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The Mayor of Nairobi was the non-executive head of Nairobi City Council in Nairobi, Kenya until the new constitution of 2010 which devolved government was enacted. The Mayor's office, officially the Mayor’s Palour, was located at City Hall Nairobi. The last mayor of Nairobi was George Aladwa of ODM, elected on 10 August 2011.[1]

There was no Mayor of Nairobi from 1983 to 1992 because the City Council of Nairobi was replaced by the City Commission appointed by then president Daniel Toroitich Arap Moi. The City Council was restored after the multi-party elections of 1992. In the year 2013 the office of mayor ceased to exist since under the Constitution of Kenya, 2010 local governments were replaced by county governments.

The following is a list of the mayors of Nairobi from the time the city was a colonial town.

Mayor Term begin Term end Notes
H. Edgar Henderson 1923 1924
Charles Udall 1924 1925
James Riddell 1925 1927
Alfred Thomas Wood 1927 1929
Charles Udall 1929 1930
Franze Rudolf Mayer 1930 1931
James Riddell 1931 1933
Joseph Mortimer 1933 1934
Edward (George) Gwinnett Bompas 1934 1936
Alfred Thomas Wood 1936 1937 Died April 1944[2]
Joseph Mortimer 1937 1938 Died 24 November 1948[3]
Gwladys, Lady Delamere 1938 1940
Ernest Albert Vasey 1941 1942
Charles Udall 1942 1944
Ernest Albert Vasey 1944 1946
Tyson George Alfred 1946 1947
Frederick George Richard Woodley 1949 1950
Norman Harris 1950 1952
Dr. J.R. Gregory 1952 1953
Harold Travis 1953 1954
Reggie S. Alexander 1954 1955 First mayor of Nairobi born in Kenya. Died 31 March 1990.[4]
Israel Somen 1957 1959
Marjorie Needham-Clarke 1959 1960
Harold Travis 1961 1962 The last European mayor of Nairobi.
Charles Rubia 1963 1967 The first African mayor of Nairobi.
Isack Lugonzo 1967 1970
Margaret Kenyatta 1970 1976
Andrew Ngumba 1977 1980
Nathan Kahara 1980 1983
Abolished 1983 1992 Nairobi City Commission had been established to replace the Nairobi City Council.
Steve Flavian Mwangi 1993 1994
Dick Waweru 1994 1996
John King'ori 1996 1998
Sammy Mbugua 1998 1999
John Ndirangu 1999 2001
Dick Waweru 2001 2002
Joe Aketch 2003 2004
Dickson Wathika 2004 2008
Geoffrey Majiwa 2008 2010
George Aladwa 2011 2013

See also

Sources

  1. ^ "ODM's Aladwa elected Nairobi Mayor". The Standard. 11 August 2011.
  2. ^ "No title". Lancashire Evening Post. 20 April 1944 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Deaths". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 27 November 1948.
  4. ^ "R. Alexander, former mayor of Nairobi". Toronto Star. 4 April 1990.

References

1. "Arrival Of Oliver Lyttleton In Kenya". Pathé News. Retrieved 17 April 2019.

2. Wepukhulu, Hezekiah (1 March 2008). "Kenya: Down Memory Lane - Woodley, the Nairobi Mayor Who Loved Sports". Daily Nation.

3. Norman Harris: From trusteeship to development: how class and gender complicated Kenya's housing policy, 1939–1963

4. Lady Gwladys (Gladys) Delamere: "The 1940s". East African Women's League. Archived from the original on 2 June 2011.

5. Massie-Blomfield, R.A. (10 July 2010). "Reward those who value colonial heritage". Daily Nation. Retrieved 17 April 2019.

6. "Visit of Queen Mother to Kenya - 1959". Old Cambrian Society. Retrieved 17 April 2019.

7. Nicholls, Christine Stephanie (2005). Red strangers: the white tribe of Kenya. Timewell Press. ISBN 1857252063.

8. Nicholls, Christine Stephanie (2005). Nicholls (2005, page 245). ISBN 9781857252064. Retrieved 17 April 2019.

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