Mbeere South Constituency

Mbeere South is a electoral electoral constituency in Embu County, Kenya. It used to be known Gachoka Constituency, one of two constituencies of the former Mbeere District. It has seven wards, all of which elected councillors for the Mbeere County Council. The constituency was established for the 1988 elections.

The constituency's Member of Parliament is Mutava Musyimi, who has been serving since the 2007 General Election. Mr Musyimi quit his long term position as Secretary General to the National Council of Churches of Kenya to join politics and run against Joseph Nyagah.

Members of Parliament

Elections	MP [1]	Party	Notes
1988	Jeremiah Nyagah	KANU	One-party system.
1992	Norman Nyagah	DP
1997	Joseph Nyagah	KANU
2002	Joseph Nyagah	NARC
2007	Mutava Musyimi	PNU

Locations and wards

Locations
Location	Population*
Karaba	18,544
Kiambere	12,698
Kianjiru	20,506
Makima	15,062
Mavuria	20,134
Mbeti South	16,087
Riakanau	14,181
Total	x
1999 census.[2]

Wards
Ward	Registered Voters
Karaba	7,779
Kiambere	4,356
Kianjiru	6,790
Makima	5,643
Mavuria	7,828
Mbeti South	7,302
Riakanau	5,468
Total	45,166
*September 2005.[3]

References

1. Center for Multiparty Democracy: Politics and Parliamentarians in Kenya 1944–2007
2. information.go.ke: CDF allocation by sector and location (2003-6)
3. Electoral Commission of Kenya: Registered voters per polling station by electoral area/ward and constituency