Mathioya Constituency is an electoral constituency

Constituencies of Kenya

Constituencies of Kenya are used to select members of the Kenyan parliament. Currently there are 210 constituencies in Kenya. However, following the promulgation of the new constitution, the number of constituencies are to be increased to 290...

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. It is one of three constituencies of Muranga District

Muranga District

Murang'a is one of the districts of Kenya's Central Province. Its capital town is also now named Murang'a but was called Fort Hall in colonial times . It is inhabited mainly by and is considered the home of the Kikuyu, the largest community in Kenya. The district has a population of 942,581...

. The constituency has four wards comprising Kiharu, Kahuro, Kangema, and Mathioya all electing councillors to the Muranga County council.

Mathioya Constituency has five Locations: Aberdare Forest, Gitugi, Kamacharia, Kiru, Njumbi, and Rwathia. According to the Muranga District’s Statistics Office 2001, Mathioya’s population is 110,139, and is the second largest Constituency after Kiharu with 136.9 sq miles (220.8sq. km). Mathioya however is the most densely populated with 110,139 against the nearest Kahuro Constituency with 92,104.

It prides itself with the great River Mathioya named after the constituency and which is one of the hardest rafting rivers in Kenya with over 137ft of descent over its 13.7-mile length. It attracts tourists who risk kayaking through the swift meanders. Mathioya Constituency has a steep hilly topography and a climate suitable mainly for tea production, although there are pockets of coffee plantations. The lower parts of Mathioya also grow the macadamia nuts which were introduced in the mid 80’s by the Kenya Nut Company, while the upper part, which is much cooler due to the proximity to Mount Kenya

Mount Kenya

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  grows pears, plums, and apples.

The following Members of Parliament have represented the Constituency.

Members of Parliament

Elections	MP	Party	Notes
1966	Julius Gikonyo Kiano	KANU Kenya African Union Kenya African Union was a political organization formed in 1944to articulate Kenyan grievances against the British colonial administration of the time...
1969 Kenyan general election, 1969 General elections were held in Kenya on 6 December 1969, the first since independence in 1963. The country had become a de facto one-party state after President Jomo Kenyatta had banned the Kenya African People's Union on 30 October, with Kenyatta's Kenya African National Union being the sole party...	Mwangi Wanjagi	KANU Kenya African Union Kenya African Union was a political organization formed in 1944to articulate Kenyan grievances against the British colonial administration of the time...
1974 Kenyan general election, 1974 General elections were held in Kenya on 14 October 1974. At the time, the country was a de facto one-party state with the Kenya African National Union being the sole party to participate in the election. 740 KANU candidates stood for the 158 National Assembly seats, with 88 incumbents defeated....	Mwangi Wanjagi	KANU Kenya African Union Kenya African Union was a political organization formed in 1944to articulate Kenyan grievances against the British colonial administration of the time...
1979 Kenyan general election, 1979 General elections were held in Kenya on 8 November 1979. At the time, the country was a de facto one-party state with the Kenya African National Union being the sole party to participate in the election. 742 KANU candidates stood for the 158 National Assembly seats, with more than half of the...	John Joseph Kamotho	KANU Kenya African Union Kenya African Union was a political organization formed in 1944to articulate Kenyan grievances against the British colonial administration of the time...
1983 Kenyan general election, 1983 General elections were held in Kenya on 26 September 1983. At the time, the country was a one-party state with the Kenya African National Union having been made the sole party the previous year. Moer than 750 KANU candidates stood for the 158 National Assembly seats, with around 40% of incumbents ...	John Joseph Kamotho	KANU Kenya African Union Kenya African Union was a political organization formed in 1944to articulate Kenyan grievances against the British colonial administration of the time...
1988 Kenyan general election, 1988 General elections were held in Kenya on 21 March 1988. At time the county was a one-party state with the Kenya African National Union as the sole legal party. The size of the National Assembly was expanded from 158 to 188 seats, whilst a further 12 members were appointed by President Daniel arap Moi...	John Njoroge Michuki	KANU Kenya African Union Kenya African Union was a political organization formed in 1944to articulate Kenyan grievances against the British colonial administration of the time...
1992 Kenyan general election, 1992 General elections were held in Kenya on 29 December 1992. Although they were the first multi-party elections since independence, the results were marred by allegations of ballot-box stuffing, and targeted ethnic violence in the Rift Valley Province...	John Njoroge Michuki	Ford-Asili	Mathioya Constituency was created in 1992
1997 Kenyan general election, 1997 General elections were held in Kenya on 29 December 1997. The result was a victory for the ruling Kenya African National Union, which won 107 of the 210 seats in the National Assembly, and whose candidate Daniel arap Moi won the presidential election...	F. Njakwe Maina	Ford-People
2002	John Joseph Kamotho	NARC National Rainbow Coalition The National Rainbow Coalition was a coalition of Kenyan political parties in power from 2002 and 2005 when it fell apart in a controversy between its wings about a constitutional referendum.-Formation:...
2007 Kenyan general election, 2007 Kenyan general election, 2007 was held on 27 December 2007 . It comprised Presidential, parliamentary and civic elections. The previous general election in Kenya was held in 2002.-See also:*Kenyan presidential election, 2007...	Clement Muchiri Wambugu Clement Muchiri Wambugu Clement Muchiri Wambugu is a Kenyan politician and first elected to Parliament in the 2007, Kenyan parliamentary election to represent Mathioya Constituency in the National Assembly of Kenya under the PNU . Hon. Wambugu, a newcomer in politics, beat the incumbent and long serving MP for Mathioya...	PNU Party of National Unity (Kenya) Party of National Unity was founded as a political coalition of parties in Kenya. On September 16, 2007, Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki announced the party formation and said that he would run as its presidential candidate in the December 2007 Kenyan elections...

Locations and wards

Locations Locations of Kenya ||Locations are a type of administrative region in Kenya. Location are a fourth level subdivision below Provinces, Districts and Divisions. Locations are further subdivided into Sub-locations . As of 1999 census there were 2,427 locations and 6,612 sublocations in Kenya .Each division in Kenya is...
Location	Population*
Aberdare Forest Aberdare Range The Aberdare Range is a 160 km long mountain range of upland, north of Kenya's capital Nairobi with an average elevation of . It is located in west central Kenya, northeast of Naivasha and Gilgil and just south of the Equator...	11
Gitugi	26,046
Kamacharia Kamacharia Kamacharia is a small Kikuyu village in Kenya. Coffee growing is the principal economic activity. Administratively, Kamacharia is a location in the Mathioya division of Muranga District. It is now in Mathioya district. Gathunya location has been hived from Kamacharia location.-Sources:*The Epoch...	22,375
Kiru	26,281
Njumbi	28,431
Total	x
1999 census .

Wards
Ward	Registered Voters
Gitugi	12,562
Kamacharia	12,316
Kiru	13,364
Njumbi	9,979
Total	48,221