Marakwet West Constituency
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Marakwet West 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 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...
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 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 1997 elections.
Members of Parliament
| Elections | MP | Party | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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... |
David Kiprono Sutter Sudi | 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 | David Kiprono Sutter Sudi | 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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| 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... |
Boaz Kipchumba Kaino Boaz Kipchumba Kaino Kaino Boaz Kipchuma is a Kenyan politician. He belongs to the Orange Democratic Movement and was elected to represent the Marakwet West Constituency in the National Assembly of Kenya since the Kenyan parliamentary election, 2007.-References:... |
ODM Orange Democratic Movement Orange Democratic Movement refers to a political party in Kenya, which is the successor of a former grassroots people's movement which was formed in the 2005 Kenyan constitutional referendum. The erstwhile single party which separated in August 2007 into two... |
Wards
| Wards | |
| Ward | Registered Voters |
|---|---|
| Arror | 1,579 |
| Chebororwa | 2,812 |
| Cherang'any | 3,395 |
| Chesuman | 1,282 |
| Kamoi | 3,637 |
| Kapsowar Kapsowar Kapsowar is a small town in the Rift Valley Province, Kenya. In 1994 Kapsowar became the headquarters of the Marakwet District. Prior to this, the Marakwet and Keiyo tribes were collectively grouped into the Elgeiyo-Markwet District... |
5,640 |
| Koibarak | 2,126 |
| Kuserwo | 3,740 |
| Lelan | 2,146 |
| Moiben | 3,532 |
| Sengwer | 3,422 |
| Total | 33,311 |