Kitui West Constituency

Kitui West Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of eight constituencies in Kitui County, which was established for the 1966 elections.

Members of Parliament

Elections MP [1] Party Notes
1966Parmenas Nzilu MunyasiaKANU
1969Parmenas Nzilu MunyasiaKANUOne-party system
1974Winnie Nyiva MwendwaKANUOne-party system
1979Parmenas Nzilu MunyasiaKANUOne-party system
1983Parmenas Nzilu MunyasiaKANUOne-party system.
1984Kitili Maluki MwendwaKANUBy-election, One-party system. Mwendwa died in 1985 in traffic accident [2]
1986Kyale MwendwaKANUBy-election, One-party system.
1988Kyale MwendwaKANUOne-party system.
1992Winnie Nyiva MwendwaKANU
1997Francis NyenzeKANU
2002Winnie Nyiva MwendwaNARC
2007Charles Mutisya NyamaiNARC
2013Francis NyenzeWDM-K
2017Francis NyenzeWDM-KNyenze died on December 6, 2017 barely three months after being sworn in for another term. He had battled colon cancer for almost a decade.
2018Edith Vethi NyenzeWDM-Kwon by a landslide to succeed her Husband as 7th Member of Parliament for Kitui West and the second woman to represent the constituency after Nyiva Mwendwa.

Wards

Wards
Ward Registered Voters Local Authority
Kalimani / Matinyani / Mutulu8,215Kitui municipality
Kithumula / Kauma5,245Kitui municipality
Kanyangi / Kiseuni6,275Kitui county
Katutu / Mutanda4,395Kitui county
Kivani / Kauwi5,683Kitui county
Kwa-Vonza2,446Kitui county
Kwa Mutonga / Kathivo4,315Kitui county
Musengo / Usiani5,832Kitui county
Mutonguni / Kakeani8,672Kitui county
Yatta / Nthongoni7,240Kitui county
Total58,318
*September 2005.[3]

References

  1. Center for Multiparty Democracy: Politics and Parliamentarians in Kenya 1944–2007 Archived 2008-02-28 at the Wayback Machine
  2. David Throup & Charles Hornsby: Multi-party Politics in Kenya James Currey Publishers, 1998 ISBN 0-85255-804-X
  3. Electoral Commission of Kenya: Registered voters per polling station by electoral area/ward and constituency Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine

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