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