Kasarani Constituency

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For other uses, see Mathare Constituency.
Kasarani
constituency
for the Parliament of Kenya
Current constituency
Created1963
PartyJubilee Party
MPMercy Gakuya

Kasarani Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of seventeen constituencies of Nairobi County. The entire constituency is located within Nairobi County, and has an area of 135.33 km². It borders Ruaraka, Embakasi Central, Embakasi North Embakasi East constituencies to the south, Roysambu constituency to the west, Ruiru constituency to the north and Kangundo constituency to the east.

History[]

The constituency was known as Nairobi Northeast Constituency at the 1963 and 1969 elections and as Mathare Constituency from 1974 elections to 1994 by-elections. Up until the 2007 elections it has been known as Kasarani Constituency. Prior to the 2013 general election, Kasarani was divided into four constituencies: Kasarani, Roysambu Constituency, Ruaraka Constituency, and Mathare Constituency.[1][2]

Members of Parliament[]

Elections MP [3] Party Notes
1963 Munyua Waiyaki KANU
1969 Munyua Waiyaki KANU One-party system
1974 Munyua Waiyaki KANU One-party system
1979 Munyua Waiyaki KANU One-party system
1983 KANU One-party system. Ngumba fled the country in 1986.[4]
1986 Josephat Karanja KANU By-elections, One-party system
1988 Josephat Karanja KANU One-party system
1992 FORD-Asili
1994 Ford-Kenya By-elections. Masinde died, resulting in another by-elections.[5]
1994 Ford-Kenya By-elections (second one in 1994)
1997 NDP
2002 NARC
2007 Elizabeth Ongoro ODM
2013 TNA
2017 Mercy Gakuya JUBILEE PARTY

Kenya general election 2017/ Muhammed Musyoka mulwa

Wards[]

Locations
Ward Population* Area (km²)
30,658 4.78
Mwiki 39,156 18.80
Kasarani 30,658 8.55
Njiru 64,551 5.20
Ruai 35,961 98.00
Total 200,984 135.33
2009 census.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ "IEBC notably alters Ligale proposals". www.capitalfm.co.ke. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  2. ^ "List of districts in Nairobi". Tuko. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  3. ^ Center for Multiparty Democracy: Politics and Paliamenterians in Kenya 1944-2007
  4. ^ Daily Nation, February 18, 2002: A position dogged by controversy
  5. ^ Daily Nation, 2002: Is re-election likely for MP?
  6. ^ information.go.ke: CDF allocation by sector and location (2003-6)[permanent dead link]

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