Kamukunji Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya, one of the seventeen constituencies of Nairobi County, encompassing central to eastern areas of Nairobi. Kamukunji constituency had common boundaries with Pumwani Division. The entire constituency is located within Nairobi City County area. The constituency has an area of . The constituency was originally what was known as Nairobi Central Constituency at the 1963 elections. The current constituency boundaries were revised prior to the 2013 elections. It borders Starehe Constituency to the west, Makadara to the south, Embakasi West Constituency to the east, and Mathare Constituency to the north.
Prominent politician Tom Mboya was the first Member of Parliament (MP) from this constituency. He was assassinated in 1969.
Members of Parliament
ElectionsMPCenter for Multiparty Democracy: Politics and Paliamenterians in Kenya 1944–2007PartyNotes 1963 Tom Mboya KANU 1969 Maina Wanjigi KANU One-party system 1974 Maina Wanjigi KANU One-party system 1979 Philip Nicholas Gor KANU One-party system 1983 Maina Wanjigi KANU One-party system 1988 Maina Wanjigi KANU One-party system 1992 George Nthenge FORD-Asili 1997 Norman Nyagah Democratic Party 2002 Norman Nyagah NARC 2007 Simon Mbugua PNU Results were not declared until August 2008 due to a court case.The Standard, 12 August 2008: However, he eventually lost the seat as the election was annulled by a court in January 2011Daily Nation, 27 January 2011: Kamukunji MP loses seat in poll petition 2011 Yusuf Hassan Abdi PNU By-election 18 August 2011: Yusuf Hassan (PNU – 19,030), Jonny Ibrahim (ODM – 15,476), Brian Weke (Narc-Kenya – 4,064) Daily Nation, 21 April 2011 Capital FM, 2 August 2011 2013 Yusuf Hassan Abdi TNA Election 4 March 20132017Yusuf Hassan AbdiJubilee PartyElections were held on 8 August 20172022Yusuf Hassan AbdiJubilee Party2022 Kenyan general election
Wards After the promulgation of the 2010 constitution and the implementation of devolution, the 2013 elections led to a revision of Kamukunji Constituency's boundaries. This revision reduced the number of wards to five and created new ones, namely; California, Eastleigh North, Eastleigh South, Airbase and Pumwani wards.
Prior to 2013 LocationPopulation Bahati 55,082 Eastleigh North 128,277 Eastleigh South 94,138 Kamukunji 35,851 Pumwani 59,616 Total 401,783 1999 census.information.go.ke: CDF allocation by sector and location (2003–6) Prior to 2013 Ward Registered voters Eastleigh North 21,450 Eastleigh South 14,721 Kimathi 7,010 Muthurwa/Shauri Moyo 17,513 Pumwani 18,032 Uhuru 11,860 Total 90,586
Kamukunji Sub-county The Sub-county shares nearly the same boundaries with what was the Pumwani Division; the division had common boundaries with Kamukunji Constituency prior to 2013. The sub-county is headquartered in Pumwani, headed by a Deputy County Commissioner, working under the Ministry of Interior.
References
External links Map of the constituency Uchaguzikenya.com – Constituency profile