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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.

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
Harold Edgar Henderson192319241st mayor of Nairobi. Died 10 Jul 1948
Charles Udall19241925Died 4 Jan 1966
James Riddell19251927Died 15 Jan 1962
Alfred Thomas Wood19271929Died 19 Apr 1944
Charles Udall19291930Died 4 Jan 1966
Franze Rudolf Mayer19301931Died 26 Dec 1934
James Riddell19311933Died 15 Jan 1962
Joseph Mortimer19331934Died 24 Nov 1948
Edward (George) Gwinnett Bompas19341936Died 31 Mar 1949
Alfred Thomas Wood19361937Died April 1944
Joseph Mortimer19371938Died 24 November 1948
Gwladys, Lady Delamere19381940First female mayor of Nairobi. Died 22 Feb 1943
Ernest Albert Vasey19411942Died 10 Jan 1984
Charles Udall19421944Died 4 Jan 1966
Ernest Albert Vasey19441946Died 10 Jan 1984
Tyson George Alfred19461947Died 12 Mar 1972
Frederick George Richard Woodley19491950Died 6 Oct 1971
Norman Harris19501952Died 1994
Dr. Joseph Richard Gregory19521953Died 5 Mar 1979
Harold Travis19531954Died 23 Aug 1973
Reggie S. Alexander19541955First mayor of Nairobi born in Kenya. Died 31 March 1990.
Israel Somen19571959Died 9 Oct 1984
Marjorie Needham-Clarke195919602nd female mayor of Nairobi
Harold Travis19611962The last European mayor of Nairobi. Died 23 Aug 1973
Charles Rubia19631967The first African mayor of Nairobi. Died 23 Dec 2019
Isaac Lugonzo19671970
Margaret Kenyatta197019763rd female mayor of Nairobi. Died 5 April 2017
Andrew Ngumba1977198031 May 1997
Nathan Kahara19801983
*Abolished*19831992Nairobi City Commission had been established to replace the Nairobi City Council.
Steve Flavian Mwangi19931994
Dick Waweru19941996Died 19 Dec 2015
John King'ori19961998Died 22 Jan 2021
Sammy Mbugua19981999
John Ndirangu19992001
Dick Waweru20012002Died 19 Dec 2015
Joe Aketch20032004
Dickson Wathika20042008
Geoffrey Majiwa20082010
George Aladwa20112013

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References

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

  4. Lady Gwladys (Gladys) Delamere:

  • Lady Gwladys (Gladys) Delamere

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