Juja Constituency

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Landscape in Juja Constituency

Juja is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of twelve constituencies in Kiambu County, one of four in the former Thika District. The constituency was established for the 1969 elections.

Before the 2013 elections, the constituency was broken into Juja, Ruiru and Thika Town constituencies. The current MP is Hon. Francis Munyua Waititu of Jubilee Party. He was first elected in 2013 and re-elected in 2017.

It is home to the main campus of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT).

Members of Parliament[]

Elections MP [1] Party Notes
1969 KANU Unopposed
1974 KANU One-party system
1979 KANU One-party system
1983 KANU One-party system.
1988 KANU One-party system.
1992 Ford-Asili
1997 SDP
2002 William Kabogo Gitau Sisi kwa Sisi
2007 George Thuo PNU Election disputed by William Kabogo, seat declared vacant on 16 April 2010 due to election irregularities [2]
William Kabogo Gitau NARC-Kenya By-election
2013 TNA
2017

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Locations and wards[]

The electoral wards in this constituency are Juja, Kalimoni, Witeithie, Murera and Theta.

References[]

  1. ^ Center for Multiparty Democracy: Politics and Parliamentarians in Kenya 1944-2007
  2. ^ Kenya Broadcasting Corporation: Thuo loses Juja seat[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Daily Nation, September 20, 2010: PNU trounced in Juja as ODM wins Starehe

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