Local authorities in Kenya are the bodies controlling local governance in

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. From the 2013 general elections onwards Kenya will have three classes of local authorities: ''City'forms, ''Municipality'', and ''Town'' authorities. Subject to the Urban Areas and Cities Act of 2011, there are four authorities with city status:

Nairobi Nairobi ( ) is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The name is derived from the Maasai phrase ''Enkare Nairobi'', which translates to "place of cool waters", a reference to the Nairobi River which flows through the city. The city proper ha ...

, the national capital,

Mombasa Mombasa ( ; ) is a coastal city in southeastern Kenya along the Indian Ocean. It was the first capital of the British East Africa, before Nairobi was elevated to capital city status. It now serves as the capital of Mombasa County. The town is ...

Kisumu Kisumu ( ) is the List of cities and towns in Kenya by population, third-largest city in Kenya after the capital, Nairobi, and the coastal city of Mombasa (census 2019). It is the third-largest city after Kampala and Mwanza in the Lake Victor ...

and

Nakuru Nakuru is a city in the Rift Valley region of Kenya. It is the capital of Nakuru County, and was formerly the capital of Rift Valley Province. As of 2019, Nakuru had an urban and rural population of 570,674 inhabitants, making it the largest ...

. Municipalities and towns are other forms of urban authorities and are generally named after their central town. Local authorities usually differ from divisional and

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boundaries used by the state administration. Under the former act of parliament local authority administration consisted of a mayor,

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s. The number of councillors depended on population and area of each authority and they were elected by the public during the Kenya general elections held every five years or

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held in between. Authorities were divided into wards and each ward elects only one councillor. Wards have often common boundaries with administrative

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. Compared to many other countries, local authorities in Kenya were weak and are shadowed by state run

administration Administration may refer to: Management of organizations * Management, the act of directing people towards accomplishing a goal ** Administrative assistant, Administrative Assistant, traditionally known as a Secretary, or also known as an admini ...

.Samuel O. Owuor, B. Charlery, M. Chretin and B. Schaffner: Urban planning and management in small and medium-size towns In: Les Cahiers d’Afrique de l’Est – Supplementary Issue, 23–48, September 2006 However, during the international Africities summit held in Nairobi September 2006, the Kenyan president

Mwai Kibaki Emilio Stanley Mwai Kibaki (15 November 1931 – 21 April 2022) was a Kenyan politician who served as the third President of Kenya from December 2002 until April 2013 and is regarded as one of Kenya's founding fathers. He had previously ser ...

promised to strengthen local authorities. Under Kenya's new devolved system of government, the elected councils were dissolved and are set to be replaced by boards, in the case of city councils, and administrators, in the case of municipal and town councils, appointed by the county governments.THE URBAN AREAS AND CITIES ACT, http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTAFRICA/Resources/257994-1335471959878/Urban_Areas_and_Cities_Act_2011.pdf

List of local authorities in Kenya

These are the local authorities, dissolved in 2013, that operated under the old local authorities act.

Nairobi County

city

Kiambu County

Kiambu Kiambu is a town in Kiambu County, Kenya within the Nairobi Metropolitan Region. It is from the capital Nairobi. It has an population of 147,870. It is the capital of the Kiambu County, which bounds the northern border of Nairobi. Other proxi ...

municipality ** Kiambu county council **

Limuru Limuru is a town in central Kenya. It is also the name of a parliamentary constituency and an administrative division. The population of the town, as of 2004, was about 4,800. In a census taken in 2019 the population had increased to 159,314. Loc ...

municipality **

Kikuyu Kikuyu or Gikuyu (Gĩkũyũ) mostly refers to an ethnic group in Kenya or its associated language. It may also refer to: * Kikuyu people, a majority ethnic group in Kenya *Kikuyu language, the language of Kikuyu people *Kikuyu, Kenya, a town in Cent ...

town council **

Karuri Karuri is a town in Kiambu County. 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 Munici ...

town council *

Thika District Thika District is a former administrative district in the Central Province of Kenya. Its capital town was Thika. The district was adjacent to the northeastern border of Nairobi. The district had a population of 645.71 In 2010, the district was eli ...

Thika Thika Thika (pronounced �θika is an industrial town and a major commerce hub in Kiambu County, Kenya, lying on the A2 road 42 kilometres (26 mi) Northeast of Nairobi, near the confluence of the Thika and Chania Rivers. Although Thika town ...

municipality ** Thika county council **

Ruiru Ruiru is a municipality and sub-county in Kiambu County. It sits within the greater Nairobi Metropolitan region. According to the 2019 national population census, Ruiru is the 6th largest urban center in Kenya by population.http://housingfinanc ...

municipality

Kirinyaga County

Kerugoya Kerugoya is the biggest town in Kirinyaga County. Kerugoya is located 10 kilometres east of Karatina and 40 kilometres west of Embu. It is situated in the former District of Kirinyaga. Travel directions by road from Nairobi, is through Thika roa ...

Kutus Kutus is a town in Kirinyaga County, Kenya. Geography Kutus (Kirinyaga county headquarters) forms a local authority together with another township, Kerugoya Kerugoya is the biggest town in Kirinyaga County. Kerugoya is located 10 kilometres e ...

municipality ** Kirinyaga county council **

Sagana Sagana is a small industrial 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 Kenya's longest river, Sagana River which is also called T ...

town council

Nyandarua County

Ol Kalou Ol Kalou is a town in Kenya. It is the capital of Nyandarua County of the former 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. Ol Kalou forms ...

town council ** Nyandarua county council

Nyeri County

Nyeri Nyeri is a town situated in the Central Highlands of Kenya. It is the county headquarters of Nyeri County. The town was the central administrative headquarters of the country's former Central Province. Following the dissolution of the former pr ...

municipality ** Nyeri county council **

Karatina Karatina is a town in Nyeri County, 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 (1999 census). It has six electoral wards, all ...

municipality **

Othaya Othaya is a Kenyan town about 120 kilometres north of Nairobi, the capital. It has a population of 21,427, of which 4,108 are core urban (1999 census ); the majority of the residents are of the Kikuyu tribe. Othaya is part of the Nyeri County. It is ...

town council

Murang'a County

Murang'a District Murang'a County is one of the counties of Kenya's former Central Province (Kenya), Central Province. Its largest town and capital is Murang'a, formerly referred to as Fort Hall during the colonial era. It is inhabited mainly by and is consider ...

** Murang'a municipality ** Murang'a county council **

Kangema Kangema is a settlement in Muranga County, Kenya. It is the birthplace of James Mwangi, the Group Managing Director and Group Chief Executive Officer of the Equity Group Holdings Limited, the banking conglomerate with the largest customer base on ...

town council *

Maragua District Maragua District was a former district of Kenya, located in the defunct Central Province. Its capital was the town of Maragua. In 1999, Maragua District had a population of 387,969 and an area of 868 km2 Maragua Maragua is a town in the Muranga County, Kenya. It was previously the capital of the former Maragua District. The town is located along Thika–Sagana road just 10 km south of Murang'a. In 1999, Maragua town had an urban population of 4,286 ...

town council ** Maragua county council **

Kandara Kandara is a town in Muranga County, 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 (1999 census ). Kandara town council has four civic wards: G ...

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Makuyu Makuyu or Kenol is a settlement in Kenya's Muranga County and is a city with a metropolitan. And is just at the border of Machakos County at the east, and near Kiambu County at the south. Makuyu is the home of Don Bosco Makuyu and Kakuzi, the ...

town council

Kilifi County

Kilifi Kilifi is a town on the coast of Kenya, northeast by road of Mombasa. The town lies on the Kilifi Creek and sits on the estuary of the Goshi River. Kilifi is capital of the Kilifi County and has a population of 122,899 (2009 census). Kilifi is ...

town council ** Kilifi county council **

Mariakani Mariakani is a town in Kenya lying on the boundary of Kaloleni and Kinango districts (formerly Kilifi and Kwale respectively) in the old Coast Province of Kenya, 36 kilometres northwest of the port city of Mombasa. Administration during colonial p ...

town council

Kwale County

Kwale Kwale is a small town in and the capital of Kwale County, Kenya. It is located at around ; 30 km southwest of Mombasa and 15 km inland. The town has an urban population of 10,063 (2019 census). It is next to the Shimba Hills National ...

town council ** Kwale county council * Malindi District **

Malindi Malindi is a town on Malindi Bay at the mouth of the Sabaki River, lying on the Indian Ocean coast of Kenya. It is 120 kilometres northeast of Mombasa. The population of Malindi was 119,859 as of the 2019 census. It is the largest urban cent ...

municipality ** Malindi county council

Lamu County

** Lamu county council

Mombasa County

municipality

Taita-Taveta County

** Taita-Taveta county council ** Taveta town council ** Voi municipality

Tana River County

** Tana river- Hola ** Tana delta- Garseni ** Tana north - Bura

Embu County

** Embu municipality ** Embu county council **

Runyenjes Runyenjes is the second largest town in Embu County, Kenya. It is located about 150 km from Nairobi, and 75 km from Mount Kenya, at an altitude of 1500m.The population is estimated at 58,000 people, the majority of which are of the Em ...

municipality *

Mbeere District Mbeere District was a former administrative district in the Eastern Province of Kenya. Its capital town was Siakago. The district had a population of 170,950 and an area of 2,093 km2. The district was split from Embu District in 1996. In 20 ...

** Mbeere county council

Isiolo County

Isiolo Isiolo is a town in Isiolo County, of which it is the capital. It is located in the upper eastern region of Kenya and geographically considered the centre of the country Kenya. It lies 285 kilometres north of the capital Nairobi. The town grew ar ...

county council

Kitui County

** Kitui municipality ** Kitui county council *

Mwingi District Mwingi District was a former district of Kenya ) , national_anthem = " Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Nairobi , coordinates ...

Mwingi Mwingi is a town in the Kitui County in the Eastern Region of the Republic of Kenya. It has an urban population of 15,970 (2009 census). The town is located along the A3 Road between Nairobi and Garissa, north of its county capital Kitui, and eas ...

town council ** Mwingi county council

Makueni County

** Wote town council ** Makueni county council **

Mtito Andei Mtito Andei is a town in Makueni County, Kenya. Location Mtito Andei is located in Makueni County, in the country's southeastern region, , by road southeast of Nairobi, the capital. The geographic coordinates of Mtito Andei are:2° 41' 24.00"S ...

town council

Machakos County

** Machakos municipality ** Masaku county council ** Mavoko municipality (Athi River town) **

Kangundo Kangundo is a town in Kenya's Machakos County in the lower eastern region of Kenya. Kangundo-Tala Officially Kangundo- Tala's population is the 9th largest of any urban area in Kenya. Tala is part of Kangundo town council. Towns in Machakos C ...

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Matuu In Polynesian mythology, Matuu or Matu is the god of the north wind and the second wind to be controlled by Maui The island of Maui (; Hawaiian: ) is the second-largest of the islands of the state of Hawaii at 727.2 square miles (1,883 ...

town council

Marsabit County

Marsabit Marsabit is a town in the northern Marsabit County in Kenya. It is situated in the former Eastern Province and is almost surrounded by the Marsabit National Park. The town is located east of the centre of the East African Rift at an elevation ...

county council **

Moyale Moyale is a market town on the border between Ethiopia and Kenya, and is the administrative centre for two Ethiopian woredas, Moyale of Oromia Region and Moyale of Somali Region. Moyale is the main border post on the Nairobi-Addis Ababa road, ...

county council

Meru County

* Meru Central District **

Meru Meru may refer to: Geography Kenya * Meru, Kenya, a city in Meru County, Kenya ** Meru County, created by the merger of *** Meru Central District *** Meru North District *** Meru South District * Meru National Park, a Kenyan wildlife park T ...

municipality ** Meru county council *

Meru North District Meru North District was one of the unconstitutionally created 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 (Nithi), and ...

(Nyambene District) ** Maua 0796845615municipality ** Myambene county council

Tharaka-Nithi County

Meru South District Meru South District was one of the unconstitutionally created 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 ...

** Chuka municipality ** Chogoria town council ** Meru south county council *

Tharaka District Tharaka-Nithi County is one of the 47 counties of Kenya located in Kenya's former Eastern Province. The county has an area of 2609 km2 and as of the 2019 census a population of 393,177. Tharaka-Nithi County is the home to the Chuka, Mutham ...

** Tharaka county council

Garissa County

** Garissa municipality ** Garissa county council *

Ijara District Ijara was a former administrative Districts of Kenya, district in the North Eastern Province (Kenya), North Eastern Province of Kenya. On May 20, 2000, it was carved out from the larger Garissa District. It covered an area of 11,332 km2 and, ac ...

Ijara Ijara is a town and Sub-County in Garissa County, Kenya. It was previously capital of the former Ijara District. It is located 100 km north of Lamu and 180 km south of Garissa. Alternate meanings ''Ijara'' means rent in Arabic ...

county council

Mandera County

** Mandera town council ** Mandera county council

Wajir County

Wajir Wajir ( so, Wajeer) is the capital of the Wajir County of Kenya. It is situated in the former North Eastern Province. History A cluster of cairns near Wajir are generally ascribed by the local inhabitants to the Maadiinle, a semi-legendary pe ...

county council * Gucha District ** Ogembo town council ** Gucha county council ** Nyamarambe town council ** Nyamache town council ** Tabaka town council

Homa Bay County

Homa Bay Homa Bay is a town (and eponymous bay) on the south shore of Winam Gulf of Lake Victoria, in western Kenya. It lies near Mount Homa (in the Luo language ''Got Marahuma'' or ''God Uma'' famous mountain" and Ruma National Park, the latter noted ...

municipality ** Homa Bay county council

Kisii County

* Kisii Central District **

Kisii Kisii may refer to: * Kisii, Kenya, the inaugural capital city of Kenya * Kisii County, one of the 47 counties of Kenya * Gucha District, in Kenya, also known as ''South Kisii District'' * Nyamira District, in Kenya, also known as ''North Kisii Di ...

municipality ** Gusii county council **

Keroka Keroka is a town located in Kenya's Nyamira and Kisii counties. It is the largest town in Nyamira county after Nyamira Town. Keroka is mainly inhabited by the Abagusii The Abagusii (also known as Kisii (Mkisii/Wakisii) in Swahili, or Gusi ...

town council ** Suneka town council ** Masimba town council

Nyamira County

** Nyamira town council ** Nyamira county council ** Nyansiongo town council

Kisumu County

municipality ** Kisumu county council

Migori County

* Kuria District **

Kehancha Kehancha is a town in Kenya's Migori County. It has a total population of 256,086 people. References

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municipality * Migori District **

Migori Luo people, Migori also known as Suna-Migori is a multi-ethnic municipal town which acts as the capital of Migori County, Kenya. The town is located 63 kilometers south of Kisii, Kenya, Kisii town and 22 km north of the Tanzanian borde ...

municipality ** Migori county council **

Rongo In Māori mythology, Rongo or Rongo-mā-Tāne (also Rongo-hīrea, Rongo-marae-roa, and Rongo-marae-roa-a-Rangi) is a major god (''atua'') of cultivated plants, especially kumara (spelled ''kūmara'' in Māori), a vital crop. Other crops cult ...

town council ** Awendo town council * Rachuonyo District ** Oyugis town council **

Kendu Bay Kendu Bay is a bay and town in Kenya. The area is the part of Rachuonyo North District in Homa Bay County. It is located on the shore of Lake Victoria along Katito-Homa-Bay road. It is the headquarters of the district. Kisumu, the largest urban ...

town council ** Rachuonyo county council

Siaya County

Siaya Siaya is a town in Siaya County of Kenya. It is the capital of Siaya County. It is located northwest of Kisumu, the provincial capital. The urban center had a population of 33,153 in 2019. Siaya municipality has five wards: Mjini, Siaya Central, ...

municipality ** Siaya county council ** Yala town council ** Ugunja town council ** Ukwala town council *

Suba District Suba District was an administrative district in the former Nyanza Province of Kenya. Its capital town was Mbita Point. The district had a population of 155,666 and an area of 1,055 km� Suba district was named after the Suba (Kenya), Suba people, wh ...

Mbita Point Mbita Point is a town in the former province of Nyanza, Kenya, currently in Homa Bay County, on the shores of Lake Victoria. It is home to the Thomas Odhiambo campus of the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE). A public pri ...

town council ** Suba county council *

Bondo District Bondo District was an administrative district in the former Nyanza Province of Kenya. Its capital town was Bondo. The Bondo District had a population of 238,78 The district was relatively new; it was created in 1998 from southern parts of the Siaya ...

** Bondo town council ** Bondo county council

Baringo County

Baringo District Baringo County is one of the 47 counties in Kenya. It is located in the former Rift Valley Province. Its headquarters and largest town is Kabarnet. The county is home to Lake Baringo. Geographical location Baringo bounded by Turkana County and ...

Kabarnet Kabarnet is a town in Baringo County, Kenya. The town has an urban population of 9,583 and a total population of 24,661 (1999 census). Geography At an altitude of 1,815 metres (5,957 feet) Kabarnet is located on the eastern edge of the Kerio Va ...

municipality ** Baringo county council

Bomet County

Bomet Bomet is the capital and largest town of Bomet County, Kenya. Bomet town has a total population of 110,963 (2009 census). It is located along the B3 Mai Mahiu-Narok-Kisii road. Bomet city is one of the eight sister cities to Milwaukee. Etymolo ...

municipality ** Bomet county council *

Buret District Buret District was a former administrative district in the Rift Valley Province of Kenya. Its capital town was Litein. The district had a population of 316,882 and an area of 955 km� The district had two electoral constituencies: Konoin Constituen ...

Litein Litein is a town located in the Kericho County, Kenya. It was previously the capital of the former Buret District. Litein has an urban population of 4,000. The town is along the Kericho-Sotik road. It also has a road link to Bomet. Litein's name ...

town council ** Buret county council **

Sotik Sotik town is an urban centre situated in Sotik Constituency, Sotik Sub-county within Bomet County in the Western region of Kenya and managed by Sotik Town Council. Initially, it was the home of Kipsigis people#Mugenik Barngetuny Araap Sitonik, ...

town council

Elgeyo Marakwet County

Keiyo District Keiyo District (also known as ''Elgeyo district'' or Elgeiyo) is a defunct administrative district in the former Rift Valley Province of Kenya. The district was formed in 1994, when ''Elgeyo/Marakwet-District'' was split into two - the other half wa ...

** Iten/ Tambach town council ** Keiyo county council *

Marakwet District Marakwet District is a defunct administrative district in the former Rift Valley Province of Kenya. Its capital town was Kapsowar. The district had a population of 140.629. Local people are predominantly of the Marakwet tribe. The district was cr ...

** Marakwet county council

Kajiado County

Kajiado Kajiado is a town in Kajiado County, Kenya. The town is located south of Nairobi, along the Nairobi – Arusha highway ( A104 road). Kajiado has an urban population of 24,678 (2019 census). Local people are predominantly of the Maasai tribe. ...

town council ** Olkejuado county council

Kericho County

Kericho Kericho is the biggest town in Kericho County located in the highlands west of the Kenyan Rift Valley. Standing on the edge of the Mau Forest, Kericho has a warm and temperate climate making it an ideal location for agriculture and in partic ...

municipality ** Kipsigis county council **

Londiani Londiani is a Kenyan town in the Kericho County. As of 2009, it had a total population of 44,953. Transport Londiani is located in the Kipkelion East Constituency between Nakuru and Kericho Kericho is the biggest town in Kericho Count ...

town council ** Kipkelion town council *

Koibatek District 'KoibatekSub-County
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Eldama Ravine Eldama Ravine is a town in Baringo County, Kenya, 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 r ...

town council ** Koibatek county council

Laikipia County

Nanyuki Nanyuki is a Market town in Laikipia County of Kenya lying northwest of Mount Kenya along the A2 road and at the terminus of the branch railway from Nairobi. The name is derived from Enyaanyukie Maasai word for resemblance. It is situated just ...

municipality ** Laikipia county council **

Nyahururu Nyahururu (formerly known as Thomson's Falls) is a town in Kenya, lying north east of Nakuru. The town derives its name from the Maasai people, Maasai word e-naiwurruwurr, meaning waterfall and/or windy or place of storms. It is located in Laikipia ...

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Rumuruti Rumuruti is a town in Laikipia County in Kenya's former Rift Valley Province. It is approximately 40 kilometers due north from Nyahururu, on the Nyahururu- Maralal road ( A4). Despite being smaller than either Nanyuki or Nyahururu, which are on th ...

town council

Nakuru County

city ** Nakuru County Council ** Naivasha municipality ** Molo municipality **

Gilgil Gilgil, Kenya, is a town in Nakuru County, Kenya. The town is located between Naivasha and Nakuru and along the Nairobi - Nakuru highway. It is to the west of the Gilgil River, which flows south to feed Lake Naivasha. Gilgil has a population ...

municipality

Nandi County

Kapsabet Kapsabet is a town in Kenya. It is the capital of Nandi County and is located 40 kilometres southwest of Eldoret on the way to Chavakali. The name Kapsabet comes from "Kap"- 'belong to/area of' and "sabit" or "sobet" – 'live' and has come to ...

municipality ** Nandi county council ** Nandi Hills town council

Narok County

Narok Narok (sometimes referred to as Narok Town) is a town west of Nairobi that supports Kenya's economy in south-west of the country, along the Great Rift Valley. Narok is the district capital of the Narok County and stands as the major centre of ...

town council ** Narok county council *

Trans Mara District Trans Mara District was an administrative district in the former Rift Valley Province of Kenya. Its capital town was Kilgoris. The district had a population of 170,591 (1999 census) and an area of 2,846 km� It was created in 1994, when Trans M ...

** Trans Mara county council (Kilgoris)

Samburu County

Maralal Maralal is a small hillside market town in northern Kenya, lying east of the Loroghi Plateau within Samburu County, of which it is the capital. It is the administrative headquarters of Samburu county. The town has an urban population of 16,281 (19 ...

town council ** Samburu county council

Trans-Nzoia County

Kitale Kitale is an agricultural town in northern Rift Valley Kenya situated between Mount Elgon and the Cherangany Hills at an elevation of around . Its population is 106,187 as of 2009. Kitale is the headquarter town of Trans-Nzoia County. Kitale is r ...

municipality ** Nzoia county council

Turkana County

Lodwar Lodwar is the largest town in north-western 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 County. The town has a popula ...

municipality ** Turkana county council ** Nanam Ward in Turkana West serves as the main source of minerals, contact Lokarach Titus for more details. 0720703380

Uasin Gishu County

Eldoret Eldoret is a principal town in the Rift Valley region of Kenya and serves as the capital of Uasin Gishu County. The town was referred to by white settlers as Farm 64, 64 and colloquially by locals as 'Sisibo'. As per the 2019 Kenya Population ...

municipality ** Wareng county council ** Burnt Forest town council

West Pokot County

Kapenguria Kapenguria is a town lying north east of Kitale on the A1 road in Kenya. Kapenguria is capital of the West Pokot County. Kapenguria forms a municipality with an urban population of 13,000 and a total population of 56,000 (1999 census). Kapenguria ...

municipality ** Pokot county council ** Chepareria town council

Bungoma County

Bungoma Bungoma is the county town of Bungoma County in Kenya. It was established as a trading centre in the early 20th century. Naming Bungoma, was named from eng'oma—the Bukusu word for drums. The town was originally a meeting place for Bukusu ...

municipality ** Bungoma county council **

Kimilili Kimilili is a town and area in Kenya's Bungoma County. The area is occupied mainly by the Bukusu and few Teso communities it is a trading center for agricultural goods and services. The town has an urban population of 94,927. The surrounding regi ...

municipality ** Sirisia town council **

Malakisi Malakisi or Malikisi is a settlement in Kenya's Bungoma County Bungoma County is a county in the former Western Province of Kenya. Its capital is Bungoma town. It has a population of 1,670,570 of which 812,146 are males 858,389 females a ...

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Webuye Webuye, previously named Broderick Falls, is an industrial town in Bungoma County, 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 heav ...

municipality * Mount Elgon District ** Mount Elgon county council

Busia County

** Busia municipality ** Busia county council ** Funyula town council **

Nambale Nambale is a settlement in Kenya's Busia County Busia is a county in the former Western Province of Kenya. It borders Kakamega County to the east, Bungoma County to the north, Lake Victoria and Siaya County to the south and Busia District, U ...

town council ** Port Victoria town council * Teso District ** Malaba town council ** Teso county council

Kakamega County

** Kakamega municipality ** Kakamega county council **

Malava Malwa is a historical region of west-central India occupying a plateau of volcanic origin. Geologically, the Malwa Plateau generally refers to the volcanic upland north of the Vindhya Range. Politically and administratively, it is also synony ...

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Butere/Mumias District Butere/Mumias District was an administrative district in the Western Province of Kenya. Its capital town was Butere Butere is a town in Kakamega County of the former Western Province (Kenya), Western Province of Kenya. It has an urban population ...

Butere Butere is a town in Kakamega County of the former Western Province (Kenya), Western Province of Kenya. It has an urban population of 4,725 (2009 census). Until 2010, the town was the capital of the former Butere/Mumias District. Transportation l ...

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Mumias Mumias is a town in Kakamega County of Kenya. The town has an urban population of 116,358 (2009 census). Mumias was the centre of the Mumias District. The town is linked by road to Kakamega (in east), Busia (west), Bungoma (north), Butere (sout ...

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Lugari District Lugari District was one of the seventy-one districts of Kenya, districts of Kenya, located in that country's Western Province (Kenya), Western Province. Its capital was Lugari. In 2010, the district was eliminated and incorporated into Kakamega Cou ...

Lugari Lugari is a town in Kakamega County in the former Western Province (Kenya), Western Province of Kenya. Until 2010, it was the capital of the former Lugari District. The town is located 10 kilometres east of Webuye. Lugari has an urban population ...

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Vihiga County

Vihiga Vihiga is a town in Kenya located on the eastern side of the Kakamega Forest. 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 county, Vihiga Count ...

municipality ** Vihiga county council **

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References

External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20110103012703/http://www.localgovernment.go.ke/ * https://web.archive.org/web/20071103080803/http://www.algak.net/ * http://treasury.go.ke/cbs.go.ke/pdf/authority.pdf {{DEFAULTSORT:Local Authorities Of Kenya Subdivisions of Kenya Government agencies of Kenya

List of local authorities in Kenya

Nairobi County

Kiambu County

Kirinyaga County

Nyandarua County

Nyeri County

Murang'a County

Kilifi County

Kwale County

Lamu County

Mombasa County

Taita-Taveta County

Tana River County

Embu County

Isiolo County

Kitui County

Makueni County

Machakos County

Marsabit County

Meru County

Tharaka-Nithi County

Garissa County

Mandera County

Wajir County

Homa Bay County

Kisii County

Nyamira County

Kisumu County

Migori County

Siaya County

Baringo County

Bomet County

Elgeyo Marakwet County

Kajiado County

Kericho County

Laikipia County

Nakuru County

Nandi County

Narok County

Samburu County

Trans-Nzoia County

Turkana County

Uasin Gishu County

West Pokot County

Bungoma County

Busia County

Kakamega County

Vihiga County

See also

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