Westlands Constituency

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Westlands Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of eight constituencies of Nairobi Province. It consists of western and northwestern areas of Nairobi. Westlands constituency has common boundaries with Westlands Division of Nairobi. The entire constituency is located within Nairobi City Council area. The constituency has an area of 98 sq km. It was known as Nairobi Northeast Constituency at the 1963 elections, then as Parklands Constituency and since 1988 elections it has has been known as Westlands Constituency.

Westlands constituency contains some of the highest income areas in Nairobi, as well as slum areas like Kangemi.

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

[edit] Members of Parliament

Elections	MP [1]	Party	Notes
1963	Fitz Remedios Santana de Souza	KANU
1969	Samuel Kivuitu	KANU	One-party system
1974	Isaac Waweru	KANU	One-party system
1979	Krishan Chander Gautama	KANU	One-party system
1983	Samuel Kivuitu	KANU	One-party system.
1988	Njoroge Mungai	KANU	One-party system.
1992	Amin Walji	KANU	Walji died durng his tenure [2]
1994	Fred Gumo	KANU	By-elections
1997	Fred Gumo	KANU
2002	Fred Gumo	NARC
2007	Fred Gumo	ODM	Gumo 35,821; Tett 24,594; Mueke 5,501; Pattni 4,586

[edit] Locations and wards

Locations
Location	Population*
Highridge	65,268
Kangemi	82,964
Kilimani	61,290
Kitisuru	38,424
Lavington	26,540
Parklands	16,031
Total	x
1999 census [3].

Wards
Ward	Registered Voters
Highridge	26,875
Kangemi	24,239
Kileleshwa	17,064
Kilimani	29,684
Kitisuru	17,143
Parklands	20,114
Total	135,119
*September 2005 [4].

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Map of the constituency
• Uchaguzikenya.com - Constituency profile