituencies. A deputy county commissioner is appointed by the state to lead each sub-county. The sub-counties are further divided into divisions , locations and sub-locations. Districts were introduced in Kenya by
306-489: The subdivision of the new 47 counties into electoral-only "wards" (based on resident population, to determine the number of elected seats for each county in the National Senate. Nairobi sub-counties Central Province (Kenya) Central Province was the ancestral home of the Gikuyu people . The climate of Central Province is generally cooler than that of the rest of Kenya, due to the region's higher altitude. Rainfall
324-483: Was formerly effected using the original boundaries of the district prior to the split. Garissa district had three constituencies: Garissa County Districts of Kenya Sub-counties , formerly known as Districts , are the decentralised units through which government of Kenya provides functions and services. At national level, sub-counties take a more administrative function like security, statistical purposes, provision of government services, etc. Even though
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