Makadara Constituency is an electoral constituency in Nairobi City County, Kenya. It is one of the seventeen constituencies in the county. It was renamed prior to the 1997 elections, but was also known as Nairobi Doonholm Constituency for the 1963 elections, then as Bahati Constituency from 1966 to 1997. It consists of some central and southern of central areas of Nairobi County. The entire constituency is located within Nairobi City County, and has an area of 13 km2. The current constituency boundaries were revised prior to the 2013 elections. It has a population of 189,536 people from the 2019 census report.
Mwai Kibaki, who later became the president of Kenya, served as a Makadara MP before moving to Othaya Constituency. The constituency was also represented by Gideon Kioko Mbuvi who was elected in a by-election in 2010, replacing Dickson Wathika, whose election in 2007 was invalidated due to 'election irregularities'.Daily Nation, September 20, 2010: Seats fell vacant after election petitions Sonko went on to become the senator for Nairobi County in 2013, and is currently the Governor of Nairobi County which is also the Capital of Kenya.Daily Nation, September 20, 2010: PNU trounced in Juja as ODM wins Starehe Mbuvi (19,913); Ndolo (17,652); Wathika (11,088)
Members of Parliament
ElectionsMP Center for Multiparty Democracy: Politics and Paliamenterians in Kenya 1944-2007PartyNotes 1963 Mwai Kibaki KANU 1969 Mwai Kibaki KANU One-party system 1974 James Muriuki KANU One-party system. 1979 Fredrick Esau Omido KANU One-party system 1983 Fredrick Esau Omido KANU One-party system. 1988 Fredrick Esau Omido KANU One-party system. 1992 John Mutere FORD-Asili 1997 Paul Mugeke Democratic Party 2002 Reuben Ndolo NARC 2007 Dickson Wathika PNU Election invalidated in April 2010 due to electoral irregularities2010 Gidion Mbuvi Kioko NARC-Kenya By-election (September 20, 2010) 2013 Benson Kangara TNA 2017 George Aladwa ODM - 2022 George Aladwa ODM
County Assembly wards Location AreaPopulation* Maringo/Hamza 2.9 52,293 Viwandani 5.7 44,881 Harambee 2.6 32,238 Makongeni 1.8 31,022 Total 13.0 160,434 1999 census.information.go.ke: CDF allocation by sector and location (2003-6)
Makadara Sub-county The Sub-county shares the same boundaries as the constituency. The sub-county is headquartered in Makadara. It is headed by a Deputy County Commissioner, working under the Ministry of Interior and National Administration.
References
External links Map of the constituency Uchaguzikenya.com - Constituency profile