Baringo Central Constituency

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Baringo Central Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of six constituencies in Baringo County. The constituency was established for the 1966 elections.

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Kabarnet is the largest town located within this constituency.

Daniel arap Moi served as the MP for Baringo Central from 1966 until his retirement in 2002. From 1978, he concurrently served as President of Kenya. In the 1963 elections, he won the Baringo North Constituency seat. The current MP is Joshua Chepyegon Kandie of the United Democratic Alliance, who has served since August 2017.

Members of Parliament

ElectionsMP [1] PartyNotes
1966 Daniel arap Moi KANU One-party system
1969 Daniel arap MoiKANUOne-party system
1974 Daniel arap MoiKANUOne-party system
1979 Daniel arap MoiKANUOne-party system
1983 Daniel arap MoiKANUOne-party system
1988 Daniel arap MoiKANUOne-party system
1992 Daniel arap MoiKANUMulti-party system, Moi elected unopposed as MP
1997 Daniel arap MoiKANUMulti party system, Moi challenged for the first time by Amos Kandie in the parliamentary contest
2002 Gideon Moi KANUGideon Moi elected unopposed
2007 Sammy Mwaita ODM Gideon Moi defeated overwhelmingly.
2013 Sammy Mwaita URP
2017 Joshua Chepyegon Kandie MCC
2022 Joshua Chepyegon Kandie UDA

Wards

Wards
WardRegistered Voters Local authority
Chebano 1,299Kabarnet municipality
Kaprogonya 1,719Kabarnet municipality
Kapsoo/Borowonin 988Kabarnet municipality
Kinyo 823Kabarnet municipality
Kituro 1,719Kabarnet municipality
Seguton 3,471Kabarnet municipality
Chebinyiny/Arabal 1,833Baringo County council
Emom/Kisonei 1,829Baringo County council
Ewalel Soi/Kimondis 1,107Baringo County council
Ilchamus 1,364Baringo County council
Kabarnet Soi 3,823Baringo County council
Kabasis 1,939Baringo County council
Kimalel 1,558Baringo County council
Loboi 1,550Baringo County council
Marigat 3,339Baringo County council
Mochongoi 4,123Baringo County council
Mukutani 1,666Baringo County council
Ng'ambo 1,214Baringo County council
Ng'et Moi 1,623Baringo County council
Orokwo 2,153Baringo County council
Sacho Mosop 1,930Baringo County council
Sacho Soi 1,637Baringo County council
Salabani 1,518Baringo County council
Talai/Ewalel 3,668Baringo County council
Tenges 2,746Baringo County council
Total50,639
*September 2005, [2] [3]

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