Sub-counties of Kenya - wikipedia Sub-counties of Kenya Kenya This article is part of a series on the politics and government of Kenya National Government Constitution History Human rights Executive President ( list ) Uhuru Kenyatta Deputy President William Ruto Cabinet Attorney General Githu Muigai Director of Public Prosecutions Keriako Tobiko Legislature National Assembly Speaker : Justin Muturi List of members Constituencies Senate Speaker : Kenneth Lusaka List of members Judiciary Chief Justice David Maraga Deputy Chief Justice Philomena Mbete Mwilu Supreme Court Court of Appeal High Court Subordinate courts Magistrates Courts Kadhi Courts Courts Martial Tribunals Judicial Service Commission Administrative divisions Counties Sub-Counties Constituencies Commissions Offices Electoral and Boundaries Ethics and Anti-Corruption National Human Rights and Equality National Commission on Human Rights Administrative Justice National Land Commission Revenue Allocation Salaries and Remuneration Service Commissions Judicial National Police Parliamentary Public Teachers Offices Auditor - General Controller of Budget Recent elections General : 2002 2007 2013 Local : 2002 2007 2013 Political parties The National Alliance United Republican Party Orange Democratic Movement Wiper Democratic Movement Party of National Unity Kenya African National Union Kenya National Congress Foreign relations Economic schemes Vision 2030 Kenya Economic Stimulus Program Other countries Atlas Sub-counties are the decentralised units through which county governments of Kenya will provide functions and services. Except for the parts which fall under urban areas, sub-counties will coincide with the constituencies created under article 89 of the Constitution of Kenya. Sub-counties will be headed by a sub-county administrator, appointed by a County Public Service Board. Under the former Constitution of Kenya, the Provinces of Kenya were subdivided into a number of districts ( wilaya ). In line with restructuring the national administration to fit with the devolved government system brought in by the 2010 Constitution, that came into full effect following elections in March 2013, the 8 provinces and their administrators and districts were replaced by County Commissioners at the county level, while former districts existing as of 2013 were re-organised as sub-counties, and had Deputy Commissioners appointed over them. Contents 1 Historical expansion of district numbers 2 List of the 46 districts plus the capital of Kenya ( since 1992, but prior to 2003 ) 3 List of the 70 districts of Kenya ( starting 2007 ) 4 More recent ( defunct ) districts ( after 2007 up to March 2013 ) 5 Sub-counties ( since March 2013 ) 6 See also 7 References Historical expansion of district numbers This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. ( August 2013 ) List of the 46 districts plus the capital of Kenya ( since 1992, but prior to 2003 ) Following a High Court ruling in September 2009, there were 46 legal districts in Kenya, excluding Nairobi which constituted a 47th district. Following the Kenyan general election, 2013, these districts and Nairobi now constitute the 47 counties which will be the basis for rolling out devolution as set out in the 2010 Constitution of Kenya ( district headquarters are in parenthesis ) : Coast Province : Kilifi District ( Kilifi ) Kwale District ( Kwale ) Lamu District ( Lamu ) Mombasa District ( Mombasa ) Taita - Taveta District ( Wundanyi ) Tana River District ( Hola ) North Eastern Province : Garissa District ( Garissa ) Mandera District ( Mandera ) Wajir District ( Wajir ) Eastern Province : Embu District ( Embu ) Isiolo District ( Isiolo ) Kitui District ( Kitui ) Machakos District ( Machakos ) Makueni District ( Makueni ) Marsabit District ( Marsabit ) Meru District ( Meru ) Mutomo District ( Mutomo ) Tharaka - Nithi District ( Chuka ) Central Province : Kiambu District ( Kiambu ) Kirinyaga District ( Kerugoya / Kutus ) Murang'a District ( Murang'a ) Nyandarua District ( Nyahururu ) Nyeri District ( Nyeri ) Rift Valley Province : Baringo District ( Kabarnet ) Bomet District ( Bomet ) Elgeyo - Marakwet District Kajiado District ( Kajiado ) Kericho District ( Kericho ) Laikipia District ( Nanyuki ) Nakuru District ( Nakuru ) Nandi District ( Kapsabet ) Narok District ( Narok ) Samburu District ( Maralal ) Trans Nzoia District ( Kitale ) Turkana District ( Lodwar ) Uasin Gishu District ( Eldoret ) West Pokot District ( Kapenguria ) Western Province : Bungoma District ( Bungoma ) Busia ( Busia ) Kakamega District ( Kakamega ) Vihiga District ( Vihiga ) Nyanza Province : Homa Bay District ( Homa Bay ) Kisii Central ( Kisii ) Kisumu District ( Kisumu ) Migori District ( Migori ) Nyamira District ( Nyamira ) Siaya District ( Siaya ) All these 46 districts ( plus Nairobi ) have been replaced with 47 counties since March 2013, promoting them as the first level of administrative subdivisions of the country, and the 8 former provinces ( which were the first level of subdivisions ) have been dissolved. New districts started to be created by President Moi, and there were up to 57 districts in 2003 when President Kibaki first came into office. List of the 70 districts of Kenya ( starting 2007 ) In early January 2007, 37 new districts were created by the government from the 14 former districts, rising their number to 70. Baringo District ( Kabarnet ) Bomet District ( Bomet ) Bondo District ( Bondo ) Bungoma District ( Bungoma ) Buret District ( Litein ) Busia ( Busia ) Butere / Mumias District ( Butere ) Embu District ( Embu ) Garissa District ( Garissa ) Gucha District ( Ogembo ) Homa Bay District ( Homa Bay ) Ijara District ( Ijara ) Isiolo District ( Isiolo ) Kajiado District ( Kajiado ) Kakamega District ( Kakamega ) Keiyo District ( Iten / Tambach ) Kericho District ( Kericho ) Kiambu District ( Kiambu ) Kilifi District ( Kilifi ) Kirinyaga District ( Kerugoya / Kutus ) Kisii Central ( Kisii ) Kisumu District ( Kisumu ) Kitui District ( Kitui ) Koibatek District ( Eldama Ravine ) Kuria District ( Kehancha ) Kwale District ( Kwale ) Laikipia District ( Nanyuki ) Lamu District ( Lamu ) Lugari District ( Lugari ) Machakos District ( Machakos ) Makueni District ( Makueni ) Malindi District ( Malindi ) Mandera District ( Mandera ) Maragua District ( Maragua ) Marakwet District ( Kapsowar ) Marsabit District ( Marsabit ) Mbeere District ( Mbeere ) Meru Central District ( Meru ) Meru North District ( Maua ) Meru South District ( Chuka ) Migori District ( Migori ) Mombasa District ( Mombasa ) Mount Elgon District ( Mount Elgon ) Moyale District ( Moyale ) Murang'a District ( Murang'a ) Mwingi District ( Mwingi ) Nairobi District ( Nairobi ) Nakuru District ( Nakuru ) Nandi ( Kapsabet ) Narok District ( Narok ) Nyamira District ( Nyamira ) Nyandarua District ( Ol Kalou ) Nyando District ( Awasi ) Nyeri District ( Nyeri ) Rachuonyo District ( Oyugis ) Samburu District ( Maralal ) Siaya District ( Siaya ) Suba District ( Mbita ) Taita - Taveta District ( Wundanyi ) Tana River District ( Tana River ) Teso District ( Malaba ) Tharaka District ( Tharaka ) Thika District ( Thika ) Trans Mara District ( Kilgoris ) Trans Nzoia District ( Kitale ) Turkana District ( Lodwar ) Uasin Gishu District ( Eldoret ) Vihiga District ( Vihiga ) Wajir District ( Wajir ) West Pokot District ( Kapenguria ) More recent ( defunct ) districts ( after 2007 up to March 2013 ) Many more districts have been created since then, such that in July 2009 there were 254 districts ( an up to 256 districts plus Nairobi on 20 September 2009, when the High Court outlawed 210 of them ). The creation of new districts has been criticised by opponents for being waste of money and a populist attempt to please local residents. The government, however, say new districts bring services closer to the people and will provide security. The following list contains 208 districts, taken from a Kenyan government website in July 2009 ( the list is incomplete, but their number stopped growing after the High Court decision in September 2009 ) : Districts Headquarters Central Province Gatanga District -- Gatundu District Gatundu Githunguri District Githunguri Kabete District -- Kandara District -- Kiambaa District Kiambu Kiambu East District Kiambu Kiambu West District Limuru Kieni West District Chaka Kieni East District Chaka Kigumo District -- Kipipiri District -- Kirinyaga Central District -- Kirinyaga East District Kerugoya Kirinyaga South District -- Kirinyaga West District -- Lari District -- Mirangini District -- Mukurweini District Mukurweini Muranga East District Muranga Muranga South District Kenol Nyandarua Central District Ol Kalou Nyandarua North District Nyahururu Nyandarua South District Engineer Nyandarua West District -- Nyeri Central District Nyeri Nyeri East District Karatina Nyeri South District Nyeri Ruiru District -- Thika East District Thika Thika West District -- Coast Province Kaloleni District Kizurini Kilifi District Kilifi Kilindini District Dongo Kundu Kinango District Kinango Kwale District Kwale Lamu District Lamu Malindi District Malindi Mombasa District Mombasa Msabweni District Msambweni Taita District Wundanyi Tana Delta District -- Tana River District Hola Taveta District Taveta Eastern Province Buuri District Timau Embu East District Rúnyenjes Embu West District Embu Garbatula District Garbatula Igembe North District Laare Igembe South District Maua Imenti North District Meru Imenti South District Nkubu Isiolo District Isiolo Kangundo District Kangundo Kathiani District -- Kathonzweni District -- Kibwezi District Makindu Kilungu District -- Kitui Central District Kitui Kitui West District -- Kyuso District Kyuso Maara District Kieganguru Machakos District Machakos Makueni District Wote Marsabit District Marsabit Marsabit North District Malkona Marsabit South District Laisamis Masinga District -- Matungulu District -- Mbeere North District Siakago Mbeere South District Kírítirí Mbooni East District Mbumbuni Mbooni West District Mbooni Meru Central District Gatimbi Meru South District Chuka Moyale District Moyale Mukaa District -- Mutitu District -- Mutomo District Mutomo Mwala District -- Mwingi District Mwingi Nzaui District -- Tharaka North District Marimanti Tharaka South District -- Tigania East District Muriri Tigania West District Urru Yatta District Kithimani Nairobi Province Nairobi East District Komarock Nairobi North District Kasarani Nairobi West District Ndararua / J. Kangethe Westlands District -- North Eastern Province Fafi District Bura Garissa District Garissa Ijara District Masaini Lagdera District Modogashe Mandera Central District Mandera Mandera East District El Wak Mandera North District Rhamu Mandera West District Tabaka Wajir East District Wajir Wajir North District Bute Wajir South District Habaswein Wajir West District Gritu Nyanza Province Bondo District Bondo Borabu District Nyansiongo Gucha District Ogembo Homa Bay District Homa Bay Kanyanya District -- Kisii Central District Kisii Kisii South District Kerina Kisumu East District Holo Kisumu West District Kisumu Kuria East District Kegonga Kuria West District Kehancha Manga District Manga Marani District -- Masaba District Keroka Mbita District -- Migori District Migori Ndhiwa District Ndhiwa North Masaba District -- Nyakach District Pap Ondit Nyamache District -- Nyamira District Nyamira Nyamira North District -- Nyando District Awasi Nyatike District Macaider Rachuonyo North District -- Rachuonyo South District -- Rarieda District Madiany Rongo District Rongo Siaya District Siaya South Gucha District Nyamarambe Suba District Mbita Uriri District -- Rift Valley Province Baringo Central District Kabarnet Baringo North District Kabartonjo Bomet District Bomet Buret District Litein East Pokot District Chemlingot Eldoret East District Naiberi Eldoret West District Eldoret Kajiado North District Kajiado Kajiado South District -- Keiyo District Iten Kericho District Kericho Kipkelion District Kipkelion Koibatek District Eldama Ravine Kwanza District Endebess Laikipia Central District -- Laikipia East District Nanyuki Laikipia North District Mukogodo Laikipia West District Rumuruti Loima District -- Loitoktok District Loitoktok Marakwet District Kapsowar Marigat District -- Mogotio District -- Molo District Molo Naivasha District Naivasha Nakuru District Nakuru Town Nakuru North District Bahati Nandi Central District Kapsabet Nandi East District - Nandi North District Kabiyet Nandi South District Kabujoi Narok North District Narok Narok South District Olulunga Njoro District -- North Pokot District Kacheliba Nyahururu District Nyahururu Pokot Central District Sighor Samburu Central District Maralal Samburu East District Wamba Samburu North District Baragoi Sotik District Sotik Tinderet District Maraba Trans Nzoia East District Maili Saba Trans Nzoia West District Kitale Trans Mara District Kilgoris Turkana Central District Lodwar Turkana East District -- Turkana North District Lokitaung Turkana South District Lokichar Turkana West District -- Wareng District Kesses West Pokot District Kapenguria Western Province Bungoma Central District Chwele Bungoma East District Webuye Bungoma North District Kimilili Bungoma South District Bungoma Bungoma West District Sirisia Bunyula District Budalangi Busia District Busia Butere District Butere Emuhaya District Kima Hamisi District Hamisi Kakamega Central District Kakamega Kakamega East District Shinyalu Kakamega North District Malava Kakamega South District Malinya Lugari District Lumakanda Mt. Elgon District Kapsokwony Mumias District Mumias Samia District Funyula Teso North District Amagoro Teso South District Amakura Vihiga District Mbale Sub-counties ( since March 2013 ) In August 2009, however, the High Court of Kenya declared all districts created after 1992 illegal. The judge stated that the districts were created `` in complete disregard of the law ''. As a result, Kenya had only 46 legal districts ( excluding Nairobi with its special constitutional status as the capital of the country ). Following the March 2013 elections, these 46 districts -- together with the City of Nairobi -- constitute the 47 counties into which Kenya is now divided administratively, and they are also the 47 constituencies for the elections to the National Senate. All the former districts have disappeared ( as well as the former 8 provinces whose devolution was transferred to the new 47 counties ), and are now considered only as `` sub-counties '', without autonomy ; they are used in urban areas for a limited organisation for prividing public services locally. These remaining sub-counties are transitional and could be replaced by more efficient ccoperative structures grouping the local services in organised cities and their surrounding towns, either for dedicated missions or for temporary plans ; so they may be deeply reorganised or disappear at any time. The remaining sub-counties already do not match with the subdivision of the new 47 counties into electoral - only `` wards '' ( based on resident population, to determine the number of elected seats for each county in the National Senate. See also List of constituencies of Kenya References Jump up ^ Decentralized Units, Section 48 ( 1 ) ( b ) County Governments Act 2012 Jump up ^ Decentralized Units, Section 48 ( 2 ) County Government Act, 2012 Jump up ^ Office of the sub-county administrator, section 50, County Government Act 2012 Jump up ^ http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2012/05/kibaki-names-47-county-commissioners/ Kibaki names 47 County Commissioners Jump up ^ http://allafrica.com/stories/201307230067.html Kenyan County Commissioners Re-Organised Under New Structure Jump up ^ Nyasato, Robert ( 5 September 42009 ). `` High Court outlaws 210 districts created by Moi and Kibaki since 1992 ''. The Standard. Archived from the original on 1 July 2014. Check date values in : date = ( help ) Jump up ^ List of the new districts from the website of the Kenyan embassy in Germany ( pdf ) Jump up ^ info ( at ) synergy.co.ke. `` Newspaper report on the new districts ( Kibaki Gives Kenya 37 New Districts -- Jan 19, 2007 ) ''. Propertykenya.com. Archived from the original on 24 July 2009. Retrieved 18 October 2010. ^ Jump up to : `` All constituencies now turned into districts ''. Daily Nation. Retrieved 18 October 2010. Jump up ^ Office of Public Communications : List of Provinces, Districts & Contacts Jump up ^ The Standard, 27 September 2009 : After Ringera, House to take on Kibaki over new districts First - and second - level administrative divisions of Kenya 47 counties ( since March 2013 ) Baringo ( 30 ) Bomet ( 36 ) Bungoma ( 39 ) Busia ( 40 ) Elgeyo - Marakwet ( 28 ) Embu ( 14 ) Garissa ( 07 ) Homa Bay ( 43 ) Isiolo ( 11 ) Kajiado ( 34 ) Kakamega ( 37 ) Kericho ( 35 ) Kiambu ( 22 ) Kilifi ( 03 ) Kirinyaga ( 20 ) Kisii ( 45 ) Kisumu ( 42 ) Kitui ( 15 ) Kwale ( 02 ) Laikipia ( 31 ) Lamu ( 05 ) Machakos ( 16 ) Makueni ( 17 ) Mandera ( 09 ) Marsabit ( 10 ) Meru ( 12 ) Migori ( 44 ) Mombasa ( 01 ) Murang'a ( 21 ) Nairobi ( 47 ) Nakuru ( 32 ) Nandi ( 29 ) Narok ( 33 ) Nyamira ( 46 ) Nyandarua ( 18 ) Nyeri ( 19 ) Samburu ( 25 ) Siaya ( 41 ) Taita - Taveta ( 06 ) Tana River ( 04 ) Tharaka - Nithi ( 13 ) Trans - Nzoia ( 26 ) Turkana ( 23 ) Uasin Gishu ( 27 ) Vihiga ( 38 ) Wajir ( 08 ) West Pokot ( 24 ) Principal cities and towns Nairobi ( capital ) Athi River Baragoi Bomet Bungoma Busia Chuka Eldoret Embu Garissa Hola Homa Bay Isiolo Iten Kabarnet Kajiado Kakamega Kapsabet Kangundo - Tala Kapenguria Karuri Kericho Kerugoya Kiambu Kibwezi Kikuyu Kilifi Kisii Kisumu Kitale Kitengela Kitui Kwale Limuru Lodwar Lokichogio Loiyangalani Lamu Machakos Makindu Malindi Mandera Maralal Marsabit Masii Meru Mombasa Moyale Mtito Andei Mumias Murang'a Mutomo Mwingi Naivasha Nakuru Namanga Nanyuki Narok Nyahururu Nyamira Nyeri Ol Kalou Ongata Rongai Ruiru Siaya Thika Vihiga Voi Wajir Webuye Wote Wundanyi Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sub-Counties_of_Kenya&oldid=846595799 '' Categories : Districts of Kenya Subdivisions of Kenya Lists of country subdivisions Country subdivisions in Africa Kenya geography - related lists Hidden categories : CS1 errors : dates All articles with dead external links Articles with dead external links from October 2010 EngvarB from September 2017 Use dmy dates from September 2017 Articles to be expanded from August 2013 All articles to be expanded Articles with empty sections from August 2013 All articles with empty sections Articles using small message boxes Kenya articles missing geocoordinate data All articles needing coordinates Talk Contents About Wikipedia Italiano Kiswahili Português Edit links This page was last edited on 19 June 2018, at 18 : 59 ( UTC ). 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