Nairobi City County
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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 yet the most populous of the counties, also serving as the capital of Kenya. In 2013, the county entity was effected, replacing Nairobi City Council, the long-standing unit of administration since pre-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; one senator to the Senate. The county government, which is allocated devolved functions as per the constitution, 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: single-member elected Members of the County Assembly (MCAs) 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 | |
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Country | Kenya |
Formed | 4 March 2013 |
Capital | Nairobi |
Sub-counties | |
Government | |
• Governor | Sakaja Johnson |
• Senator | Edwin Sifuna |
• County Woman Representative | Esther Passaris |
Area | |
• Total | 696.1 km2 (268.8 sq mi) |
• Rank | 45th |
Elevation | 1,795 m (5,889 ft) |
Population (2019)[1] | |
• Total | 4,397,073 |
• Rank | 1st |
• Density | 6,300/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 |
Nairobi City County shares the same boundaries as the then Nairobi Province; Kenya's eight provinces were sub-divided into forty seven Counties of Kenya as per the Constitution of Kenya, 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]