Kasarani Constituency

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.

Kasarani
constituency
for the Parliament of Kenya
Current constituency
Created1963
PartyJubilee Party
MPMercy Gakuya

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 split up to form four constituencies: Kasarani, Roysambu Constituency, Ruaraka Constituency, and Mathare Constituency.[1][2]

Members of Parliament
Elections MP [3] Party Notes
1963Munyua WaiyakiKANU
1969Munyua WaiyakiKANUOne-party system
1974Munyua WaiyakiKANUOne-party system
1979Munyua WaiyakiKANUOne-party system
1983Andrew NgumbaKANUOne-party system. Ngumba fled the country in 1986.[4]
1986Josephat KaranjaKANUBy-elections, One-party system
1988Josephat KaranjaKANUOne-party system.
1992Muraya MachariaFORD-Asili
1994Fredrick MasindeFord-KenyaBy-elections. Masinde died, resulting in another by-elections.[5]
1994Ochieng MbeoFord-KenyaBy-elections (second one in 1994)
1997Adolf MuchiriNDP
2002William OmondiNARC
2007Elizabeth OngoroODM
2013John Njoroge ChegeTNA
2017 Mercy Gakuya JUBILEE PARTY

Kenya general election 2017/ Muhammed Musyoka mulwa

Wards
Locations
Ward Population* Area (km²)
Clay City30,6584.78
Mwiki39,15618.80
Kasarani30,6588.55
Njiru64,5515.20
Ruai35,96198.00
Total200,984135.33
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)

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