Mayor of Nairobi

The Mayor of Nairobi was the non-executive head of Nairobi City Council in Nairobi, Kenya until the new constitution of 2010 which devolved government was enacted. The Mayor's office, officially the Mayor’s Palour, was located at City Hall Nairobi. The last mayor of Nairobi was George Aladwa of ODM, elected on 10 August 2011.[1]

There was no Mayor of Nairobi from 1983 to 1992 because the City Council of Nairobi was replaced by the City Commission appointed by then president Daniel Toroitich Arap Moi. The City Council was restored after the multi-party elections of 1992. In the year 2013 the office of mayor ceased to exist since under the Constitution of Kenya, 2010 local governments were replaced by county governments.

The following is a list of the mayors of Nairobi from the time the city was a colonial town.

MayorTerm beginTerm endNotes
H. Edgar Henderson19231924
Charles Udall19241925
James Riddell19251927
Alfred Thomas Wood19271929
Charles Udall19291930
Franze Rudolf Mayer19301931
James Riddell19311933
Joseph Mortimer19331934
Edward (George) Gwinnett Bompas19341936
Alfred Thomas Wood19361937Died April 1944[2]
Joseph Mortimer19371938Died 24 November 1948[3]
Gwladys, Lady Delamere19381940
Ernest Albert Vasey19411942
Charles Udall19421944
Ernest Albert Vasey19441946
Tyson George Alfred19461947
Frederick George Richard Woodley19491950
Norman Harris19501952
Dr. J.R. Gregory19521953
Harold Travis19531954
Reggie S. Alexander19541955First mayor of Nairobi born in Kenya. Died 31 March 1990.[4]
Israel Somen19571959
Marjorie Needham-Clarke19591960
Harold Travis19611962The last European mayor of Nairobi.
Charles Rubia19631967The first African mayor of Nairobi.
Isack Lugonzo19671970
Margaret Kenyatta19701976
Andrew Ngumba19771980
Nathan Kahara19801983
Abolished19831992Nairobi City Commission had been established to replace the Nairobi City Council.
Steve Flavian Mwangi19931994
Dick Waweru19941996
John King'ori19961998
Sammy Mbugua19981999
John Ndirangu19992001
Dick Waweru20012002
Joe Aketch20032004
Dickson Wathika20042008
Geoffrey Majiwa20082010
George Aladwa20112013

See also

Sources
  1. "ODM's Aladwa elected Nairobi Mayor". The Standard. 11 August 2011.
  2. "No title". Lancashire Evening Post. 20 April 1944 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. "Deaths". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 27 November 1948.
  4. "R. Alexander, former mayor of Nairobi". Toronto Star. 4 April 1990.

References

1. "Arrival Of Oliver Lyttleton In Kenya". Pathé News. Retrieved 17 April 2019.

2. Wepukhulu, Hezekiah (1 March 2008). "Kenya: Down Memory Lane - Woodley, the Nairobi Mayor Who Loved Sports". Daily Nation.

3. Norman Harris: From trusteeship to development: how class and gender complicated Kenya's housing policy, 1939–1963

4. Lady Gwladys (Gladys) Delamere: "The 1940s". East African Women's League. Archived from the original on 2 June 2011.

5. Massie-Blomfield, R.A. (10 July 2010). "Reward those who value colonial heritage". Daily Nation. Retrieved 17 April 2019.

6. "Visit of Queen Mother to Kenya - 1959". Old Cambrian Society. Retrieved 17 April 2019.

7. Nicholls, Christine Stephanie (2005). Red strangers: the white tribe of Kenya. Timewell Press. ISBN 1857252063.

8. Nicholls, Christine Stephanie (2005). Nicholls (2005, page 245). ISBN 9781857252064. Retrieved 17 April 2019.

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