Kilifi North Constituency

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Kilifi North Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of seven constituencies in Kilifi County. It came to be from the former Bahari Constituency which was split into two by the IEBC Act.` It is also the administrative headquarters for Kilifi county and home to the only university in the county, Pwani University, and has a population of 178,824 people according to the 2019 census report. [1] [2]

The constituency has administrative seven wards with elected representative Members of County Assembly at the County Assembly of Kilifi. These wards are [3]

  1. Tezo
  2. Sokoni
  3. Kibarani
  4. Dabaso
  5. Matsangoni
  6. Watamu
  7. Mnarani

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References

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  3. information.go.ke: CDF allocation by sector and location (2003-6) [ permanent dead link ]