Westlands is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of the seventeen constituencies in Nairobi County. The constituency is situated within Westlands Sub-county, formerly Westlands District. The entire constituency is located within Nairobi City County and has an area of . It was known as Nairobi Northwest Constituency at the 1963 elections, then as Parklands Constituency and since 1988 elections it has been known as Westlands Constituency.
In 2013, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission hived off a portion of Westlands Constituency to form part of Dagoretti North Constituency.
Westlands constituency contains some of the high income suburb areas such as Runda, LakeView, Muthaiga, Kitisuru and Highridge. Slum areas like Kangemi, Githogoro, DeepSea, Mji Wa Huruma, Kaptagat, Kibagare, Maasai and Suswa are also located within the constituency.
Members of Parliament
ElectionsMP Center for Multiparty Democracy: Politics and Paliamenterians in Kenya 1944-2007 PartyNotes 1963 Fitz Remedios Santana de Souza KANU 1969 Samuel Kivuitu KANU One-party system 1974 Isaac Waweru KANU One-party system 1979 Krishan Chander Gautama KANU One-party system 1983 Samuel Kivuitu KANU One-party system. 1988 Njoroge Mungai KANU One-party system. 1992 Amin Walji KANU Walji died during his tenure Daily Nation, March 18, 2002: Mwau looking past merger poll1994 Fred Gumo KANU By-elections 1997 Fred Gumo KANU 2002 Fred Gumo NARC 2007 Fred Gumo ODM 2013 Timothy Wanyonyi Wetangula ODM 2017 Timothy Wanyonyi Wetangula ODM 2022 Timothy Wanyonyi Wetangula ODM
Locations and wards Ward Population km2 County Assembly Representative Kitisuru 31,202 21.3 Alvin Alango PalaPala ODM Parklands/Highridge 38,344 8.2 Jeffer Abdulwahab Kassam ODM Karura 26,453 38.2 Kamau Thuo FiuNifiu TNA Kangemi 45,564 1.6 Peter Vukindu Isuha ODM Mountain View 36,126 3.1 Beatrice Kwamboka Makori ODM
Westlands Sub-county The Sub-county shares the same boundaries with what was Westlands Division of Nairobi and constituency prior to 2013. Some areas that are electorally placed under Dagoretti North Constituency such as: Kilimani, Lavington, Muthangari, Maziwa and Kileleshwa, form part of the sub-county. The sub-county is Deputy County Commissioner, working under the Ministry of Interior.
References
External links Map of the constituency Social Audit of the constituency