Nairobi County
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 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.
Demographics
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, 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 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 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
Religion in Nairobi County
Religion (2019 Census) | Number | % |
---|---|---|
Protestant | 1,358,985 | 31.33% |
Catholic | 1,041,619 | 24.02% |
Evangelical Churches | 897,741 | 20.70% |
African Instituted Churches | 307,019 | 7.08% |
Orthodox | 23,160 | 0.53% |
Other Christian | 225,003 | 5.19% |
Total Christian | 3,853,527 | 88.85% |
Islam (all branches) | 326,809 | 7.53% |
Hindu | 38,141 | 0.88% |
Traditionalists | 7,029 | 0.16% |
Other | 46,401 | 1.07% |
No Religion/Atheists | 54,841 | 1.26% |
Don't know | 9,047 | 0.21% |
Not stated | 1,285 | ~ |
Total | 4,337,080 | 100% |
Administrative and electoral boundaries
Nairobi is divided into 11 sub-counties, 17 electoral constituencies, and 85 wards.
Leadership
Term of office | Governor's Name | Political Party |
---|---|---|
2013-2017 | Evans Kidero | ODM |
2017-2020 | Mike Sonko | Jubilee |
2021-2022 | Anne Kananu | N/A |
2022-2027 | Johnson Arthur Sakaja | UDA |
See also
References
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