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Lang’ata Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of seventeen constituencies of Nairobi County. It consists of southern and south-western areas of Nairobi. Lang’ata Constituency has common boundaries with Kibra Constituency of Nairobi. The entire constituency is located within Nairobi City Council area. The constituency has an area of 223 km2, with a population of 176,314 as per the 2009 census. It has five wards namely; South C, Nairobi West, Mugumoini, Highrise and Karen.
Lang’ata is now represented by Hon. Nixon Korir. It was formally represented by Hon. Joash O. Olum, who succeeded the former Prime Minister of Kenya Hon. Raila A. Odinga. He was the MP for Lang’ata for 20 years (1992-2012). The first Lang’ata MP Joseph Murumbi served as a Vice-President of Kenya from 1966 to 1967. Former Lang’ata MP Philip Leakey was the first white Kenyan MP, another noteworthy former Lang’ata MP is Mwangi Maathai, former husband to former Nobel Peace Prize laureate Late Wangari Maathai.
The Kenyan Constituency Development Fund (CDF) was introduced in 2003 during the Kibaki presidency with the aim of devolving some funds to the grassroots so that people would have a say on development.
The fund is designed to support constituency-level, grass-root development projects. It is aimed at achieving equitable distribution of development resources across regions and to control imbalances in regional development brought about by partisan politics. It targeted all constituency-level development projects, particularly those aiming to combat poverty at the grassroots.
These funds are earmarked to finance the implementation of public projects that have contributed towards the overall socio- economic development of Kenya as a country.