Local authorities in Kenya are the bodies controlling local governance

Local government

Local government refers collectively to administrative authorities over areas that are smaller than a state.The term is used to contrast with offices at nation-state level, which are referred to as the central government, national government, or federal government...

 in Kenya

Kenya

Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...

.

Kenya has four classes of local authorities: City, Municipality, Town and County council. Currently there are three authorities with city status: Nairobi

Nairobi

Nairobi is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The city and its surrounding area also forms the Nairobi County. The name "Nairobi" comes from the Maasai phrase Enkare Nyirobi, which translates to "the place of cool waters". However, it is popularly known as the "Green City in the Sun" and is...

, the national capital, Mombasa

Mombasa

Mombasa is the second-largest city in Kenya. Lying next to the Indian Ocean, it has a major port and an international airport. The city also serves as the centre of the coastal tourism industry....

 and Kisumu

Kisumu

Kisumu is a port city in western Kenya at , with a population of 355,024 . It is the third largest city in Kenya, the principal city of western Kenya, the immediate former capital of Nyanza Province and the headquarters of Kisumu County. It has a municipal charter but no city charter...

. A Municipalities and towns are other forms of urban authorities and are generally named after their central town. County councils are essentially rural. Each district has a maximum of one county council, such that they cover all area not taken up by urban authorities. County councils are usually named after their respective districts, which often bear the same name as the district capital. Thus county councils are often named after a major town, but their land area may cover the surroundings, not the town itself. Some districts have only one local authority, which are almost all county councils.

Local authorities usually differ from divisional

Divisions of Kenya

||The districts of Kenya are divided into 262 divisions . Divisions of Kenya are further subdivided into locations. The divisions are listed below, by district:-Baringo District:*Kabarnet*Kabartonjo*Marigat*Mochongoi*Mogotio*Nginyang...

 and constituency

Constituencies of Kenya

Constituencies of Kenya are used to select members of the Kenyan parliament. Currently there are 210 constituencies in Kenya. However, following the promulgation of the new constitution, the number of constituencies are to be increased to 290...

 boundaries used by the state administration.

Local authority administration consists of a mayor

Mayor

In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....

, town clerk and councillor

Councillor

A councillor or councilor is a member of a local government council, such as a city council.Often in the United States, the title is councilman or councilwoman.-United Kingdom:...

s. The number of councillors depend on population and area of each authority and they are elected by the public during the Kenya general elections

Elections in Kenya

Elections in Kenya in recent years have been cause for violence and fragmentation, such as during the presidential elections of 2007. Though a multiparty democracy since 1992 and holding elections since 1962, the country has serious institutional problems which make it hard for elections to be...

 held every five years or by-elections held in between. Authorities are divided into wards and each ward elects only one councillor. Wards have often common boundaries with administrative locations

Locations of Kenya

||Locations are a type of administrative region in Kenya. Location are a fourth level subdivision below Provinces, Districts and Divisions. Locations are further subdivided into Sub-locations . As of 1999 census there were 2,427 locations and 6,612 sublocations in Kenya .Each division in Kenya is...

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Compared to many other countries, local authorities in Kenya are weak and are shadowed by state run administration. However, during the international Africities summit held in Nairobi September 2006, the Kenyan president Mwai Kibaki

Mwai Kibaki

Mwai Kibaki is the current and third President of the republic of Kenya.Kibaki was previously Vice President of Kenya for ten years from 1978–1988 and also held cabinet ministerial positions, including a widely acclaimed stint as Minister for Finance , Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for...

 promised to strengthen local authorities.

Kisumu

Kisumu

Kisumu is a port city in western Kenya at , with a population of 355,024 . It is the third largest city in Kenya, the principal city of western Kenya, the immediate former capital of Nyanza Province and the headquarters of Kisumu County. It has a municipal charter but no city charter...

 and Mombasa

Mombasa

Mombasa is the second-largest city in Kenya. Lying next to the Indian Ocean, it has a major port and an international airport. The city also serves as the centre of the coastal tourism industry....

, which currently have municipal councils have recently been granted city status, but they are yet to get their city charters.

Central Province

• Kiambu District
  Kiambu District
  Kiambu District is an administrative district in the Central Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Kiambu. The district is adjacent to the northern border of Nairobi and has a population of 744,010....
  
  
  • Kiambu
    Kiambu
    Kiambu is a town in Central Province, Kenya. It is located at around , in the elevation of about 1,720 m. It has an urban population of 13,814. It is the capital of the Kiambu District, which bounds the northern border of Nairobi...
    
     municipality
  • Kiambu county council
  • Limuru
    Limuru
    Limuru is a town in central Kenya. It is also the name of a parliamentary constituency and an administrative division. Current 2004 population is about 4800....
    
     municipality
  • Kikuyu
    Kikuyu, Kenya
    Kikuyu is a town in the Central Province of Kenya. The town is located 20 km northwest of central Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. Kikuyu hosts a town council and an administrative division in the Kiambu District....
    
     town council
  • Karuri
    Karuri
    Karuri is a town in Kiambu District , Central Province, Kenya. The town hosts a town council.The Council borders the city of Nairobi to the South for about 20 km from Nairobi City, Kikuyu Town Council to the West, Limuru Municipal Council to the North and Kiambu Municipal Council to the East....
    
     town council

• Kirinyaga District
  Kirinyaga District
  Kirinyaga District is an administrative district in the Central Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Kerugoya. The district has a population of 457,105 and an area of 1,478 km² .The district has four constituencies:*Mwea Constituency...
  
  
  • Kerugoya
    Kerugoya
    Kerugoya is a town in Kenya. It is the capital of Kirinyaga District of Central Province. Kerugoya is located 10 kilometres east of Karatina and 40 kilometres west of Embu....
    
    /Kutus municipality
  • Kirinyaga county council
  • Sagana
    Sagana
    Sagana is a small town in Kirinyaga District, Central, Kenya. It is along the Nairobi-Nyeri highway, 100 kilometres north of Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. Its name comes from Kenyas longest river, Tana River which is also called Thagana.- See also :...
    
     town council

• Muranga District
  Muranga District
  Murang'a is one of the districts of Kenya's Central Province. Its capital town is also now named Murang'a but was called Fort Hall in colonial times . It is inhabited mainly by and is considered the home of the Kikuyu, the largest community in Kenya. The district has a population of 942,581...
  
  
  • Murang'a
    Murang'a
    Murang'a is a town in Central Province of Kenya. The town was previously called Fort Hall. It is the administrative centre of Murang'a District and is mainly inhabited by the Kikuyu community....
    
     municipality
  • Murang'a county council
  • Kangema town council

• Nyandarua District
  Nyandarua District
  Nyandarua District is an administrative district in the Central Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Ol Kalou. Formerly the capital was Nyahururu, but it is now part of the Laikipia District. Nyandarua District has population of 479,902 and an area of 3,304 km²...
  
  
  • Ol Kalou
    Ol Kalou
    Ol Kalou is a town in Kenya. It is the headquarters of Nyandarua District of Central Province. It is located west of Aberdare range and 40 kilometres east of Nakuru. Ol Kalou is connected by road to Gilgil, Nyahururu and Nakuru...
    
     town council
  • Nyandarua county council

• Nyeri District
  Nyeri District
  Nyeri District is a district in the Central Province of Kenya. Its headquarters is in Nyeri town. It has a population of 661,156 and an area of 3,356 km².The district is located on the southwest flank of Mount Kenya...
  
  
  • Nyeri
    Nyeri
    Nyeri is a town in situated in the Central Highlands of Kenya Kenya, which was the administrative headquarters of the country's former Central Province...
    
     municipality
  • Nyeri county council
  • Karatina
    Karatina
    Karatina is a town in Central Province, Kenya. It hosts a municipal council and the headquarters of Mathira East district. Karatina municipality has a total population of 6,852, all classified as urban . Karatina municipality has six electoral wards, all falling in the Mathira Constituency...
    
     municipality
  • Othaya
    Othaya
    Othaya is a Kenyan town about 150 kilometres north of Nairobi, the capital. It has a population of 21,427, of which 4,108 are core urban ; the majority of the residents are of the Kikuyu tribe. Othaya is part of the Nyeri District. It is an agricultural area with coffee and tea as the main cash crops...
    
     town council

• Thika District
  Thika District
  Thika District is an administrative district in the Central Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Thika. The district is adjacent to the northeastern border of Nairobi. The district has a population of 645.713 ....
  
  
  • Thika
    Thika
    Thika is an industrial town in Central Province, Kenya, lying on the A2 road 40 km north east of Nairobi, near the confluence of Thika River & Chania River. Thika has a population of 200,000and is growing rapidly, as is the entire greater Nairobi area...
    
     municipality
  • Thika county council
  • Ruiru
    Ruiru
    Ruiru is a town in the Thika District of Kenya’s Central Province. Located within three kilometers of Nairobi's city boundary, Ruiru is a dormitory town for the nation's capital, and is connected by both rail and road...
    
     municipality

• Maragua District
  Maragua District
  Maragua District is one of the seventy-one districts of Kenya, located in the Central Province. Its capital is the town of Maragua. Maragua District has a population of 387,969 and an area of 868 km²...
  
  
  • Maragua
    Maragua
    Maragua is a town in the Central Province of Kenya. It is the capital of the Maragua District. The town is located along Thika–Sagana road just 10 km south of Murang'a. Maragua town has an urban population of 4,286 and a total population of 27,384 . Norwegian-Kenyan singer Stella Mwangi was...
    
     town council
  • Maragua county council
  • Kandara
    Kandara
    Kandara is a town in Maragua District, Central Province in Kenya. Kandara is located 10 kilometres south of Kigumo and 30 kilometres north of Thika. Kandara hosts a town council with a population of 28,840 ....
    
     town council
  • Makuyu town council

Coast Province

• Kilifi District
  Kilifi District
  Kilifi District is an administrative district in the Coast Province of Kenya. Its capital is coastal town Kilifi. The district has a population of 281,552 .The district is located north and northeast of Mombasa...
  
  
  • Kilifi
    Kilifi
    Kilifi is a town on the Kenyan coast, home to many resorts. It sits on the estuary of the Rare River in Kenya. The beach itself is known as Bofa Beach and is said to be one of the best beaches in Kenya. The town lies on the Kilifi Creek between Malindi and Mombasa. Kilifi is capital of the Kilifi...
    
     town council
  • Kilifi county council
  • Mariakani
    Mariakani
    Mariakani is a town lying on the boundary of Kaloleni and Kinango districts , Coast Province of Kenya, 36 kilometres northwest of the port city of Mombasa.- Overview :Colonial time Administration...
    
     town council

• Kwale District
  Kwale District
  Kwale District is an administrative district in the Coast Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Kwale, although Msambweni and Ukunda are larger.The district has a population of 496.133 ....
  
  
  • Kwale
    Kwale
    Kwale is a small town in Coast Province, Kenya. It is located at around ; 30 km southwest of Mombasa and 15 km inland. It is capital of the Kwale District. The town has an urban population of 4,200 . It is next to the Shimba Hills National Reserve...
    
     town council
  • Kwale county council

• Lamu District
  Lamu District
  Lamu District is a district of Kenya's Coast Province. Its district headquarters is Lamu town. The district covers a strip of northeastern coastal mainland and the Lamu Archipelago. Lamu District has a population of 72,686 and its land area is 6,167 km².There are extensive mangrove forests in...
  
  
  • Lamu
    Lamu
    -Threats to Lamu:In a 2010 report titled Saving Our Vanishing Heritage, Global Heritage Fund identified Lamu as one of 12 worldwide sites most "On the Verge" of irreparable loss and damage, citing insufficient management and development pressure as primary causes.- See also :* Juma and the Magic...
    
     county council

• Malindi District
  Malindi District
  Malindi District is an administrative district in the Coast Province of Kenya. Its capital is the coastal town of Malindi. The district has a population of 544,303 . Malindi Town is increasingly becoming known as Kenya’s version of "Little Italy"...
  
  
  • Malindi
    Malindi
    Malindi is a town on Malindi Bay at the mouth of the Galana River, lying on the Indian Ocean coast of Kenya. It is 120 kilometres northeast of Mombasa. The population of Malindi is 117,735 . It is the capital of the Malindi District.Tourism is the major industry in Malindi. The city is...
    
     municipality
  • Malindi county council

• Mombasa District
  Mombasa District
  Mombasa District is one of the 71 districts of Kenya. Its capital and the only town is Mombasa.Kenya is divided into eight provinces, which are subdivided into 71 districts. In Coast Province there are seven districts, Mombasa District being one of them. It is situated in the southeast of Coast...
  
  
  • Mombasa
    Mombasa
    Mombasa is the second-largest city in Kenya. Lying next to the Indian Ocean, it has a major port and an international airport. The city also serves as the centre of the coastal tourism industry....
    
     municipality

• Taita-Taveta District
  Taita-Taveta District
  Taita Taveta-District is one of the seventy-one districts of Kenya, located in the Coast Province of that country. It lies approximately 200 km northwest of Mombasa and 360 km southeast of Nairobi city....
  
  
  • Taita-Taveta county council
  • Taveta
    Taveta, Kenya
    Taveta is a town in the Taveta District of Coast Province in Kenya. The town has an urban population of 11,500 .- Overview :The town of Taveta is wedged into a projection of Kenyan territory bordered on the north and west by Tanzania. The irregularity in the border was created c...
    
     town council
  • Voi
    Voi
    Voi is a market town in southern Kenya, lying on the edge of the Tsavo National Park. It lies at the junction of the railway lines from Nairobi to Mombasa and Taveta. Also the Voi Sisal Estates are located near the town. Voi is also located near some Taita villages like, Ikanga and...
    
     municipality

• Tana River District
  Tana River District
  Tana River District is a district of Coast Province, Kenya. It is named after the Tana River itself. It has an area of and a population of 180,901 according to the 1999 census. The district capital is Hola ....
  
  
  • Tana river county council

Eastern Province (Kenya)|Eastern Province

• Embu District
  Embu District
  Embu District is an administrative district in the Eastern Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Embu. The district has a population of 278,196 The district has two constituencies: Manyatta Constituency and Runyenjes Constituency.- External links :*...
  
  
  • Embu municipality
  • Embu county council
  • Runyenjes municipality

• Isiolo District
  Isiolo District
  Isiolo District is an administrative district inEastern Province of Kenya. Its population is 100.861 , and its capital is Isiolo town. Isiolo District is to be the first district to be developed as part of the Kenya Vision 2030 program....
  
  
  • Isiolo
    Isiolo
    Isiolo is a town in the Eastern Province, Kenya. It is situated in the Upper Eastern sub-region, and lies 285 kilometres north of Nairobi, the capital city of Kenya. The town grew around the local military camps, much of the population being descended from former Somali soldiers who had fought in...
    
     county council

• Kitui District
  Kitui District
  Kitui District is an administrative district in the Eastern Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Kitui. The district has a population of 515,422 and an area of 20,402 km² .- Government :...
  
  
  • Kitui
    Kitui
    Kitui is a town in Kenya, 130 kilometers east of Nairobi and 75 kilometers east of Machakos. It used to be the capital of the Kitui District in Eastern Province of Kenya. Due to political reforms, Kitui is now the headquarters of Kitui County, which covers a larger area than the former district did...
    
     municipality
  • Kitui county council

• Makueni District
  Makueni District
  Makueni District is an administrative district in the Eastern Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Wote. The district has a population of 771,545 and an area of 7,966 km² .The district has five constituencies:*Mbooni Constituency...
  
  
  • Wote
    Wote
    Wote is a town in Kenya. It is the capital of Makueni District of Eastern Province. It forms a town council with a population of 56,419, of whom 5,542 are classified urban .Wote town has six wards: Kako, Kaumoni, Kikumini, Muvau, Nziu and Wote...
    
     town council
  • Makueni county council
  • Mtito Andei
    Mtito Andei
    -Location:The town is located in Makueni District, Eastern Province, in the country's southeastern part on the map, close to the International border with the Republic of Tanzania. Its location lies approximately , by road, southeast of Nairobi, the capital of Kenya and the largest city in that...
    
     town council

• Machakos District
  Machakos District
  Machakos District is an administrative district in the Eastern Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Machakos. The district has a population of 906,644 ....
  
  
  • Machakos
    Machakos
    Machakos is a town in Kenya, 64 kilometres southeast of Nairobi. It is the capital of the Machakos District in Eastern Province of Kenya. Machakos Town is a major rural centre, and also a satellite town due to its proximity to Nairobi. Its population is rapidly growing and is 192,117...
    
     municipality
  • Masaku county council
  • Mavoko
    Athi River (town)
    Athi River is a town outside Nairobi, Kenya in Eastern Province. It is also known as Mavoko. The town hosts Mavoko municipal council and headquarters of Mavoko division which is part of the Machakos District...
    
     municipality (Athi River town)
  • Kangundo town council
  • Matuu
    Matuu
    In Polynesian mythology, Matuu or Matu is the god of the north wind and the second wind to be controlled by Maui.Matuu is an upgrowing municipality located in eastern kenya, Yatta constituency, Machakos district....
    
     town council

• Marsabit District
  Marsabit District
  Marsabit District is an administrative district in the Eastern Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Marsabit. The district has a population of 121,478 The district is located in northern Kenya. It borders the eastern shore of Lake Turkana....
  
  
  • Marsabit
    Marsabit
    Marsabit is a town in northern Kenya, located 170 km east of the center of the East African Rift at 37°58' E, 2°19' N . It is located in the Eastern Province and is almost surrounded by the Marsabit National Park and Reserve...
    
     county council

• Mbeere District
  Mbeere District
  Mbeere District is an administrative district in the Eastern Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Siakago. The district has a population of 170,950 and an area of 2,093 km². The district was split from Embu District in 1996...
  
  
  • Mbeere county council

• Meru Central District
  • Meru
    Meru, Kenya
    -Transport:The City of Meru is linked to Nairobi by a paved road, whether from the south around the east side of Mount Kenya, via Embu, or from the northwest around the west and north side of Mount Kenya, via Nanyuki and Timau....
    
     municipality
  • Meru county council

• Meru North District
  Meru North District
  Meru North District is one of the seventy-one districts of Kenya, located in that country's Eastern Province. In 1992, it was split from the large Meru District, along with Meru Central District, Meru South District, and Tharaka District....
  
  (Nyambene District)
  • Maua
    Maua
    Maua is a town in the Eastern Province of Kenya. It is the capital of Meru North District . Maua hosts a municipal council and headquarters Igembe Central, one of 15 administrative divisions in the district....
    
     municipality
  • Myambene county council

• Meru South District
  Meru South District
  Meru South District is one of the seventy-one districts of Kenya, located in that country's Eastern Province. In 1992, it was split from the large Meru District, along with Meru Central District, Meru North District, and Tharaka District....
  
  (Nithi District)
  • Chuka
    Chuka
    Chuka may refer to:*Chuka, Kenya, a town*Chuka, Tibet, a village*Chuka Umunna , British Member of Parliament, commentator and lawyer*Stefano Okaka Chuka , Italian football player*Chuka , a 1967 western starring Rod Taylor...
    
     municipality
  • Chogoria
    Chogoria
    Chogoria is a town located in Mwimbi Division of Meru South District in the Eastern Province of Kenya. It is located roughly 140 Miles from Nairobi. It is connected to the rest of the country by the all-weather, tarmacked Meru-Embu road. The closest town to Chogoria is Chuka, the District...
    
     town council
  • Meru south county council

• Moyale District
  Moyale District
  Moyale District is an administrative district in the Eastern Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Moyale. It has population of 53,479 and an area of 9,390 km² . The district has only one local authority, Moyale county council. The district has one electoral constituency, the Moyale Constituency.-...
  
  
  • Moyale
    Moyale
    Moyale is a market town on the border of Ethiopia and Kenya, which is split between the two countries: the larger portion is in Ethiopia , and the smaller is in Kenya . There are four disputed locations within the Moyale district between the Somali and Oromo regions...
    
     county council

• Mwingi District
  • Mwingi
    Mwingi
    Mwingi District is one of the seventy-one districts of Kenya, located in that country's Eastern Province. The district has a population of 303.828 . Its capital is the Mwingi town.Local people are mostly of the Akamba tribe...
    
     town council
  • Mwingi county council

• Tharaka District
  Tharaka District
  Tharaka District is one of the seventy-one districts of Kenya located in that country's Eastern Province. The district has an area of 1570 km² and a population of 100,992 , none of them classified as urban...
  
  
  • Tharaka
    Tharaka
    Tharaka was a mythological king from Sri Lanka.According to legend, he designed the craft "Dandu Monara", which was able to fly, but he was unable to build it. Instead the king Ravana built it, and stories from Ramayana tell of him using it to abduct queen Seetha from Rama....
    
     county council

North Eastern Province (Kenya)|North Eastern Province

• Garissa District
  Garissa District
  Garissa District is an administrative district in the North Eastern Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Garissa. The district has a population of 329,939...
  
  
  • Garissa
    Garissa
    Garissa is a city in the North Eastern Province of Kenya. It is the capital of both the province and Garissa District.-Overview:Garissa is located at and has a population of 65,881 inhabitants . The Tana River flows through the city....
    
     municipality
  • Garissa county council

• Mandera District
  Mandera District
  Mandera District is an administrative district in the North Eastern Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Mandera. The district has a population of 250,372 and an area of 26,744 km² .The district has three constituencies:...
  
  
  • Mandera
    Mandera
    Mandera is a town in North Eastern Province, Kenya. It is capital of the Mandera District. The town is located at around , near the borders with Ethiopia and Somalia. It has a population of 30,433 ....
    
     town council
  • Mandera county council

• Wajir District
  Wajir District
  Wajir District is an administrative district in the North Eastern Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Wajir. The district has a population of 319,261 and an area of 55,501 km² . Wajir district has only one local authority: Wajir county council. The district has four constituencies: Wajir North,...
  
  
  • Wajir
    Wajir
    Wajir is a town in the North Eastern Province of Kenya. It is the capital of Wajir County.-History:A cluster of cairns near Wajir are generally ascribed by the local inhabitants to the Madanle, a semi-legendary people of high stature, who are associated with the Somali Ajuuraan. A. T...
    
     county council

• Ijara District
  Ijara District
  Ijara is an administrative district in the North Eastern Province of Kenya. On May 20, 2000, it was carved out from another and larger Garissa District. It covers an area of 11’332 km² and, according to the population census of 1999, has a population of 62,571...
  
  
  • Ijara
    Ijara
    Ijara is a town in the North Eastern Province of Kenya. It is capital of the Ijara District. Ijara is a very remote town; it is located 100 km north of Lamu and 180 km south of Garissa....
    
     county council

Nyanza Province

• Gucha District
  Gucha District
  Gucha District is a district in Nyanza Province, western Kenya. It is also known by the name: South Kisii District or Ogembo District. Its population is approximately 461,000...
  
  
  • Ogembo
    Ogembo
    Ogembo is a town, capital of the Gucha District of Nyanza Province, Kenya....
    
     town council
  • Gucha county council
  • Nyamarambe town council
  • Nyamache town council
  • Tabaka town council

• Homa Bay District
  Homa Bay District
  Homa Bay District is an administrative district in the Nyanza Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Homa Bay. The district has a population of 288,540 and an area of 1,160 km² .The district has two constituencies:*Ndhiwa Constituency...
  
  
  • Homa Bay
    Homa Bay
    Homa Bay is a bay and town on the south shore of Winam Gulf of Lake Victoria, in western Kenya. It lies near Mount Homa and Ruma National Park, the latter noted for Jackson's hartebeests and roan antelope .Homa Bay was once the District...
    
     municipality
  • Homa Bay county council

• Kisii Central District
  Kisii District
  Kisii District is a district in the Nyanza Province in southwestern Kenya. Its capital town is Kisii. The district is inhabited mostly by the Gusii people.- Subdivisions :The County has 4 electoral Constituencies:*Bonchari Constituency...
  
  
  • Kisii
    Kisii, Kenya
    Kisii town, located south-western Kenya, is the main urban and commercial centre in Gusii Highlands. A vibrant town, the Kisii municipality has a population of about 83,000, according to 2008 estimates. However, it has a large dependent metropolitan population of over 100,000 residents, as per the...
    
     municipality
  • Gusii county council
  • Keroka
    Keroka
    Keroka is a small town in Kenya's Nyanza Province. It is about 15km from the much larger town of Kisii, which is locally known as Bosongo. Keroka is mainly inhabited by the Abagusii people and lies in the middle of Kisii-Sotik highway. The town is usually overcrowded on Thursdays and Sundays such...
    
     town council
  • Suneka town council
  • Masimba town council

• Kisumu District
  Kisumu District
  Kisumu District is an administrative district of Nyanza Province in western Kenya. Its headquarters is Kisumu City. It has a population of 504,359 and a land area of 919 km² . The main industries are subsistence agriculture and fishery on Lake Victoria. Kisumu Town is the main commercial...
  
  
  • Kisumu
    Kisumu
    Kisumu is a port city in western Kenya at , with a population of 355,024 . It is the third largest city in Kenya, the principal city of western Kenya, the immediate former capital of Nyanza Province and the headquarters of Kisumu County. It has a municipal charter but no city charter...
    
     municipality
  • Kisumu county council

• Kuria District
  Kuria District
  Kuria District is an administrative district in the Nyanza Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Kehancha . The district has a population of 256,086 and an area of 581 km²...
  
  
  • Kehancha municipality

• Migori District
  Migori District
  Migori District is an administrative district in the Nyanza Province of Kenya. It is located in southwestern Kenya. Its capital town is Migori. The district has a population of 514,897 and an area of 2,005 km² ....
  
  
  • Migori
    Migori
    Migori is a town in Nyanza Province of Kenya. Migori is capital of the Migori District. The town is located 63 km south of Kisii and 22 km north of the Tanzanian border. The town has an urban population of 31,644 and total population of 46,576 ....
    
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  • Migori county council
  • Rongo
    Rongo
    In Māori mythology, Rongo is a major god, the god of cultivated food, especially the kūmara, a vital food crop. Other food crops cultivated by Māori in traditional times include taro, yams , cordyline , and gourds . Because of their tropical origin, most of these crops were difficult to grow except...
    
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  • Awendo town council

• Nyamira District (North Kisii District)
  • Nyamira
    Nyamira
    Nyamira District is an administrative district in the Nyanza Province of Kenya. It was formerly part of the Kisii District and is sometimes called as North Kisii District. The district has a population of 492,102...
    
     town council
  • Nyamira county council
  • Nyansiongo town council

• Rachuonyo District
  Rachuonyo District
  Rachuonyo District is an administrative district in the Nyanza Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Kosele, formerly it was located in Oyugis. The district has a population of 307,126 and an area of 945 km² . The district has two constituencies: Kasipul Kabondo and Karachuonyo.- External links :*...
  
  
  • Oyugis
    Oyugis
    Oyugis is a town in Kenya. It is the commercial and financial centre of Rachuonyo District in Nyanza Province, whose administrative headquarters are located some twenty kilometres away at Kosele. Oyugis is located 20 kilometres north of Kisii town along the major A1 highway...
    
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  • Kendu Bay
    Kendu Bay
    Kendu Bay is a bay and town in Kenya. The area is the part of Rachuonyo District in Homa Bay County. It is located on the shore of Lake Victoria along Katito-Homa-Bay road. Kosele, the district capital is 25 kilometres southeast of Kendu Bay...
    
     town council
  • Rachuonyo county council

• Siaya District
  Siaya District
  Siaya District is one of the twelve districts that make up Nyanza Province in the southwest part of Kenya. It is bordered by Busia District to the North, Vihiga and Butere/Mumias Districts to the North-East, Bondo District to the South, and Kisumu District to the South-East. The total area of the...
  
  
  • Siaya
    Siaya
    Siaya is a town in Nyanza Province of Kenya. It is the capital of Siaya District. It is located 50 kilometres Northwest of Kisumu, the provincial capital. Siaya forms munipical council with population of 41,174, of whom 13,787 are classified urban ....
    
     municipality
  • Siaya county council
  • Yala
    Yala, Kenya
    Yala is a rural town in Gem Constituency in the Nyanza Province of western Kenya, 42 kilometres northwest of Kisumu. It has a population of 25,769 , of whom just 2,438 live at the town itself . Yala is one of four divisions of the Siaya District...
    
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  • Ugunja
    Ugunja
    Ugunja town is a market town in Western Kenya, located in Ugunja Division, Siaya District, Nyanza Province. It has a population of approximately 17,000 and is rapidly growing. Ugunja Division had a population of 79,113 according to the 1999 Kenyan census. Most of the inhabitants in Ugunja are...
    
     town council
  • Ukwala town council

• Suba District
  Suba District
  Suba District is an administrative district in the Nyanza Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Mbita Point. The district has a population of 155,666 and an area of 1,055 km² . Suba district is named after the Suba people, who inhabit local Rusinga and Mfangano Islands.The district has two...
  
  
  • Mbita Point
    Mbita Point
    Mbita Point is a rural community in the province of Nyanza, Kenya, on the shores of Lake Victoria. It is home to the Thomas Odhiambo campus of the International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology . A public primary school formerly international and a clinic are also hosted by the Centre....
    
     town council
  • Suba county council

• Bondo District
  Bondo District
  Bondo District is an administrative district in the Nyanza Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Bondo. The Bondo District has a population of 238,780 . The district is relatively new; it was created in 1998 from southern parts of the Siaya District...
  
  
  • Bondo
    Bondo, Kenya
    Bondo is a town in Nyanza Province of Kenya. It the capital of Bondo District. Bondo is located 50 kilometres west of Kisumu, the provincial capital. Bondo forms a town council with a population of 29,165, of whom 7,797 are classified urban ....
    
     town council
  • Bondo county council

• Nyando District
  Nyando District
  Nyando district is a fairly new district in Kenya which broke away from Kisumu District in Nyanza Province in 1998. Nyando district borders the Rift Valley Province. The district is named after the Nyando River....
  
  
  • Nyando county council
  • Muhoroni
    Muhoroni
    Muhoroni is a town in Kenya. It is part of Nyando District of Nyanza Province. Muhoroni hosts a town council. It has an urban population of 13,664 and a total population of 31,148 . Muhoroni has a railway station along the Nairobi-Kisumu Railway. The town is located 50 kilometres east of Kisumu,...
    
     town council
  • Ahero
    Ahero
    Ahero is a town in Kenya. It is part of Nyando District of Nyanza Province. Ahero hosts a town council. It has an urban population of 7,891 and a total population of 61,556 . The town is located 20 kilometres east of Kisumu, the Provincial capital. Two major roads meet at Ahero, the B3 road from...
    
     town council

Rift Valley Province, Kenya|Rift Valley Province

• Baringo District
  Baringo District
  Baringo District is an administrative district in the Rift Valley Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Kabarnet. The district has a population of 264,978 and an area of 8,646 km² ....
  
  
  • Kabarnet
    Kabarnet
    Kabarnet is a town in the Rift Valley Province of Kenya. The town has an urban population of 9,583 and a total population of 24,661 - Geography :...
    
     municipality
  • Baringo county council

• Bomet District
  Bomet District
  Bomet District is an administrative district in the Rift Valley Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Bomet. The district has a population of 382,794 and an area of 1,882 km² .The district has three electoral constituencies:...
  
  
  • Bomet
    Bomet
    Bomet is a city in the Rift Valley Province, Kenya. It is the capital of Bomet District. Bomet has an urban population of 4426 and a total population of 42,024 . It is located along the B3 road between Nairobi and Kisii via Narok....
    
     municipality
  • Bomet county council

• Buret District
  Buret District
  Buret District is an administrative district in the Rift Valley Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Litein. The district has a population of 316,882 and an area of 955 km² . The district has two electoral constituencies: Konoin Constituency and Bureti Constituency ....
  
  
  • Litein
    Litein
    'Litein' is a small town in the Rift Valley Province, Kenya. It is the capital of the Buret District. Litein has an urban population of 2300.The town is along the Kericho-Sotik road...
    
     town council
  • Buret county council
  • Sotik town council

• Keiyo District
  Keiyo District
  Keiyo District is an administrative district in the Rift Valley Province of Kenya. The district was formed in 1994, when Elgeyo/Marakwet-District was split into two, the other half is Marakwet District of today. Keiyo District has a population of 143.865...
  
  
  • Iten
    Iten
    Iten is a town in Rift Valley Province of Kenya. It is located along the road between Eldoret and Kabarnet. Elgeyo escarpment and Kerio River are located east of Iten. The town has a population of 4000 ....
    
    /Tambach town council
  • Keiyo county council

• Kajiado District
  Kajiado District
  Kajiado District is an administrative district in the Rift Valley Province of Kenya. It has a population of 406,054 and an area of 21,903 km². The district borders Nairobi city and extends to the Kenya-Tanzania border further south. The district capital is Kajiado.The district is divided into seven...
  
  
  • Kajiado
    Kajiado
    Kajiado is a town in the Rift Valley Province, Kenya. The town is located south of Nairobi, along the Nairobi – Arusha highway. Kajiado has an urban population of 8128 . Local people are predominantly of the Maasai tribe....
    
     town council
  • Olkejuado county council

• Kericho District
  Kericho District
  Kericho is a district in the Rift Valley Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Kericho. It has a population of 468,493 and an area of 2,111 km² .The district has three constituencies:*Belgut Constituency*Ainamoi Constituency...
  
  
  • Kericho
    Kericho
    Kericho is a Kenyan County located to the South West of the country and lies within the highlands west of The Great Rift Valley. The capital of the district is Kericho town. The district home to the best of Kenyan Tea which is world famous for its brightness, attractive color, brisk flavor and...
    
     municipality
  • Kipsigis county council
  • Londiani
    Londiani
    Londiani is a town in western Kenya. Londiani hosts a town council and an administrative division in the Kipkelion District of Rift Valley Province. Londiani has an urban population of 4,000 and a total population of 37,538 .- External links :...
    
     town council
  • Kipkelion town council

• Koibatek District
  Koibatek District
  Koibatek District is an administrative district in the Rift Valley Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Eldama Ravine. The district has a population of 138,163 and an area of 2,306 km² .The district has two electoral constituencies:*Mogotio Constituency...
  
  
  • Eldama Ravine
    Eldama Ravine
    Eldama Ravine is a kenyan town a few miles north of the equator,geographical coordinates 0° 30' 0" North, 35° 43' 0" East. It was established as an administrative point by British colonialists and later served as a transit route for lumber harvested from surrounding forests.It is the headquarters...
    
     town council
  • Koibatek county council

• Laikipia District
  • Nanyuki
    Nanyuki
    Nanyuki is a market town in central-east Rift Valley region of Kenya lying northwest of Mount Kenya along the A2 road and at the terminus of the branch railway from Nairobi. It is situated just north of the Equator . It was founded in 1907 by British settlers, some of whose descendants still live...
    
     municipality
  • Laikipia county council
  • Nyahururu
    Nyahururu
    Nyahururu is a town in Kenya, lying east of Nakuru. It is part of Laikipia District in Rift Valley Province. Despite this, Nyahururu formerly functioned as the administrative capital of Nyandarua District, one of seven districts that constitute Central Province in Kenya, until the headquarters...
    
     municipality
  • Rumuruti
    Rumuruti
    Rumuruti is a settlement in Kenya's Rift Valley Province....
    
     town council

• Marakwet District
  Marakwet District
  Marakwet District is an administrative district in the Rift Valley Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Kapsowar. The district has a population of 140.629 . Local people are predominantly of the Marakwet tribe....
  
  
  • Marakwet county council

• Nakuru District
  Nakuru District
  Nakuru District is a district in the Rift Valley Province, Kenya. The district capital is Nakuru. With a population of 1,187,039 , it is the second largest district in Kenya after Nairobi. Nakuru District has an area of 7,242 km²....
  
  
  • Nakuru
    Nakuru
    Nakuru, the provincial capital of Kenya's Rift Valley province, with roughly 300,000 inhabitants, and currently the fourth largest urban centre in the country, lies about 1850 m above sea level...
    
     municipality
  • Nakuru County Council
    Nakuru County Council
    Nakuru County Council is one of the largest counties in the Republic of Kenya, East Africa. It is home to a population of around 1,6 million, living on some 5,000 square kilometers in the central part of the country. The Nakuru area has a rich and fascinating history, with human settlements dating...
    
    
  • Naivasha
    Naivasha
    Naivasha is a market town in Rift Valley Province, Kenya, lying north west of Nairobi. It is located on the shore of Lake Naivasha and along the Nairobi - Nakuru highway and Uganda Railway.Naivasha is part of the Nakuru District...
    
     municipality
  • Molo
    Molo, Kenya
    Molo is a town in western Kenya. It is served by a branch of Kenya Railways, formerly the Uganda Railway, East African Railways Corporation until 1977. Molo hosts a town council and an administrative division in the Nakuru District of Rift Valley Province...
    
     town council

• Nandi District
  Nandi District
  Nandi District is an administrative district in the Rift Valley Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Kapsabet. The district has a population of 578,751 .The topography of the district is dominated by the Nandi Hills...
  
  
  • Kapsabet
    Kapsabet
    Kapsabet is a town in the Rift Valley Province, Kenya. It is the capital of Nandi Central District. Kapsabet hosts a municipal council and divisional headquarters of Kapsabet administrative division...
    
     municipality
  • Nandi county council
  • Nandi Hills
    Nandi Hills, Kenya
    Nandi Hills is a highland area of lush green rolling hills at the edge of the Great Rift Valley in the Rift Valley Province of Kenya. The scenic area is known for its tea estates, and is home to many world-renowned athletes, including Kipchoge Keino, Nandi Hills is a highland area of lush green...
    
     town council

• Narok District
  Narok District
  Narok District is an administrative district in Kenya. The Narok District is located in the Rift Valley Province, and has a population of 365,750...
  
  
  • Narok
    Narok
    Narok is an town west of Nairobi that supports Kenya's economy in south-west Kenya, along the Great Rift Valley. Narok is the district capital of the Narok County and stands as the major centre of commerce in the district. Narok has a population of around 40,000 people, mostly Maasai...
    
     town council
  • Narok county council

• Samburu District
  Samburu District
  Samburu District is a district in Rift Valley Province, Kenya. It covers an area of roughly 21,000 km² in northern Kenya where the Samburu tribe live...
  
  
  • Maralal
    Maralal
    Maralal is a small hillside market town in northern Kenya, lying east of the Loroghi Plateau within the Samburu District. It is the administrative headquarters of the Samburu people. The town has an urban population of 16,281 . The market was pioneered by some Somali settlers in the 1920s.Nearby...
    
     town council
  • Samburu county council

• Trans Mara District
  Trans Mara District
  Trans Mara District is an administrative district in the Rift Valley Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Kilgoris. The district has a population of 170,591 and an area of 2,846 km²...
  
  
  • Trans Mara
    Kilgoris
    Kilgoris is a town in the Rift Valley Province, Kenya. It is the capital of the Trans Mara District. The town has a population of 4500 ....
    
     county council (Kilgoris)

• Trans-Nzoia District
  Trans-Nzoia District
  Trans-Nzoia District is an administrative district of Rift Valley Province, Kenya.It is located between the Nzoia River and Mount Elgon and its centre is the town of Kitale.Historically the area has been inhabited by the Kalenjin people...
  
  
  • Kitale
    Kitale
    Kitale is an agricultural town in western Kenya situated between Mount Elgon and the Cherengani Hills at an elevation of around . Its urban population was estimated at 220,000 in 2007....
    
     municipality
  • Nzoia county council

• Turkana District
  Turkana District
  Turkana District is an administrative district in the Rift Valley Province of Kenya. Turkana is the northwesternmost district in Kenya. It is bordered by the countries of Uganda to the west; South Sudan and Ethiopia, including the disputed Ilemi Triangle, to the north and northeast; and Lake...
  
  
  • Lodwar
    Lodwar
    Lodwar is the largest town in northwestern Kenya, located west of Lake Turkana on the A1 road. Its main industries are basket weaving and tourism. The Loima Hills lie to its west. Lodwar is the capital of Turkana District...
    
     municipality
  • Turkana county council

• Uasin Gishu District
  Uasin Gishu District
  Uasin Gishu District is one of the seventy-one districts of Kenya, located in the Rift Valley Province. The city of Eldoret is its capital, administrative center and commercial center....
  
  
  • Eldoret
    Eldoret
    Eldoret is a town in western Kenya and the administrative centre of Uasin Gishu District of Rift Valley Province. Lying south of the Cherangani Hills, the local elevation varies from about 2100 metres above sea level at the airport to more than 2700 metres in nearby areas...
    
     municipality
  • Wareng county council
  • Burnt Forest town council

• West Pokot District
  West Pokot District
  West Pokot District is an administrative district in the Rift Valley Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Kapenguria. The district has a population of 308,086 and an area of 9,064 km² . Pokot people inhabit the area....
  
  
  • Kapenguria
    Kapenguria
    Kapenguria is a town lying north east of Kitale on the A1 road in Kenya. Kapenguria is capital of the West Pokot District. Kapenguria forms a municipality with an urban population of 13,000 and a total population of 56,000 ....
    
     municipality
  • Pokot county council
  • Chepareria town council

Western Province (Kenya)|Western Province

• Bungoma District
  Bungoma District
  Bungoma District is a district in the Western Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Bungoma. It has a population of 876,491 and an area of 2,069 km².The economy of Bungoma district is mainly agricultural, centering on the sugar cane and maize industries...
  
  
  • Bungoma
    Bungoma
    Bungoma is a town in Western Province of Kenya, bordered by Uganda in the west. Bungoma town was established as a trading centre in the early 20th century. The town is the headquarters of Kenya's Bungoma District and it hosts a municipal council...
    
     municipality
  • Bungoma county council
  • Kimilili
    Kimilili
    Kimilili is a town and area in Kenya's Bungoma District. The area is occupied mainly by the Bukusu and Sabaot communities. Its proximity to the fertile slopes of Mt Elgon, on the Kenya-Uganda border, has made it a trading center for agricultural goods and services...
    
     municipality
  • Sirisia town council
  • Malakisi town council
  • Webuye
    Webuye
    Webuye is an industrial town in Bungoma District in the Western Province of Kenya. Located on the main road to Uganda, the town is home to the Pan African Paper Mills, the largest paper factory in the region, as well as a number of heavy-chemical and sugar manufacturers. It has a tropical climate,...
    
     municipality

• Busia District
  Busia District, Kenya
  Busia is a district in the Western Province of Kenya. It borders Kakamega District to the east, Bungoma District and Teso district to the north, Busia District, Uganda to the west, and Lake Victoria to the south....
  
  
  • Busia
    Busia
    Busia may refer to the following:Places*Busia District, Kenya*Busia District, Uganda*Busia, Uganda, the Ugandan town on the border with Kenya*Busia, Kenya, the Kenyan town on the border with UgandaPeople...
    
     municipality
  • Busia county council
  • Funyula town council
  • Nambale
    Nambale
    Nambale is a settlement in Kenya's Western Province.currently it has continued to expand because there were some talks of construction of a sugar cane factory , it is situated between River Sio and M'nambale stream...
    
     town council
  • Port Victoria
    Port Victoria
    Port Victoria may refer to several places:* Victoria, Seychelles* Port Victoria, South Australia* Port Victoria, Kenya, a town in Busia District* Port Victoria, Kent, England** Port Victoria railway station, a former railway station in Kent, England...
    
     town council

• Butere/Mumias District
  Butere/Mumias District
  Butere/Mumias District is an administrative district in the Western Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Butere. The district has a population of 476,928 and an area of 939 km² .The district has four constituencies:*Butere Constituency...
  
  
  • Butere
    Butere
    Butere is a town in the Western Province of Kenya. It has an urban population of 8636 The town is the capital of Butere District formerly Butere/Mumias District.-Transportation Links:...
    
    -Mumias county council
  • Mumias
    Mumias
    Mumias is a town in the Western Province of Kenya. The town has an urban population of 32.965 Mumias is the center of the Mumias Division of the Butere/Mumias District. The town is linked by road to Kakamega , Busia , Bungoma , Butere . The village of Buchinga is located between Mumias and...
    
     municipality

• Mount Elgon District
  Mount Elgon District
  Mount Elgon District is an administrative district in the Western Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Kapsokwony.-Geography and demographics:The district is located on southeastern slopes of Mount Elgon...
  
  
  • Mount Elgon county council

• Kakamega District
  Kakamega District
  Kakamega District is a district in the Western Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Kakamega. It has a population of 603,422 and an area of 1,395 km² .The district has four constituencies:*Malava Constituency*Lurambi Constituency...
  
  
  • Kakamega
    Kakamega
    Kakamega is a town in western Kenya lying about 30 km north of the Equator. It is the headquarters of . The town has a population of 73,607 ....
    
     municipality
  • Kakamega county council
  • Malava town council

• Lugari District
  Lugari District
  Lugari District is one of the seventy-one districts of Kenya, located in that country's Western Province. Its capital is Lugari.- Lugari District :Lugari District has a population of 215,920 and an area of 670 km² ....
  
  
  • Lugari
    Lugari
    Lugari is a town in the Western Province of Kenya. It is the capital of Lugari District. The town is located 10 kilometres east of Webuye. Lugari has an urban population of 5000 ....
    
     county council

• Teso District
  Teso District, Kenya
  Teso District is an administrative district in the Western Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Amagoro, next to Malaba a border town between Kenya and Uganda. The district has a population of 181,491 and an area of . The district has one electoral constituency, Amagoro Constituency . Alupe...
  
  
  • Malaba
    Malaba
    Malaba may refer to:*Malaba, Kenya, a town in Teso District, western Kenya, on the border with Uganda*Malaba, Uganda, a town in Tororo District, eastern Uganda on the border with Kenya*Malaba, Ngounié, Gabon*Malaba, Nyanga, Gabon*Malaba, Cameroon...
    
     town council
  • Teso county council

• Vihiga District
  Vihiga District
  Vihiga District is an administrative district in the Western Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Mbale, which is located in Vihiga Division. The district has a population of 498,883 and an area of 563 km²...
  
  
  • Vihiga
    Vihiga
    -Geography:The town is along the road between Kisumu and Kakamega, and only five kilometres north of the equator. Vihiga bears the same name as its district, Vihiga District, which is one of the eight districts in Kenya's Western Province...
    
     municipality
  • Vihiga county council
  • Luanda
    Luanda, Kenya
    Luanda is a market town in the Western Province of Kenya, located along the Kisumu-Busia highway. It is one of the administrative divisions in Emuhaya district initially under Vihiga District until 2007 when Emuhaya district was created.- Geography :...
    
    town council

External links

• http://www.localgovernment.go.ke
• http://www.algak.net
• http://treasury.go.ke/cbs.go.ke/pdf/authority.pdf