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Embakasi is a neighbourhood in the city of Nairobi. It is approximately 18 kilometres (11 mi), southeast of the central business district . Embakasi is considered part of Nairobi's Eastlands area, lying to the south-east of Nairobi County .
Embakasi Constituency, (formerly known as, Nairobi East Constituency), is a former electoral constituency in Kenya. It was one of eight constituencies of Nairobi Province . It consisted of eastern and southeastern suburbs of Nairobi .
Embakasi East is a constituency in Kenya. It is one of seventeen constituencies in Nairobi , with an area of 64.70 km 2 (25.0 sq mi). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Embakasi East includes five electoral wards: Upper Savannah, Lower Savannah, Embakasi, Utawala and Mihango.
Embakasi Sub-county had the highest population of 988,808, accounting for more than 22% of the total population of the county; Kasarani came in second with 780,656. Kibra Sub-county with an area of 12.1 km 2 (4.7 sq mi), had the least population among the sub-counties but had a high population density of 15,311/km 2 .
Originally named Embakasi Airport, the airport's name was changed in 1978 to honour Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya's first president and Prime Minister. The airport served over 7 million passengers in 2016, [ 4 ] making it the seventh busiest airport in passenger traffic on the continent.
The constituencies of Kenya are used to elect members of the National Assembly, the lower chamber of the Kenyan Parliament.In accordance with Article 89 of the 2010 Constitution of Kenya, there are 290 constituencies, based on a formula where these constituencies were to be delineated based on population numbers.
Embakasi South: Irshadali Sumra: ODM: 283 Embakasi North: James Mwangi Gakuya TNA: 284 Embakasi Central: John Ndirangu TNA: 285 Embakasi East: John Omondi ODM: 286 Embakasi West: George Theuri TNA: 287 Makadara: Benson Mutura TNA: 288 Kamukunji: Yusuf Hassan Abdi TNA: 289 Starehe: Maina Kamanda TNA: 290 Mathare: George Mike Wanjohi TNA
These formations and services are divided between two operational commands, the Western Command (WestCom) headquartered in Lanet and Eastern Command (EastCom) based at Embakasi Garrison. [17] The Eastern Command was established in 1997 and its role is to defend the Eastern region of Kenya against external and internal threats.