Langata Constituency

Lang'ata Constituency is an electoral constituency in Nairobi City County. It is one of the seventeen constituencies in the county. It consists of southern and southwestern areas of Nairobi. Langata constituency had common boundaries with a now defunct Kibera Division of Nairobi. It is the largest constituency in Nairobi with an area of 196.80 km2 (76.0 sq mi). It was known as Nairobi South Constituency at the 1963 elections but since 1969 elections it has been known as Lang'ata Constituency.

Lang'ata
constituency
for the Parliament of Kenya
CountyNairobi City
Area196.8 km2 (76.0 sq mi)
Current constituency
Created1963
Number of membersOne
PartyODM
Member of ParliamentPhelix Odiwuor
Created fromNairobi South

Kibera, Kenya's largest slum, borders Lang'ata Constituency, and was part of it before the creation of Kibra Constituency by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission; though there is a smaller portion of the slum that is still part of Lang'ata Constituency.[1]

The affluent suburb of Karen and the mainly middle class Lang'ata suburb are part of Langata Constituency, along with the Nairobi National Park and Lang'ata Barracks, which housed the King's African Rifles during British colonial rule.

Members of Parliament

Lang'ata Constituency is represented by Felix Odiwour, following the Kenyan general election of 2022. Before this, the constituency was represented in Parliament by Nixon Korir. The first Langata MP Joseph Murumbi served as a Vice-President of Kenya from 1966 to 1967. Former Langata MP Philip Leakey was the first white Kenyan MP.

Another noteworthy former Langata MP is Mwangi Mathai, the former husband of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai.

Elections MP[2] Party Notes
1963Joseph MurumbiKANU
1969Yunis AliKANUOne-party system
1974Mwangi MathaiKANUOne-party system
1979Philip LeakeyKANUOne-party system
1983Philip LeakeyKANUOne-party system.
1988Philip LeakeyKANUOne-party system.
1992Raila OdingaFord-Kenya
1997Raila OdingaNDP
2002Raila OdingaNARC / LDP
2007Raila OdingaODM
2013Joash OlumOrange Democratic Movement
2017Nixon Kiprotich KorirJubilee
2022Felix OdiwourODM

Wards

Lang'ata Constituency is divided into five wards, each of which elects a representative to the Nairobi County Assembly.

Ward Area (km²) Population
Karen4824,507
Nairobi West6.933,377
Mugumoini126.447,037
South C15.147,202
Nyayo Highrise0.424,191
Total196.8176,314
2009 census.[3]

Lang'ata Sub-county

The Sub-county shares the same boundaries with the constituency. The Sub-county is headed by the sub-county administrator, appointed by a County Public Service Board.[4]

References
  1. "IEBC notably alters Ligale proposals". www.capitalfm.co.ke. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  2. Center for Multiparty Democracy: Politics and Paliamenterians in Kenya 1944-2007 Archived 28 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "mudavadi2013.com". Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  4. "County Governments Act No. 17 of 2012" (PDF). Law Society of Kenya. p. 39. Retrieved 4 November 2022.

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