Mbeere North Constituency

Mbeere North Constituency is an 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
1988Silvester MateKANUOne-party system.
1992Gerald Ireri NdwigaKNCNdwiga defected to KANU in 1995 and won a subsequent by-election.
1997Silas M’Njamiu ItaDPIta died in 1999 [2]
1999Justin MuturiKANUBy-elections
2002Justin MuturiNARC
2007Kivuti MaxwellSafina
2013Muriuki NjagaguaAlliance Party of Kenya (APK)General Elections, 2013

Locations and wards
Locations
Location Population*
Gituburi8,005
Ishiara13,575
Kanyuambora11,658
Kiangombe8,294
Muminji8,390
Mutitu7,040
Ndurumori9,750
Nthawa16,892
Totalx
1999 census.[3]
Wards
Ward Registered Voters
Ishiara4,685
Kanyuambora4,812
Kiang'ombe6,844
Muminji5,883
Nthawa9,808
Total32,032
*September 2005.[4]

References
  1. Center for Multiparty Democracy: Politics and Parliamentarians in Kenya 1944–2007 Archived October 28, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  2. Daily Nation, April 22, 1999: Siakago MP dies in hospital
  3. information.go.ke: CDF allocation by sector and location (2003-6)
  4. Electoral Commission of Kenya: Registered voters per polling station by electoral area/ward and constituency Archived September 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine

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