Siakago Constituency
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Siakago 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...

 in Kenya
Kenya
Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...

. It is one of two constituencies of Mbeere District
Mbeere District
Mbeere District is an administrative district in the Eastern Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Siakago. The district has a population of 170,950 and an area of 2,093 km². The district was split from Embu District in 1996...

. It has five wards, all of which elect councillors for the Mbeere County Council. The constituency was established for the 1988 elections from the bigger Embu East Constituency, which was diveded to Runyenjes
Runyenjes Constituency
Runyenjes Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of two constituencies of Embu District. The constituency was established for the 1988 elections.- Members of Parliament :- Locations and wards :...

 and Siakago constituencies. Silvester Mate, the first Siakago MP, was the last Embu East MP winning the seat in 1983 .

Siakago
Siakago
Siakago is a town in Kenya. It is the capital of Mbeere District of Eastern Province. It hosts Mbeere county council and is also headquarters of Siakago division of Mbeere District. Siakago division has a population of 34,330, of whom 2,312 are classified urban Siakago is a town in Kenya. It is the...

 town, the district capital, is located within Nthawa location in this constituency.

Members of Parliament

Elections MP Party Notes
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...

 
Silvester Mate  KANU
Kenya African National Union
The Kenya African National Union, better known as KANU is a political party which ruled Kenya for nearly 40 years after its independence from British colonial rule in 1963, until its electoral loss at the end of 2002...

 
One-party system.
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...

 
Gerald Ireri Ndwiga  KNC  Ndwiga defected to KANU in 1995 and won a subsequent by-election.
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...

 
Silas M’Njamiu Ita  DP
Democratic Party (Kenya)
The Democratic Party is a conservative political party in Kenya.At the last legislative elections, 27 December 2002, the party was a partner in the National Rainbow Coalition, that won 56.1% of the popular vote and 125 out of 210 elected seats. The party itself took 36 of these seats...

 
Ita died in 1999
1999 Justin Bedan Njoka Muturi  KANU
Kenya African National Union
The Kenya African National Union, better known as KANU is a political party which ruled Kenya for nearly 40 years after its independence from British colonial rule in 1963, until its electoral loss at the end of 2002...

 
By-elections
2002  Justin Bedan Njoka Muturi  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...

 
Kivuti Maxwell
Kivuti Maxwell
Kivuti Maxwell is a Kenyan politician. He belongs to Safina and was elected to represent the Siakago Constituency in the National Assembly of Kenya since the Kenyan parliamentary election, 2007.-References:...

 
Safina
Safina
The Safina is a political party in Kenya.At the legislative elections on 27 December 2007, the party won 5 out of 210 elected seats....

 

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*
Gituburi  8,005
Ishiara
Ishiara
Ishiara is a settlement in Kenya's Eastern Province....

 
13,575
Kanyuambora
Kanyuambora
Kanyuambora is an administrative division in Eastern Kenya which is commonly known as a "Location". It lies on Latitude: 0° -29' 0 N, Longitude: 37° 43' 0 E and is about 90 miles North East of Nairobi...

 
11,658
Kiangombe  8,294
Muminji  8,390
Mutitu
Mutitu
Mutitu is a settlement in Kenya's Eastern Province....

 
7,040
Ndurumori  9,750
Nthawa 16,892
Total x
1999 census .

Wards
Ward Registered Voters
Ishiara 4,685
Kanyuambora 4,812
Kiang'ombe 6,844
Muminji 5,883
Nthawa 9,808
Total 32,032
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