Kitutu Chache Constituency

Kitutu Chache
Former constituency
for the Parliament of Kenya
DistrictKisii District
Former constituency
Created1963
Abolished2013
Replaced byKitutu Chache North and Kitutu Chache South

Kitutu Chache was a former electoral constituency in Kenya. It was formally known as Kitutu West Constituency from 1963 to 1988. It was one of four constituencies in the former Kisii District. It has been divided into Kitutu Chache North Constituency and Kitutu Chache South Constituency, both part of Kisii County.

Former foreign minister Zachary Onyonka was a Kitutu Chache MP. Earlier, he had represented the Kitutu West Constituency that was split before the 1988 elections.

Members of Parliament

Elections MP [1] Party Notes
1988 Zachary Onyonka KANU One-party system.
1992 Zachary Onyonka KANU Onyonka died during his tenure
1994 Jimmy Angwenyi KANU By-elections
1997 Jimmy Angwenyi KANU
2002 Jimmy Angwenyi Ford-People
2007 Richard Momoima Onyonka PDP

Wards

Wards
Ward Registered Voters Local Authority
Bogeka 4,067 Gusii county
Daraja Mbili 3,548 Kisii municipality
Kegogi 6,906 Gusii county
Kiamwasi 1,579 Kisii municipality
Kiongongi 1,666 Kisii municipality
Marani 8,888 Gusii county
Mosocho 6,372 Gusii county
Mwamonari 5,740 Gusii county
Ngenyi 10,235 Gusii county
Nyabururu 2,454 Kisii municipality
Nyakoe 5,603 Gusii county
Nyankongo 2,722 Kisii municipality
Nyatieko 3,749 Gusii county
Sensi 4,350 Gusii county
Total 67,879
*September 2005.[2]

References

  1. ^ Center for Multiparty Democracy: Politics and Parliamentarians in Kenya 1944–2007 Archived 2008-02-28 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Electoral Commission of Kenya: Registered voters per polling station by electoral area/ward and constituency Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine