The Mayor of Nairobi was the non-executive head of Nairobi City Council in Nairobi, Kenya until the new constitution of 2010 which devolved government was enacted. The Mayor's office, officially the Mayor’s Palour, was located at City Hall Nairobi. The last mayor of Nairobi was George Aladwa of ODM, elected on 10 August 2011.[1]
There was no Mayor of Nairobi from 1983 to 1992 because the City Council of Nairobi was replaced by the City Commission appointed by then president Daniel Toroitich Arap Moi. The City Council was restored after the multi-party elections of 1992. In the year 2013 the office of mayor ceased to exist since under the Constitution of Kenya, 2010 local governments were replaced by county governments.
The following is a list of the mayors of Nairobi from the time the city was a colonial town.
| Mayor | Term begin | Term end | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harold Edgar Henderson | 1923 | 1924 | 1st Mayor of Nairobi. Died 10 Jul 1948 [2] |
| Charles Udall | 1924 | 1925 | Died 4 Jan 1966[3] |
| James Riddell | 1925 | 1927 | Died 15 Jan 1962[4] |
| Alfred Thomas Wood | 1927 | 1929 | Died 19 Apr 1944[5] |
| Charles Udall | 1929 | 1930 | Died 4 Jan 1966[6] |
| Franze Rudolf Mayer | 1930 | 1931 | Died 26 Dec 1934[7] |
| James Riddell | 1931 | 1933 | Died 15 Jan 1962[8] |
| Joseph Mortimer | 1933 | 1934 | Died 24 Nov 1948 [9] |
| Edward (George) Gwinnett Bompas | 1934 | 1936 | Died 31 Mar 1949[10] |
| Alfred Thomas Wood | 1936 | 1937 | Died April 1944[11] |
| Joseph Mortimer | 1937 | 1938 | Died 24 November 1948[12] |
| Gwladys, Lady Delamere | 1938 | 1940 | First female Mayor of Nairobi. Died 22 Feb 1943[13] |
| Ernest Albert Vasey | 1941 | 1942 | Died 10 Jan 1984[14] |
| Charles Udall | 1942 | 1944 | Died 4 Jan 1966[15] |
| Ernest Albert Vasey | 1944 | 1946 | Died 10 Jan 1984[16] |
| Tyson George Alfred | 1946 | 1947 | Died 12 Mar 1972[17] |
| Frederick George Richard Woodley | 1949 | 1950 | Died 6 Oct 1971[18] |
| Norman Harris | 1950 | 1952 | Died 1994[19] |
| Dr. Joseph Richard Gregory | 1952 | 1953 | Died 5 Mar 1979[20] |
| Harold Travis | 1953 | 1954 | Died 23 Aug 1973[21] |
| Reggie S. Alexander | 1954 | 1955 | First mayor of Nairobi born in Kenya. Died 31 March 1990.[22] |
| Israel Somen | 1957 | 1959 | Died 9 Oct 1984[23] |
| Marjorie Needham-Clarke | 1959 | 1960 | 2nd female Mayor of Nairobi |
| Harold Travis | 1961 | 1962 | The last European mayor of Nairobi. Died 23 Aug 1973[24] |
| Charles Rubia | 1963 | 1967 | The first African mayor of Nairobi. Died 23 Dec 2019 |
| Isaac Lugonzo | 1967 | 1970 | |
| Margaret Kenyatta | 1970 | 1976 | 3rd female Mayor of Nairobi. Died 5 April 2017 |
| Andrew Ngumba | 1977 | 1980 | 31 May 1997 |
| Nathan Kahara | 1980 | 1983 | |
| Abolished | 1983 | 1992 | Nairobi City Commission had been established to replace the Nairobi City Council. |
| Steve Flavian Mwangi | 1993 | 1994 | |
| Dick Waweru | 1994 | 1996 | Died 19 Dec 2015[25] |
| John King'ori | 1996 | 1998 | Died 22 Jan 2021 [26] |
| Sammy Mbugua | 1998 | 1999 | |
| John Ndirangu | 1999 | 2001 | |
| Dick Waweru | 2001 | 2002 | Died 19 Dec 2015[27] |
| Joe Aketch | 2003 | 2004 | |
| Dickson Wathika | 2004 | 2008 | |
| Geoffrey Majiwa | 2008 | 2010 | |
| George Aladwa | 2011 | 2013 |
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2. Wepukhulu, Hezekiah (1 March 2008). "Kenya: Down Memory Lane - Woodley, the Nairobi Mayor Who Loved Sports". Daily Nation.
3. Norman Harris: From trusteeship to development: how class and gender complicated Kenya's housing policy, 1939–1963
4. Lady Gwladys (Gladys) Delamere: "The 1940s". East African Women's League. Archived from the original on 2 June 2011.
- Lady Gwladys (Gladys) Delamere "Soysambu Conservancy: Habitat and Wildlife Conservancy on Lake Elmenteita Kenya". Retrieved 17 April 2019.
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- "Kenya Virtual Jewish History Tour". Jewish Virtual Library. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
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