Kasarani Constituency

For other uses, see Mathare Constituency.
Kasarani
constituency
for the Parliament of Kenya
CountyNairobi City
Area152.60 km2 (58.9 sq mi)
Current constituency
Created1963
Number of membersOne
PartyIndependent
Member of ParliamentRonald Karauri

Kasarani Constituency is an electoral constituency in Nairobi. It is one of seventeen constituencies of Nairobi City County. The entire constituency is located within Nairobi City County. It has an area of 152.60 km2 (58.9 sq mi), making it the second-largest constituency in Nairobi after Lang'ata. It borders Ruaraka, Embakasi Central, Embakasi North, Embakasi East, Roysambu constituencies to the west; Ruiru constituency to the north; Matungulu constituency to the east and Mavoko constituency to the south-east.

Kasarani Constituency forms part of two sub-counties; Kasarani Sub-county and Njiru Sub-county.

History

The constituency was known as Nairobi Northeast Constituency at the 1963 elections and as Mathare Constituency from 1966 elections to 1994 by-elections. Up until the 2007 elections it has been known as Kasarani Constituency. Prior to the 2013 general election, Kasarani was divided into four constituencies: Kasarani, Roysambu Constituency, Ruaraka Constituency, and part of Embakasi North Constituency.[1][2] Regions such as Kamulu, Njiru and Ruai, were hived off from the now defunct Embakasi Constituency and combined to the remaining part of Kasarani Constituency.

Members of Parliament

Elections MP [3] Party Notes
1963 Munyua Waiyaki KANU
1969 Munyua Waiyaki KANU One-party system
1974 Munyua Waiyaki KANU One-party system
1979 Munyua Waiyaki KANU One-party system
1983 Andrew Ngumba KANU One-party system. Ngumba fled the country in 1986.[4]
1986 Josephat Karanja KANU By-elections, One-party system
1988 Josephat Karanja KANU One-party system
1992 Muraya Macharia FORD-Asili
1994 Fredrick Masinde Ford-Kenya By-elections. Masinde died, resulting in another by-elections.[5]
1994 Ochieng Mbeo Ford-Kenya By-elections (second one in 1994)
1997 Adolf Muchiri NDP
2002 William Omondi NARC
2007 Elizabeth Ongoro ODM
2013 John Njoroge Chege TNA
2017 Mercy Gakuya Jubilee Party
2022 Ronald Karauri Independent Candidate

Wards

Ward Population* Area (km²)
Clay City 30,658 4.78
Mwiki 39,156 18.80
Kasarani 30,658 8.55
Njiru 64,551 5.20
Ruai 97,000 98.00
Total 262,023 135.33
2019 census.[6]

Kasarani Sub-county

The sub-county shares the same boundaries with what was known as Kasarani Division. Areas such as Njiru, Ruai and Kamulu are in Njiru Sub-county. The whole of Roysambu, Ruaraka, and part of Embakasi North constituencies are within the Kasarani sub-county. The Sub-county is headquartered in Kasarani, and headed by the Deputy County Commissioner, working under the Ministry of Interior.[7]

References

  1. ^ "IEBC notably alters Ligale proposals". www.capitalfm.co.ke. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  2. ^ "List of districts in Nairobi". Tuko. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  3. ^ Center for Multiparty Democracy: Politics and Paliamenterians in Kenya 1944-2007
  4. ^ Daily Nation, February 18, 2002: A position dogged by controversy
  5. ^ Daily Nation, 2002: Is re-election likely for MP?
  6. ^ information.go.ke: CDF allocation by sector and location (2003-6)[permanent dead link‍]
  7. ^ "County Governments Act No. 17 of 2012" (PDF). Law Society of Kenya. p. 39. Retrieved 4 November 2022.