Kasarani Constituency

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Kasarani Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of eight constituencies of Nairobi Province. It consists of northern and northeastern areas of Nairobi. Kasarani constituency has common boundaries with Kasarani Division of Nairobi. The entire constituency is located within Nairobi City Council area. The constituency has an area of 86 sq km. It was known as Nairobi Northeast Constituency at the 1963 and 1969 elections and as Mathare Constituency from 1974 elections to 1994 by-elections. Since 1997 elections it has has been known as Kasarani Constituency.

1 Members of Parliament
2 Locations and wards
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Members of Parliament

Elections	MP ^[1]	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 ^[2].
1986	Josephat Karanja	KANU	By-elections, One-party system
1988	Josephat Karanja	KANU	One-party system.
1992	Muraya Macharia	FORD-Asili
1994	Fredrick Masinde	Democratic Party	By-elections. Masinde died, resulting in another by-elections ^[3].
1994	Ochieng Mbeo	Ford-Kenya	By-elections (second one in 1994)
1997	Adolf Muchiri	NDP
2002	William Omondi	NARC
2007	Elizabeth Ongoro	ODM

[edit] Locations and wards

Location	Population*
Locations

Githurai	66,979
Kahawa	44,660
Kariobangi	99,825
Kasarani	52,386
Korogocho	61,294
Roysambu	38,441
Ruaraka	110,686
Total	338,202
1999 census ^[4].

Ward	Registered Voters
Wards

Githurai	18,976
Kahawa	12,940
Kariobangi North	15,543
Kasarani	13,034
Korogocho	17,842
Mathare 4 A	16,930
Roysambu	10,464
Ruaraka	110,686
Utalii/Babadogo	22,495
Total	128,224
*September 2005 ^[5].