Juja Constituency

Landscape in Juja Constituency

Juja is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of twelve constituencies in Kiambu County, one of four in the former Thika District. The constituency was established for the 1969 elections.

Before the 2013 elections, the constituency was broken into Juja, Ruiru and Thika Town constituencies. The current MP is Hon. George Koimburi who won a by-election in 2021.This followed the death of Hon. Francis Munyua Waititu of Jubilee Party who had been first elected in 2013 and re-elected in 2017. It has a population of 300,948 people (2019 census).[1]

It is home to the main campus of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT).

Members of Parliament

Elections MP [2] Party Notes
1969 Gitu Kahengeri KANU Unopposed
1974 Peter Kenyatta Muigai KANU One-party system
1979 Gitu Kahengeri KANU One-party system
1983 George Kamau Muhoho KANU One-party system
1988 George Kamau Muhoho KANU One-party system
1992 Stephen Rugendo Ndicho Ford-Asili Multi-party system
1997 Stephen Rugendo Ndicho SDP Multi-party system
2002 William Kabogo Gitau Sisi kwa Sisi Multi-party system
2007 George Thuo PNU Election disputed by William Kabogo, seat declared vacant on 16 April 2010 due to election irregularities [3]
2010 William Kabogo Gitau NARC-Kenya By-election
2013 Munyua Waititu (Wakapee) TNA Multi-party system
2017 Munyua Waititu (Wakapee) JP[4] Multi-party system
2021 George Koimburi PEP[5] By-election
2027 Isidol Wanderi UDA Multi-party system

Locations and wards

The electoral wards in this constituency are Juja, Kalimoni, Witeithie, Murera and Theta.

References

  1. ^ Munene, Evans (2019-11-04). "2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census Results". Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
  2. ^ Center for Multiparty Democracy: Politics and Parliamentarians in Kenya 1944-2007
  3. ^ Kenya Broadcasting Corporation: Thuo loses Juja seat[permanent dead link‍]
  4. ^ Daily Nation, September 20, 2010: PNU trounced in Juja as ODM wins Starehe
  5. ^ "Hon. George Koimburi | the Kenyan Parliament Website".