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 Council 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
1963Tom MboyaKANU
1969Maina WanjigiKANUOne-party system
1974Maina WanjigiKANUOne-party system
1979Philip Nicholas GorKANUOne-party system
1983Maina WanjigiKANUOne-party system
1988Maina WanjigiKANUOne-party system
1992George NthengeFORD-Asili
1997Norman NyagahDemocratic Party
2002Norman NyagahNARC
2007Simon MbuguaPNUResults 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]
2011Abdi Yusuf HassanPNUBy-election August 18, 2011: Yusuf Hassan (PNU – 19,030), Jonny Ibrahim (ODM – 15,476), Brian Weke (Narc-Kenya – 4,064)[4][5]
2013Abdi Yusuf HassanTNA[Election March 4, 2013:

Locations and wards
Locations
Location Population*
Bahati55,082
Eastleigh North98,277
Eastleigh South74,13
Kamukunji25,851
Pumwani29,616
Total201,783
1999 census.[6]
Wards
Ward Registered Voters
Eastleigh North21,450
Eastleigh South14,721
Kimathi7,010
Muthurwa/Shauri Moyo17,513
Pumwani18,032
Uhuru11,860
Total90,586
*September 2005.[7]

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. Daily Nation, April 21, 2011
  5. 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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