Kamukunji Constituency

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Kamukunji Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of seventeen constituencies of Nairobi County. It consists of central to eastern areas of Nairobi. Kamukunji constituency has common boundaries with Pumwani Division of Nairobi. The entire constituency is located within Nairobi City County area. The constituency has an area of 12 km². It was known as Nairobi Central Constituency at the 1963 elections, but has had its current name since the 1969 elections.

Prominent politician Tom Mboya was the first MP from this constituency. He was assassinated in 1969.

Members of Parliament[]

Elections MP[1] Party Notes
1963 Tom Mboya KANU
1969 KANU One-party system
1974 KANU One-party system
1979 KANU One-party system
1983 KANU One-party system
1988 KANU One-party system
1992 FORD-Asili
1997 Norman Nyagah Democratic Party
2002 Norman Nyagah NARC
2007 Simon Mbugua PNU Results were not declared until August 2008 due to a court case.[2] However, he eventually lost the seat as the election was annulled by a court in January 2011[3]
2011 Abdi Yusuf Hassan PNU By-election August 18, 2011: Yusuf Hassan (PNU – 19,030), Jonny Ibrahim (ODM – 15,476), Brian Weke (Narc-Kenya – 4,064)[4][5]
2013 Abdi Yusuf Hassan TNA [Election March 4, 2013 :
2017 Yusuf Hassan Abdi Jubilee Party Elections were held on 8th of august 2017

Locations and wards[]

Locations
Location Population*
Bahati 55,082
Eastleigh North 128,277
Eastleigh South 94,138
35,851
Pumwani 59,616
Total 401,783
1999 census.[6]
Wards
Ward Registered Voters
Eastleigh North 21,450
Eastleigh South 14,721
7,010
Muthurwa/ 17,513
Pumwani 18,032
11,860
Total 90,586
*September 2005.[7]

After the inauguration of the 2010 constitution and the implementation of Devolution the 2013 elections had kamukunji constituency reduced to five wards, namely Eastleigh north ward, Eastleigh south ward, Airbase ward. Carlifornia ward and Pumwani ward respectively.

ward representatives/ member of county assembly[]

Hon Paul Ndungu Irungu MCA Pumwani ward

Hon Hassan Abdikadir Mohammed California Ward

Hon Asman Adow Eastleigh north ward

Hon Fuad Mohamed Airbase ward

Hon Patrick Logedi Eastleigh south ward

References[]

  1. ^ Center for Multiparty Democracy: Politics and Paliamenterians in Kenya 1944–2007
  2. ^ The Standard, August 12, 2008: Kamukunji: Eyes now shift to Starehe Archived August 12, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Daily Nation, January 27, 2011: Kamukunji MP loses seat in poll petition
  4. ^ [1] Daily Nation, April 21, 2011
  5. ^ [2] Capital FM, August 2, 2011
  6. ^ information.go.ke: CDF allocation by sector and location (2003–6) Archived March 27, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Electoral Commission of Kenya: Registered voters per polling station by electoral area/ward and constituency Archived September 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine

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