Mbeere North Constituency
Mbeere North Constituency is a electoral constituency in Embu County, Kenya. It was formerly known as Siakago Constituency, one of two constituencies of the former Mbeere District. It has five wards, all of which elected councillors for the Mbeere County Council.
The constituency was established for the 1988 elections from the bigger Embu East Constituency, which was divided to Runyenjes and Siakago constituencies.
Silvester Mate, the first Siakago MP, was the last Embu East MP winning the seat in 1983.[1]
Siakago town, the former district capital, is located within Nthawa location in this constituency.
Members of Parliament
| Elections | MP [1] | Party | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Silvester Mate | KANU | One-party system. | |
| 1992 | Gerald Ireri Ndwiga | KNC | Ndwiga defected to KANU in 1995 and won a subsequent by-election. | |
| 1997 | Silas M’Njamiu Ita | DP | Ita died in 1999 [2] | |
| 1999 | Justin Bedan Njoka Muturi | KANU | By-elections | |
| 2002 | Justin Bedan Njoka Muturi | NARC | ||
| 2007 | Kivuti Maxwell | Safina | ||
| 2013 | Muriuki Njagagua | Alliance Party of Kenya (APK) | General Elections, 2013 |
Locations and wards
| Locations | |
| Location | Population* |
|---|---|
| Gituburi | 8,005 |
| Ishiara | 13,575 |
| Kanyuambora | 11,658 |
| Kiangombe | 8,294 |
| Muminji | 8,390 |
| Mutitu | 7,040 |
| Ndurumori | 9,750 |
| Nthawa | 16,892 |
| Total | x |
| 1999 census.[3] | |
| Wards | |
| Ward | Registered Voters |
|---|---|
| Ishiara | 4,685 |
| Kanyuambora | 4,812 |
| Kiang'ombe | 6,844 |
| Muminji | 5,883 |
| Nthawa | 9,808 |
| Total | 32,032 |
| *September 2005.[4] | |
References
- 1 2 Center for Multiparty Democracy: Politics and Parliamentarians in Kenya 1944–2007
- ↑ Daily Nation, April 22, 1999: Siakago MP dies in hospital
- ↑ information.go.ke: CDF allocation by sector and location (2003-6)
- ↑ Electoral Commission of Kenya: Registered voters per polling station by electoral area/ward and constituency
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