Districts of Kenya
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The provinces of Kenya are subdivided into number of districts (wilaya).
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[edit] List of districts of Kenya
Following a High Court ruling in September 2009, there are 46 legal districts in Kenya[1] (district headquarters are in parenthesis):
Coast Province:
- Kilifi District (Kilifi)
- Kwale District (Kwale)
- Lamu District (Lamu)
- Mombasa District (Mombasa)
- Taita-Taveta District (Wundanyi)
- Tana River District (Tana River)
North Eastern Province:
Eastern Province:
- Embu District (Embu)
- Isiolo District (Isiolo)
- Kitui District (Kitui)
- Machakos District (Machakos)
- Makueni District (Makueni)
- Marsabit District (Marsabit)
- Mbeere District (Siakago)
- Meru District (Meru)
- Tharaka-Nithi District
Central Province:
- Kiambu District (Kiambu)
- Kirinyaga District (Kerugoya/Kutus)
- Murang'a District (Murang'a)
- Nyandarua District (Nyahururu)
- Nyeri District (Nyeri)
Rift Valley Province:
- Baringo District (Kabarnet)
- Bomet District (Bomet)
- Elgeyo-Marakwet District
- Kajiado District (Kajiado)
- Kericho District (Kericho)
- Laikipia District (Nanyuki)
- Nakuru District (Nakuru)
- Nandi District (Kapsabet)
- Narok District (Narok)
- Samburu District (Maralal)
- Trans Nzoia District (Kitale)
- Turkana District (Lodwar)
- Uasin Gishu District (Eldoret)
- West Pokot District (Kapenguria)
Western Province:
Nyanza Province:
- Homa Bay District (Homa Bay)
- Kisii Central (Kisii)
- Kisumu District (Kisumu)
- Migori District (Migori)
- Nyamira District (Nyamira)
- Siaya District (Siaya)
[edit] List of districts of Kenya (prior to 2007)
- Baringo District (Kabarrnet)
- Bomet District (Bomet)
- Bondo District (Bondo)
- Bungoma District (Bungoma)
- Buret District (Litein)
- Busia (Busia)
- Butere/Mumias District (Butere)
- Embu District (Embu)
- Garissa District (Garissa)
- Gucha District (Ogembo)
- Homa Bay District (Homa Bay)
- Ijara District (Ijara)
- Isiolo District (Isiolo)
- Kajiado District (Kajiado)
- Kakamega District (Kakamega)
- Keiyo District (Iten/Tambach)
- Kericho District (Kericho)
- Kiambu District (Kiambu)
- Kilifi District (Kilifi)
- Kirinyaga District (Kerugoya/Kutus)
- Kisii Central (Kisii)
- Kisumu District (Kisumu)
- Kitui District (Kitui)
- Koibatek District (Eldama Ravine)
- Kuria District (Kehancha)
- Kwale District (Kwale)
- Laikipia District (Nanyuki)
- Lamu District (Lamu)
- Lugari District (Lugari)
- Machakos District (Machakos)
- Makueni District (Makueni)
- Malindi District (Malindi)
- Mandera District (Mandera)
- Maragua District (Maragua)
- Marakwet District (Kapsowar)
- Marsabit District (Marsabit)
- Mbeere District (Mbeere)
- Meru Central District (Meru)
- Meru North District (Maua)
- Meru South District (Chuka)
- Migori District (Migori)
- Mombasa District (Mombasa)
- Mount Elgon District (Mount Elgon)
- Moyale District (Moyale)
- Murang'a District (Murang'a)
- Mwingi District (Mwingi)
- Nairobi District (Nairobi)
- Nakuru District (Nakuru)
- Nandi (Kapsabet)
- Narok District (Narok)
- Nyamira District (Nyamira)
- Nyandarua District (Ol Kalou)
- Nyando District (Awasi)
- Nyeri District (Nyeri)
- Rachuonyo District (Oyugis)
- Samburu District (Maralal)
- Siaya District (Siaya)
- Suba District (Mbita)
- Taita-Taveta District (Wundanyi)
- Tana River District (Tana River)
- Teso District (Malaba)
- Tharaka District (Tharaka)
- Thika District (Thika)
- Trans Mara District (Kilgoris)
- Trans Nzoia District (Kitale)
- Turkana District (Lodwar)
- Uasin Gishu District (Eldoret)
- Vihiga District (Vihiga)
- Wajir District (Wajir)
- West Pokot District (Kapenguria)
[edit] New districts
In early 2007 37 new districts were created by the government.[2][3]. Many more districts have been created since then, such that in July 2009 there were 254 districts [4]. The creation of new districts has been criticised by opponents for being waste of money and a populist attempt to please local residents. The government, however, say new districts bring services closer to the people and will provide security [4].
In August 2009, however, the High Court of Kenya declared all districts created after 1992 illegal. The judge stated that the district were created "in complete disregard of the law". As a result, Kenya has only 46 legal districts [5].
The following list contains 208 districts, taken from a Kenyan government website in July 2009 [6]:
[edit] References
- ^ The Standard, September 4, 2009: High Court outlaws 210 districts created by Moi and Kibaki since 1992
- ^ List of the new districts from the website of the Kenyan embassy in Germany (pdf)[dead link]
- ^ info(at)synergy.co.ke. "Newspaper report on the new districts (Kibaki Gives Kenya 37 New Districts - Jan 19, 2007)". Propertykenya.com. http://www.propertykenya.com/news/450220-kibaki-gives-kenya-37-new-districts. Retrieved 2010-10-18.
- ^ a b "All constituencies now turned into districts". Nation.co.ke. http://www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/623360/-/ukx8ve/-/index.html. Retrieved 2010-10-18.
- ^ The Standard, September 27, 2009: After Ringera, House to take on Kibaki over new districts
- ^ Office of Public Communications: List of Provinces, Districts & Contacts
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