Subdivisions of Kenya

Number of districts in Kenya
Province Number of districts Population Population/district
Coast 26 4,328,474 166,480
North-Eastern 17 2,490,073 146,475
Eastern 43 6,821,049 158,629
Central 34 5,482,239 161,242
Rift Valley 78 12,752,966 163,500
Western 33 5,021,943 152,180
Nyanza 42 6,269,489 149,274
Nairobi 18 4,397,073 244,282
Main articles: Counties of Kenya and Sub-Counties of Kenya

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 Counties with elected governments.

The counties are divided into sub-counties and a further 290 constituencies, then 1450 Wards (to coincide with the County Assembly Wards of the County Government), and Villages.[1] The City of Nairobi, which enjoyed the status of a full administrative province, would become a County.

Under its old constitution, Kenya comprised eight provinces each headed by a Provincial Commissioner (centrally appointed by the president). The provinces (mkoa singular mikoa plural in Swahili) were subdivided into districts (wilaya). There were 69 districts at the 1999 census. Districts were then subdivided into 497 divisions (taarafa). The divisions are then subdivided into 2,427 locations (mtaa) and then 6,612 sublocations (mtaa mdogo).[2]

Provinces

Provinces of Kenya
  1. Central
  2. Coast
  3. Eastern
  4. Nairobi
  5. North Eastern
  6. Nyanza
  7. Rift Valley
  8. Western

Local governance in Kenya is practiced through local authorities. Many urban centers host city, municipal or town councils. Local authorities in rural areas were known as county councils. Local Councillors were formerly elected by civic elections, held alongside general elections. Constituencies are an electoral subdivision. There are 290 Constituencies in Kenya.[3]

References

  1. ^ County Government Act of 2012
  2. ^ Central Bureaus of Statistics (Kenya): Census cartography: The Kenyan Experience
  3. ^ Kenya Roads Board Constituency funding under the RMLF Archived 2008-01-13 at the Wayback Machine

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