18-490: 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. 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
36-583: A Senate that consisted of 41 senators elected for six years, with one-third of the members retiring every two years. Timothy Chokwe served as the first speaker of the Senate. The Senate was abolished in 1966, when its membership was combined with that of the House of Representatives to form a unicameral legislature, the National Assembly. The 2013 General Election took place on 4 March 2013. Under
54-404: A number of nominated members as is necessary to ensure that neither male nor female members constitute more than two-thirds of the assembly. There will also be six nominated members to represent marginalised groups (persons with disabilities, and the youth) and a county assembly speaker who will be an ex officio member of the assembly. Senate of Kenya Opposition (33) The Senate of
72-471: A separate election for the deputy governor but shall declare the running mate of the person who is elected county governor to have been elected as the deputy governor. Each county will be run by an executive committee, consisting of: Uniquely among democracies, Kenyan law requires governors to have a recognised university degree. The counties each have an assembly whose members are elected from single-member constituencies known as wards. There may also be
90-676: 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/km against the county's total area of 703.9 km (271.8 sq mi). Religion in Nairobi County Nairobi is divided into 11 sub-counties, 17 electoral constituencies, and 85 wards . 1°17′00″S 36°49′00″E / 1.2833°S 36.8167°E / -1.2833; 36.8167 Counties of Kenya The Counties of Kenya ( Swahili : Kaunti za Kenya ) are geographical units created by
108-618: The 2010 Constitution of Kenya as the new units of devolved government . They replaced the previous provincial system . The establishment and executive powers of the counties is provided in Chapter Eleven of the Constitution on devolved government, the Constitution's Fourth Schedule and any other legislation passed by the Senate of Kenya concerning counties. The counties are also single-member constituencies which elect members of
126-587: The general elections in March 2013 . The counties' names are set out in the First Schedule of the Constitution. Under the new constitution, Kenya is now divided into 47 counties for administrative purposes. They are grouped below according to the former province they were separated from, with their areas and populations as of the 2009 and the 2019 census: Abbreviations County governments are responsible for county legislation (outlined in article 185 of
144-413: The Constitution of Kenya), executive functions (outlined in article 183), functions outlined in the fourth schedule of the constitution of Kenya, functions transferred from the national government through article 187 of the constitution of Kenya, functions agreed upon with other counties under article 189(2) of the constitution of Kenya, and establishment and staffing of a public service (under article 235 of
162-486: The Constitution of Kenya). The functions of governments assigned to counties by the fourth schedule of the Constitution of Kenya are: Counties are mandated by the 2010 constitution of Kenya to enact legislation and laws that ensures management and controls of fire fighting. The county governor and the deputy county governor are the chief executive and deputy chief executive of the county, respectively. The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission shall not conduct
180-474: 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 . 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
198-604: The Republic of Kenya is one of the two Houses of the Parliament of Kenya , along with the National Assembly . The Senate was first established as part of Kenya's 1963 Constitution . After being abolished in 1966, the Senate was re-established by Article 93 of the new 2010 Constitution to represent counties ' interests as well as pass legislation concerning counties. Kenya's 1963 Constitution established
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#1732794047602216-489: The Senate, and special woman members to the National Assembly . As of 2022, there were 47 counties whose size and boundaries were 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 national government. County governments were established in all 47 counties after
234-528: 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. 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 ,
252-420: The greatest population of any of the counties of Kenya . A breakdown of the population showed that there were 2,192,452 males, 2,204,376 females and 245 intersex individuals. 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 km (4.7 sq mi), had
270-434: The least population among the sub-counties but had a high population density of 15,311/km. The population density was highest in the sub-county of Mathare with 68,942/km, followed in a distant second by Kamukunji with 25,455/km, then Makadara with 16,150/km, Kibra and Dagoretti with 15,311/km, and 14,908/km respectively. Lang'ata had the lowest population density with 911/km, with the highest household size of 3.1. As
288-560: The national level, Nairobi also sends seventeen Members of Parliament across the constituencies, 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 a county governor , who appoints his/her cabinet. The county's legislature is headed by the County Speaker, who presides over
306-531: The new Constitution , which was passed during the 2010 Referendum , the 2013 general election was the first to include the election of Senators representing the 47 newly created counties. They were also the first general elections run by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission . According to their share of elected seats, the political parties nominated an additional 16 women. Additional nominations were made for two members representing
324-463: The youth and two members representing Persons Living with Disabilities (PLWD). The Speaker of the Senate, who is an ex officio member , is elected by the Senators sworn in on the first Sitting of the Senate. The powers and role of the Senate in Kenya are as follows: Source: Kenyan Parliament (2020) The Senate consists of 47 members directly elected by their counties, 16 women nominated by
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