South Mugirango Constituency
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South Mugirango is an electoral constituency
in Kenya
. It is one of three constituencies in Gucha District
. The constituency was established for the 1992 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 three constituencies in Gucha District
Gucha District
Gucha District is a district in Nyanza Province, western Kenya. It is also known by the name: South Kisii District or Ogembo District. Its population is approximately 461,000...
. The constituency was established for the 1992 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... |
Reuben Oyondi | 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... |
Enoch Nyakieya Magara | Ford-K | Magara died in a car accident in 2001 |
| 2001 | James Omingo Magara James Omingo Magara James Omingo Magara is a Kenyan politician. He belongs to the Orange Democratic Movement and is the MP for South Mugirango Constituency in the National Assembly of Kenya. He first won the seat in the by-elections in 2001 on Ford-Kenya ticket, replacing his brother Enoch Nyakieya Magara of... |
Ford-K | By-elections |
| 2002 | James Omingo Magara James Omingo Magara James Omingo Magara is a Kenyan politician. He belongs to the Orange Democratic Movement and is the MP for South Mugirango Constituency in the National Assembly of Kenya. He first won the seat in the by-elections in 2001 on Ford-Kenya ticket, replacing his brother Enoch Nyakieya Magara of... |
Ford-People | |
| 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... |
James Omingo Magara James Omingo Magara James Omingo Magara is a Kenyan politician. He belongs to the Orange Democratic Movement and is the MP for South Mugirango Constituency in the National Assembly of Kenya. He first won the seat in the by-elections in 2001 on Ford-Kenya ticket, replacing his brother Enoch Nyakieya Magara of... |
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... |
The High Court declared the seat vacant in December 2009 due to irregularities in the election |
| 2010 | Manson Nyamweya | Ford-People | By-election |
Wards
| Wards | ||
| Ward | Registered Voters | Local Authority Local authorities of Kenya Local authorities in Kenya are the bodies controlling local governance in Kenya.Kenya has four classes of local authorities: City, Municipality, Town and County council. Currently there are three authorities with city status: Nairobi, the national capital, Mombasa and Kisumu... |
|---|---|---|
| Bogetenga | 3,590 | Nyamarambe town |
| Boikanga East | 2,758 | Nyamarambe town |
| Boikanga West | 2,945 | Nyamarambe town |
| Bomonyara | 2,757 | Tabaka town |
| Borabu | 8,119 | Gucha County |
| Central / Ikoba | 3,425 | Tabaka town |
| Chitago | 3,664 | Gucha County |
| Getenga | 11,088 | Gucha County |
| Nyachenge | 1,110 | Tabaka town |
| Nyango / Kiburunga | 2,850 | Tabaka town |
| Nyansore | 4,662 | Nyamarambe town |
| Total | 46,968 | |