Gatundu South Constituency

Gatundu South is an electoral constituency in Kiambu County, Kenya and the seat of the District Officer in Gatundu Town. It is one of twelve constituencies in Kiambu County. The constituency has four wards, Kiamwangi, Kiganjo, Ndarugo and Ng'enda all of them are within Kiambu County council. The constituency was established before the 1997 General Elections. Previously it was part of the larger Gatundu Constituency which was split into Gatundu South Constituency and Gatundu North Constituency it is ranked 182 out of 210 Constituencies in Kenya in size and 165 out of 210 in population size.

Two of Kenya's Presidents are from Gatundu South Constituency: Mzee Jomo Kenyatta (Kenya's founding father and first President of The Republic of Kenya 1964-1978) and his son President Uhuru Kenyatta, 2013–Present.

The current Gatundu South MP is Moses Kuria who succeeded Jossy Ngugi Nyumu who died after collapsing at his Runda home, in May 2014.

Theta Dam

Theta Dam is in Gatundu South it's located inside Kinale Forest, its being constructed across Theta River in Gatundu South constituency. The project includes construction of a 17 meter high compacted earth fill dam, Construction of a reinforced concrete spillway and Laying of a 3.5 km long 500mm diameter steel pipeline up to the Mundoro forest edge.

On completion, Theta dam reservoir will have a storage capacity of 2 million cubic meters (2 Billion liters). This will enable production of 15,000 m3/day of water that will augment both the Ndarugu and Thiririka water projects reliability. This will improve water supply to the upper parts of Gatundu such as Gachika, Kiamuoria, Kiganjo, Gatitu of greater Kiganjo location and upper parts of greater Ndarugu locations.

Members of Parliament

Elections	MP [1]	Party	Notes and Notable Developments Initiated under MP's Tenure.
1963-1978	Jomo Kenyatta	KANU
1979	Ngengi Muigai	KANU
1983	Ngengi Muigai	KANU
1988	Zachary Kimemia Gakunju	KANU
1992	Anthony Kamuiru Gitau	Ford Asili Party
1997	Moses Mwihia	SDP	Gatundu Constituency split to Gatundu North Constituency and Gatundu South Constituency.
2002	Uhuru Kenyatta	KANU
2007	Uhuru Kenyatta	KANU	Elected President of the Republic of Kenya on March 4, 2013 on a TNA Ticket
2013	Jossy Ngugi Nyumu	TNA	Died May 2014
2014 Kenyan by-election	Moses Kuria	TNA	Improved infrastrucure in Gatundu Town.
2017	Moses Kuria	Jubilee	Upgrading the standards of Gatundu Market.

Population Data

Area

177 km² (68 sq mi) (Ranked 182 of 210 Constituencies)

Population

107,049 (Ranked 165 of 210 Constituencies)

Population Density

593.5/km² (1,537/sq mi) (Ranked 40 of 210 Constituencies)

Male

51,656

Female

55,393

Gender Index (women to men)

1.08 (Ranked 53 of 210 Constituencies)

Households

28,037

Average Household size

3.82 (Ranked 167 of 210 Constituencies)

Registered Voters

54,740

Proportion of Population Registered to Vote

0.48 (Ranked 19 of 210 Constituencies)

Proportion of Youth Voters

0.42 (Ranked 162 of 210 Constituencies)

Locations and wards

Locations
Location	Population*
Kiamwangi	23,630
Kiganjo	28,502
Ndaragu	21,554
Ng'enda	46,562
Total	x
1999 census.[2]

Wards
Ward	Registered Voters
Kiamwangi	11,333
Kiganjo	12,698
Ndaragu	9,459
Ng'enda	23,154
Total	56,644
*September 2005.[3]

References

1. Center for Multiparty Democracy: Politics and Parliamentarians in Kenya 1944–2007 Archived October 28, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
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 Archived September 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Map of the constituency