Lang'ata Constituency is an

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. It is one of the seventeen constituencies in the county, consisting of southern and southwestern areas of

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. Langata constituency had common boundaries with a now-defunct Kibera Division of Nairobi. It is the largest constituency in Nairobi with an area of . It was known as Nairobi South Constituency at the 1963 elections but since the 1969 elections it has been known as Lang'ata Constituency.

Kibera Kibera (Kinubi language, Kinubi: ''Forest'' or ''Jungle'') is a division and neighbourhood of Nairobi, Kenya, from the city centre. Kibera is the largest slum in Nairobi, and also the largest urban slum in all of Africa. The 2009 Kenya Popul ...

, Kenya's largest slum, borders Lang'ata Constituency, and was part of it before the creation of

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by the

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; though there is a smaller portion of the slum that is still part of Lang'ata Constituency. The affluent suburb of

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and the mainly middle class

Lang'ata Lang'ata is a predominantly upper middle-class residential suburb of Nairobi in Kenya. The suburb consists of many smaller housing developments, referred to as estates. They include Nairobi Dam, Otiende, Southlands, Ngei, Jambo estate, Onyonk ...

suburb are part of Langata Constituency, along with the

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and Lang'ata Barracks, which housed the

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during British colonial rule.

Members of Parliament

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 Joseph Zuzarte Murumbi (born Joseph Murumbi-Zuzarte; 18 June 1911 – 22 June 1990) was a Kenyan politician who was the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kenya from 1964 to 1966, and its second Vice-President between May and December ...

served as a Vice-President of Kenya from 1966 to 1967. Former Langata MP

Philip Leakey Philip Leakey (born 21 June 1949 in Nairobi) is a former Kenyan politician. He was the first White member of the Kenyan Parliament since independence. Career Leakey represented the KANU party led by then president Daniel Arap Moi. He was a ...

was the first white Kenyan MP. Another noteworthy former Langata MP is Mwangi Mathai, the former husband of

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laureate

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Wards

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

Lang'ata Sub-county

The Sub-county shares the same boundaries with the constituency. The sub-county is Deputy County Commissioner, working under the Ministry of Interior.

References

External links

Map of the constituencyUchaguzikenya.com - Constituency profile
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