Kenya (former provinces system)

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Kenya (former provinces system) was the country’s former administrative structure that divided the nation into several large provinces before they were replaced by a county-based system.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division system ⓘ
former administrative structure ⓘ
abolishedBy Constitution of Kenya 2010 ⓘ
administrativeLevel first-level ⓘ
appliesTo Kenya ⓘ
boundaryChangesOccurred yes ⓘ
capitalOfCentralProvince Nyeri ⓘ
capitalOfCoastProvince Mombasa ⓘ
capitalOfEasternProvince Embu ⓘ
capitalOfNairobiProvince Nairobi ⓘ
capitalOfNorthEasternProvince Garissa ⓘ
capitalOfNyanzaProvince Kisumu ⓘ
capitalOfRiftValleyProvince Nakuru ⓘ
capitalOfWesternProvince Kakamega ⓘ
consistedOf Central Province ⓘ
Coast Province ⓘ
Eastern Province ⓘ
Nairobi Province ⓘ
linked to: Nairobi County

North Eastern Province ⓘ
Nyanza Province ⓘ
Rift Valley Province ⓘ
Western Province ⓘ
constitutionalStatusAfter2010 transitional only ⓘ
country Kenya ⓘ
devolutionStatus limited devolution ⓘ
effectiveAbolitionYear 2013 ⓘ
existedDuring post-independence Kenya ⓘ
governanceType centralized administrative hierarchy ⓘ
governedBy provincial commissioners ⓘ
hadOfficialLanguage English ⓘ
Swahili ⓘ
linked to: Swahili language
higherLevelUnitOf districts ⓘ
largestProvinceByArea Rift Valley Province ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution of Kenya (before 2010) ⓘ
mainPurpose territorial administration ⓘ
mappingToNewUnits provinces were split into multiple counties ⓘ
notUsedFor fully devolved local government ⓘ
numberOfProvinces 8 ⓘ
originatedFrom colonial-era administrative regions ⓘ
oversaw provincial administration ⓘ
reformMotivation need for greater devolution and local representation ⓘ
replacedBy Kenya county system ⓘ
smallestProvinceByArea Nairobi Province ⓘ
linked to: Nairobi County
subdividedInto districts ⓘ
succeededBy 47 counties of Kenya ⓘ
usedFor central government administration ⓘ
coordination of national government functions ⓘ

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Central Province, Kenya → partOf → Kenya (former provinces system) ⓘ
Murang'a District (former) → governanceSystem → provincial administration of Kenya ⓘ
linked to: Kenya (former provinces system)