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The district had a population of 274,532 (2019 census) and an area of 2,846 km² . It was created in 1994, when Trans Mara District was split from Narok District. The Mara Triangle (part of the Masai Mara reserve) is located in Trans-Mara District. The district had only one local authority, Trans Mara county council.
It is one of six constituencies in the county. It used to be the only constituency in the former Trans Mara District. The constituency was established for the 1997 elections. The constituency has 18 wards, all electing MCAs for the Narok County Assembly. The towns of Kilgoris, Emarti and Lolgorian are located in this constituency.
Kilgoris was previously the capital of the former Trans Mara District. The constituency Member of Parliament for Kilgoris Julius Ole Sunkuli, who initially served from 1992 to 2002 and made a comeback in 2022. Sunkuli was preceded by Hon. Gideon Konchella, Ole Sompisha and Hon John Konchella.
Following a High Court ruling in September 2009, there were 46 legal districts in Kenya, [7] excluding Nairobi which constituted a 47th district. Following the Kenyan general election, 2013, these districts and Nairobi now constitute the 47 counties which will be the basis for rolling out devolution as set out in the 2010 Constitution of Kenya (district headquarters are in parentheses):
65 Trans Mara District. 66 Trans Nzoia District. 67 Turkana District. 68 Uasin Gishu District. 69 Vihiga District. 70 Wajir District. 71 West Pokot District. 72 See also.
The county is named after Illwuasin-kishu, a maasai clan. The land was the grazing area of the clan. They surrendered the land to the colonial government in the Anglo-Maasai agreement of 1911 and were subsequently pushed towards Trans Mara District. The plateau that they once occupied was then registered in its Anglicised version, Uasin Gishu. [4]
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Local authorities in Kenya are the bodies controlling local governance in urban areas in Kenya.. From the 2013 general elections onwards Kenya will have three classes of local authorities: City, Municipality, and Town authorities.