Marakwet East Constituency
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Marakwet East is an electoral constituency
in Kenya
. It is one of two constituencies of Marakwet District
. The constituency has eleven wards, all of which elect councillors for the Marakwet County Council. The constituency was established for the 1992 Elections as Kerio East constituency, and was renamed to its current form for the 1997 elections.
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 two constituencies of Marakwet District
Marakwet District
Marakwet District is an administrative district in the Rift Valley Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Kapsowar. The district has a population of 140.629 . Local people are predominantly of the Marakwet tribe....
. The constituency has eleven wards, all of which elect councillors for the Marakwet County Council. The constituency was established for the 1992 Elections as Kerio East constituency, and was renamed to its current form for the 1997 elections.
Members of Parliament
| Elections | MP | Party | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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... |
Fredrick K. Cheserek | 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... |
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| 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... |
John Kiptoo Marirmoi | 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... |
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| 2002 | Linah Jebii Kilimo | 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:... |
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| 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... |
Linah Jebii Kilimo | KENDA |
Wards
| Wards | |
| Ward | Registered Voters |
|---|---|
| Embobut Embobut Embobut is one of the administrative ward for the Marakwet East Constituency. It is one of the major water towers in the Cherangani water forest complex. This area collectively with other water towers supply Eldoret town and its environs with water, it also supplies water to the Kerio River which... |
2,482 |
| Embolot | 1,847 |
| Endo | 2,981 |
| Kaptich | 1,440 |
| Kapyego | 2,433 |
| Kipkaner | 1,688 |
| Koibirir | 2,373 |
| Mokoro | 1,755 |
| Mon | 3,026 |
| Murkutwo | 1,731 |
| Sambirir | 3,301 |
| Total | 25,057 |