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It is one of four constituencies in Kirinyaga County. The constituency was established for the 1963 elections and was known as Kirinyaga East Constituency between the 1966 and 1983 general elections
Kirinyaga County is a county in the former Central Province of Kenya, located south of Mount Kenya. Its capital is Kutus and its largest town is Wanguru . [ 2 ] In 2019, the county had a population of 610,411 people [ 1 ] and has an area of 1,478.1 km 2 .
Maina was elected to the Kenya National Assembly as the Woman Representative for Kirinyaga County in the 2022 general election, representing the United Democratic Alliance at 28 years making her the youngest Member of parliament ever elected in Central Province (Kenya). [2] [4] [9] She garnered 175,001 votes while Rose Wachira garnered 49,892 ...
Kirinyaga Central Constituency, formerly known as Kerugoya/Kutus Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of four constituencies in Kirinyaga County . The constituency was established for the 1997 elections.
Kirinyaga District was an administrative district in the Central Province of Kenya. Its administrative centre is Kerugoya. [1] As of 1999, the district had a population of 457,105 and an area of 1,478 km². [2] Kirinyaga District was historically part of Embu District until prior to independence when the colonial government made it its own ...
County Representative were elected in single member wards, of which there were a total of 1,450. Several County Representatives were also nominated to represent youths and disabled people in the various county assemblies from party lists, and after the elections 680 women were also nominated to the various county assemblies to ensure gender ...
Kutus, forming part of the Kerugoya/Kutus municipality, is the county headquarters of Kirinyaga. The municipality, which also includes the township of Kerugoya, has a combined population of 39,441, with 14,056 classified as urban (based on the 1999 census [1]).
The constituencies of Kenya are used to elect members of the National Assembly, the lower chamber of the Kenyan Parliament.In accordance with Article 89 of the 2010 Constitution of Kenya, there are 290 constituencies, based on a formula where these constituencies were to be delineated based on population numbers.