Nairobi City Council
The Nairobi City Council was the local authority governing the city of Nairobi, Kenya . It was the largest of the 175 local Authorities in the country and was under direction of the Ministry of Local Government.
The Nairobi City County is the creation of the Constitution of Kenya 2010 and successor of the defunct City Council of Nairobi. It operates under the auspices of the Cities and Urban Areas Act, The Devolved Governments Act and a host of other Acts.
The Nairobi City County is charged with the responsibility of providing a variety of services to residents within its area of jurisdiction. These include the services that were hitherto provided by the defunct City Council and the ones that have been transferred from the national government.
The former include Physical Planning, Public Health, Social Services and Housing, Primary Education Infrastructure, Inspectorate Services, Public Works, Environment Management while the latter include Agriculture, Livestock Development and Fisheries, Trade, Industrialization, Corporate Development, Tourism and Wildlife, Public Service Management.
The city is divided into 8 divisions which also serve as Parliamentary Constituencies. 55 City Councillors were elected to represent Wards in the 8 divisions. The Councillors were elected by registered voters to serve five year terms after which they would seek re-election. After the elections, the party with the majority of Councillors got to nominate 12 Councillors while the minority party nominates 8 Councillors