Langata Constituency

Lang'ata

constituency
for the Parliament of Kenya
County| Nairobi City
Area| 196.8 km2 (76.0 sq mi)
Current constituency
Created| 1963
Number of members| One
Party| ODM
Member of Parliament| Phelix Odiwuor
Created from| Nairobi South

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

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

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

## Members of Parliament[edit]

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

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

Elections  | MP[2] | Party  | Notes

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1963 | Joseph Murumbi | KANU |
1969 | Yunis Ali | KANU | One-party system
1974 | Mwangi Mathai | KANU | One-party system
1979 | Philip Leakey | KANU | One-party system
1983 | Philip Leakey | KANU | One-party system.
1988 | Philip Leakey | KANU | One-party system.
1992 | Raila Odinga | Ford-Kenya |
1997 | Raila Odinga | NDP |
2002 | Raila Odinga | NARC / LDP |
2007 | Raila Odinga | ODM |
2013 | Joash Olum[citation needed] | Orange Democratic Movement |
2017 | Nixon Kiprotich Korir | Jubilee |
2022 | Felix Odiwour | ODM |

## Wards[edit]

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

Ward  | Area (km²)  | Population

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Karen | 48 | 24,507
Nairobi West | 6.9 | 33,377
Mugumoini | 126.4 | 47,037
South C | 15.1 | 47,202
Nyayo Highrise | 0.4 | 24,191
Total | 196.8 | 176,314
2009 census.[3]

## Lang'ata Sub-county[edit]

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

## References[edit]

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

## External links[edit]

* Map of the constituency
* Uchaguzikenya.com - Constituency profile
* Social audit of the constituency

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Electoral constituencies of the National Assembly of Kenya

Nairobi Region

* Dagoretti North Constituency
* Dagoretti South Constituency
* Westlands Constituency
* Langata Constituency
* Kibra Constituency
* Roysambu Constituency
* Kasarani Constituency
* Ruaraka Constituency
* Embakasi South Constituency
* Embakasi North Constituency
* Embakasi Central Constituency
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Raila Odinga

Family|

* Jaramogi Oginga Odinga (father)
* Oburu Odinga (brother)

Offices held|

* Member of Parliament, Langata Constituency: 1992–2013
* Prime Minister of Kenya (in the GNU)

Political career|

* Orange Democratic Movement
* Liberal Democratic Party
* Government of National Unity
* 2007–2008 Kenyan crisis
* 2007 Presidential elections
* 2013 Presidential elections
* 2017 Presidential elections

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