Kibra Constituency is an

electoral constituency An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provid ...

Nairobi Nairobi is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Kenya. The city lies in the south-central part of Kenya, at an elevation of . The name is derived from the Maasai language, Maasai phrase , which translates to 'place of cool waters', a ...

, one of 17 constituencies in the county, and has an area of 12.1 km². It is located to the southwest of the City of

, and includes most of the

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 ...

slum and adjoining estates. The constituency was created prior to the 2013 general election. ''Kibra'' is a Nubian word meaning 'forest' or 'jungle'. The Nubians have lived in what is now Kibra since the end of the

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, when they were allocated land by the British colonial government. The entire constituency is within

Nairobi City County Nairobi City County is one of the 47 counties of Kenya. With an estimated population of 5,454,000 in 2024, it is the third-smallest in area of the counties, yet the most populous. It also serves as the Capital city, capital of Kenya. The count ...

. It was part of

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 ...

and

Dagoretti Dagoretti is an area in the western part of Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. It straddles the Nairobi and Kiambu County boundary with the Dagoretti Road Reserve marking the psychological border point heading Northerly and North-Easterly. Administrati ...

constituencies until prior to the 2013 general elections, when it was designated a separate area by the

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. It is bordered by Lang'ata Constituency to the south and west,

Dagoretti North Constituency Dagoretti North Constituency is one of 17 electoral constituency of Nairobi County created by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission before the 2013 general election. The constituency has an area of . Most of the area that forms ...

to the north, Dagoretti South Constituency to the northwest and

Starehe Constituency Starehe is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of seventeen constituencies in Nairobi City County, consisting of central and central to north areas of Nairobi. The constituency was established for the 1966 elections, with an area of . I ...

to the east.

Members of Parliament

Wards

The constituency is made up of five wards, each of which elects a representative to the Nairobi County Assembly.

Kibra 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

Social audit of the constituency
{{Raila Odinga Constituencies in Nairobi 2013 establishments in Kenya Constituencies established in 2013