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 had common boundaries with Pumwani Division of Nairobi. The entire constituency is located within Nairobi City County area. The constituency has an area of 8.80 km2 (3.4 sq mi). The constituency forms part of what was known as Nairobi Central Constituency at the 1963 elections. Kamukunji Constituency was conceived prior to the 1969 elections. The current constituency boundaries were revised prior to the 2013 elections. It borders Starehe Constituency to the west, Makadara to the south, Embakasi West Constituency to the east, and Mathare Constituency to the north.

Kamukunji
constituency
for the Parliament of Kenya
CountyNairobi City
Area8.8 km2 (3.4 sq mi)
Current constituency
Created1969
Number of membersOne
PartyJubilee Party
Member(s)Yusuf Hassan Abdi
Created fromNairobi Central & Nairobi North-East

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]
2011Yusuf Hassan AbdiPNUBy-election 18 August 2011: Yusuf Hassan (PNU – 19,030), Jonny Ibrahim (ODM – 15,476), Brian Weke (Narc-Kenya – 4,064)[4][5]
2013Yusuf Hassan AbdiTNAElection 4 March 2013:
2017 Yusuf Hassan Abdi Jubilee Party Elections were held on 8 August 2017
2022 Yusuf Hassan Abdi Jubilee Party 2022 Kenyan general election[6]

Wards

After the promulgation of the 2010 constitution and the implementation of devolution, the 2013 elections had Kamukunji constituency boundaries were revised, reducing number of wards to five, while creating new ones, namely; California, Eastleigh North, Eastleigh South, Airbase and Pumwani wards.

Prior to 2013
Locations
Location Population*
Bahati55,082
Eastleigh North128,277
Eastleigh South94,138
Kamukunji35,851
Pumwani59,616
Total401,783
1999 census.[7]
Prior to 2013
Wards
Ward Registered Voters
Eastleigh North21,450
Eastleigh South14,721
Kimathi7,010
Muthurwa/Shauri Moyo17,513
Pumwani18,032
Uhuru11,860
Total90,586
*September 2005.[8]

Kamukunji Sub-county

The Sub-county shares the same boundaries with what was the Pumwani Division; the division had common boundaries with Kamukunji Constituency prior to 2013. The Sub-county is headed by the sub-county administrator, appointed by a County Public Service Board.[9]

References
  1. Center for Multiparty Democracy: Politics and Paliamenterians in Kenya 1944–2007
  2. The Standard, 12 August 2008: Kamukunji: Eyes now shift to Starehe Archived 12 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Daily Nation, 27 January 2011: Kamukunji MP loses seat in poll petition
  4. Daily Nation, 21 April 2011
  5. Capital FM, 2 August 2011
  6. Kamukunji MP Abdi Yusuf Hassan retains his seat for the fourth time, retrieved 23 August 2022
  7. information.go.ke: CDF allocation by sector and location (2003–6) Archived 27 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  8. Electoral Commission of Kenya: Registered voters per polling station by electoral area/ward and constituency Archived 29 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  9. "County Governments Act No. 17 of 2012" (PDF). Law Society of Kenya. p. 39. Retrieved 4 November 2022.

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