Mathare Constituency (2013)

{{Short description|Constituency in Nairobi County, Kenya}}

{{Other uses|Mathare Constituency (disambiguation){{!}}Mathare Constituency}}

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|parl_name = Parliament of Kenya

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|district_label = County

|district = Nairobi City

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|year = 2013

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|members = Anthony Oluoch

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Mathare is a constituency in Nairobi. It is one of seventeen constituencies in Nairobi City County.{{Cite web|url=https://softkenya.com/kenya/constituencies-in-kenya/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170710213643/https://softkenya.com/kenya/constituencies-in-kenya/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=July 10, 2017|title=Constituency – Constituencies in Kenya|website=softkenya|access-date=9 June 2018}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.ngcdf.go.ke/index.php/2015-07-28-04-03-42|title=Constituencies|website=The National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF)|access-date=9 June 2018}} It was created prior to the 2013 general election, when Starehe Constituency boundaries were revised. It is the smallest constituency in Nairobi with an area of {{convert|3.00|km2|sqmi|1|abbr=on}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.tuko.co.ke/271354-list-districts-nairobi.html#271354|title=List of districts in Nairobi|publisher=Tuko|access-date=17 June 2018}} It borders Ruaraka Constituency to the north; Roysambu and Westlands constituencies to the northwest; Embakasi Central Constituency to the east; Kamukunji Constituency to the south; and Starehe Constituency to the west.

It has six electoral wards namely; Hospital, Mabatini, Huruma, Ngei, Mlango Kubwa, and Kiamaiko.