Starehe Constituency

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Starehe Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of seventeen constituencies in Nairobi County. It consists of central and central to north areas of Nairobi.The entire constituency is located within Nairobi City county area.

Members of Parliament[]

Elections MP [1] Party Notes
1966 KANU One-party system
1969 Charles Rubia KANU One-party system
1974 Charles Rubia KANU One-party system
1979 Charles Rubia KANU One-party system
1983 Charles Rubia KANU One-party system.
1988 KANU One-party system. Kimondo was dismissed by KANU in 1989.[2]
1989 Gerishon Kirima KANU By-elections. One-party system.
1992 FORD-Asili Kimondo defected to KANU in 1989 resulting in by-elections.[2]
1994 Stephen Mwangi FORD-Asili By-elections
1997 Democratic Party
2002 NARC
2007 Margaret Wanjiru ODM Vote recount held in 2010 indicated that the poll was won by Maina Kamanda (PNU). As a result, a by-election was ordered to take place.[3]
2011 Margaret Wanjiru ODM By-election [4]
2012 Jubilee
2017 Charles Njagua Kanyi Jubilee Election 2017 held by IEBC on 8 August 2017 Election result[5]

Electoral wards[]

Following the 2013 election, Starehe electoral wards are Nairobi Central, Ngara, Pangani, Landimawe and Nairobi South (South B).

References[]

  1. ^ Center for Multiparty Democracy: Politics and Paliamenterians in Kenya 1944-2007
  2. ^ a b Daily Nation, January 1, 2001: Notable people who departed
  3. ^ Daily Nation, September 20, 2010: Seats fell vacant after election petitions
  4. ^ Daily Nation, September 20, 2010: PNU trounced in Juja as ODM wins Starehe
  5. ^ IEBC Portal, August 2017 :[1] Archived 2017-08-10 at the Wayback Machine

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