Kyela District Council is one of the seven districts of Mbeya Region, Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by Rungwe District, to the northeast by Njombe Region, to the southeast by Lake Nyasa, to the south by Malawi and to the west by Ileje District.
Kyela district is divided into two divisions that are Unyakyusa and Ntebela. In addition, the District has total 33 wards, 93 villages and 398 Hamlets. District has a total of 45 councilors, among them 33 are elected and 12 appointed. 33 councilors are from CCM and 12 from CHADEMA. In the district there are 4 Standing Committees which are Education, Water and Health; Economic, Works and Environmental; Finance, Planning and Administration and AIDS committee.
According to the 2012 Tanzania National Census, the population of the Kyela District was 221,490.
The District Commissioner of the Kyela District Council is Claudia Undalusyege Kitta.
Wards
The Kyela District is administratively divided into 16 wards:
Bujonde
Busale
Ikama
Ikimba
Ikolo
Ipande
Ipinda
Kajunjumele
Katumba Songwe
Kyela Mjini
Lusungo
Makwale
Matema
Mwaya
Ngana
Ngonga