Bungoma District was a district in the Western Province of Kenya. Its capital town was Bungoma. It had an area of 2,069 km2.[1]

In 1956, Elgon Nyanza District was split from North Nyanza District. The new district was headquartered at Bungoma.[2][3] In 1963, the district was split into two districts: Bungoma and Busia, all within Western Province.[4]

By 2005, Bungoma District was completely nonexistent after it had been divided into smaller districts, namely; Mt. Elgon, Bungoma East, Bungoma North, Bungoma South, and Bungoma West. All with a total population of 1,375,063.[5]

In 2010, after the promulgation of the new constitution of Kenya, counties were to be created based on the districts of Kenya that as at 1992. This effectively led to the creation of Bungoma County.

Administration

Local authorities (councils)
Authority Type Population* Urban pop.*
BungomaMunicipality60,65044,196
KimililiMunicipality71,29910,261
WebuyeMunicipality48,80619,606
MalakisiTown38,0043,762
SirisiaTown22,703822
Bungoma CountyCounty635,02910,852
Total-876,49189,499
* 1999 census. Source:
Administrative divisions
Division Population* Urban pop.* Headquarters
Bumula129,0110
Central60,6050
Chwele41,1742,677Chwele
Kanduyi163,56838,407Bungoma
Kimilili96,6749,631Kimilili
Malakisi36,0423,341Malakisi
Ndivisi57,3361,905
Sirisia44,088769Sirisia
Tongaren133,2965,313
Webuye114,69718,257Webuye
Total876,49179,490

The district had five constituencies:

References

  1. ↑ statoids.com – Districts of Kenya
  2. ↑ "description of the districts and provinces". Syracuse University. p. 6. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  3. ↑ Makana, Nicholas E. (2009-01-01). "Metropolitan Concern, Colonial State Policy and the Embargo on Cultivation of Coffee by Africans in Colonial Kenya: the Example of Bungoma District, 1930–1960". History in Africa. 36: 315–329. doi:10.1353/hia.2010.0007. ISSN 0361-5413.
  4. ↑ "Kenya Gazette dated 2nd April, 1963" (PDF). Gazettes.Africa. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  5. ↑ "The 2009 Kenya Population and Housing Census" (PDF). Amazonaws. p. 198. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
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