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Nandi County Constituencies

The district is politically divided into six constituencies namely

• Aldai
• Emgwen South (Chesumei)
• Emgwen North
• Mosop
• Nandi Hills and
• Tinderet

Table 1: Administrative Units, Population Size and Density DIVISION AREA IN SQ. KM2 POPULATION DENSITY NUMBER OF LOCATIONS Aldai 385.3 96,220 272 38 Kabiyet 268 43,367 177 18 Kapsabet 493.7 125,115 276 24 Kaptumo 137.4 26,782 213 14 Kilibwoni 273.1 62,692 249 52 Kapkaren 315.5 52,753 182 28 Kosirai 195 35,383 197 24 Nandi Hills 390.3 77,514 204 46 Tinderet 41.7 58,925 155 39 Total 2,873 578,751 218 283

Table 1 shows Kapsabet Division has the highest density of 276 persons per km while Tinderet Division has the lowest density at 155. Tinderet Division has the highest percentage of overall poor of 11.8 per cent due partly to landslide, which has led to displacement of some people to become squatters while Aldai has the