Makadara Constituency

CountyNairobi City

Population189,536^[1][2]

Area12 km² (4.6 sq mi)^[3]

Created1963

Makadara
constituency for the Parliament of Kenya
Makadara Constituency within Nairobi City County
Nairobi City County within Kenya
County	Nairobi City
Population	189,536[1][2]
Area	12 km2 (4.6 sq mi)[3]
Current constituency
Created	1963
Number of members	1
Party	ODM
Member of Parliament	George Aladwa
Wards	4

Makadara Constituency is an electoral constituency in Nairobi City County, Kenya. It is one of the seventeen constituencies in the county. It was renamed prior to the 1997 elections, but was also known as Nairobi Doonholm Constituency for the 1963 elections, then as Bahati Constituency from 1966 to 1997. It consists of some central and southern of central areas of Nairobi County. The entire constituency is located within Nairobi City County, and has an area of 13 km². The current constituency boundaries were revised prior to the 2013 elections. It has a population of 189,536 people from the 2019 census report.

Mwai Kibaki, who later became the president of Kenya, served as a Makadara MP before moving to Othaya Constituency. The constituency was also represented by Gideon Kioko Mbuvi who was elected in a by-election in 2010, replacing Dickson Wathika, whose election in 2007 was invalidated due to 'election irregularities'.^[4] Sonko went on to become the senator for Nairobi County in 2013, and is currently the Governor of Nairobi County which is also the Capital of Kenya.^[5]