Mbeere North Constituency
Mbeere North Constituency is an electoral constituency in Embu County, Kenya. It was formerly known as Siakago Constituency, one of two constituencies of the former Mbeere District. It has five wards, all of which elected councillors for the Mbeere County Council.
The constituency was established for the 1988 elections from the bigger , which was divided to Runyenjes and Siakago constituencies.
, the first Siakago MP, was the last Embu East MP winning the seat in 1983.[1]
Siakago town, the former district capital, is located within Nthawa location in this constituency.
Members of Parliament[]
Elections | MP [1] | Party | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1988 | KANU | One-party system. | ||
1992 | KNC | Ndwiga defected to KANU in 1995 and won a subsequent by-election. | ||
1997 | DP | Ita died in 1999 [2] | ||
1999 | Justin Muturi | KANU | By-elections | |
2002 | Justin Muturi | NARC | ||
2007 | Kivuti Maxwell | Safina | ||
2013 |
Locations and wards[]
Locations | |
Location | Population* |
---|---|
8,005 | |
Ishiara | 13,575 |
Kanyuambora | 11,658 |
Kiangombe | 8,294 |
8,390 | |
Mutitu | 7,040 |
9,750 | |
16,892 | |
Total | x |
1999 census.[3] |
Wards | |
Ward | Registered Voters |
---|---|
Ishiara | 4,685 |
Kanyuambora | 4,812 |
Kiang'ombe | 6,844 |
Muminji | 5,883 |
Nthawa | 9,808 |
Total | 32,032 |
*September 2005.[4] |
References[]
- ^ a b Center for Multiparty Democracy: Politics and Parliamentarians in Kenya 1944–2007 Archived October 28, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Daily Nation, April 22, 1999: Siakago MP dies in hospital
- ^ information.go.ke: CDF allocation by sector and location (2003-6)[permanent dead link]
- ^ 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[]
Categories:
- Constituencies in Eastern Province (Kenya)
- 1988 establishments in Kenya
- Constituencies established in 1988
- Constituencies in Embu County