Kakamega District

Kakamega District was a district in the Western Province of Kenya. Its capital town was Kakamega. It had a population of 603,422 people and an area of 1,395 km². Kakamega was created in 1963 by the colonial government off the North Kavirondo District that existed from the 1920s.

Local authorities (councils)
Authority Type Population* Urban pop.*
KakamegaMunicipality73,60757,128
MalavaTown46,6141,704
Kakamega CountyCounty483,2010
Total-603,42258,832
* 1999 census. Source:
Administrative divisions
Division Population* Urban pop.* Headquarters
Ikolomani92,1040Ikolomani
Ileho32,5450Kambili
Kabras149,5101,530Malaba
Kakamega municipality74,11551,770Kakamega
Lurambi85,8630Shisilu
Navakholo65,3370Navakholo
Shinyalu103,9480Shinyalu
Total603,42253,300-
* 1999 census. Sources: , ,

The district had four constituencies:

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