Moyale Constituency

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Moyale Constituency
Marsabit-Moyale.svg
Location of Moyale Constituency in Marsabit County
Area
  Total9,390 km2 (3,630 sq mi)
Population
 (2009) [1]
  Total103,799
  Density11/km2 (29/sq mi)

Moyale Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of four constituencies in Marsabit County, and it was the only constituency in the former Moyale District. The constituency has nine wards, all electing councillors to the Moyale County Council. The constituency was established for the 1966 elections.

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Members of Parliament

ElectionsMP [2]
1979 Guyo Halake Liban KANU One-party system
1983 Mohamed Malicha Galgallo KANU One-party system.
1988 Philip Galma Galgallo KANU One-party system.
1992 Mohamed Malicha Galgallo KANU
1997 Guracha Boru Galgallo KANU
2002 Guracha Boru Galgallo KANU Galgallo died in an aviation accident in 2006 [3]
2006 Malla Wario Galgallo KANU By-election [4]
2007 Ali Mohamud Mohamed ODM
2013 Roba Duba TNA

Wards

Wards
WardRegistered Voters
Bori 1,556
Butiye 7,022
Dabel 913
Damballa Fachana 1,360
Godoma 922
Golole 2,086
Heillu 3,770
Manyatta 4,223
Moyale 7,122
Nana 1,310
Odda 2,460
Sololo 8,612
Sololo Makutano 1,780
Uran 3,128
Walda/ Rawana 1,550
Total60,117
*September 2005. [5]

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References

  1. "Delimitation of Constituencies and Recommendations on Local Authority Electoral Units and Administrative Boundaries for Districts and Other Units". Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC). Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  2. Center for Multiparty Democracy: Politics and Parliamentarians in Kenya 1944–2007 Archived 2008-10-28 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Daily Nation, April 9, 2010: Marsabit peace still a tall order three years after crashed mission
  4. Daily Nation, July 26, 2006: ECK ratifies by-elections results
  5. Electoral Commission of Kenya: Registered voters per polling station by electoral area/ward and constituency Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine