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- ↑ Center for Multiparty Democracy: Politics and Parliamentarians in Kenya 1944–2007 Archived 2008-10-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Electoral Commission of Kenya: Registered voters per polling station by electoral area/ward and constituency Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Nyamira County Ward Boundaries". County Assembly of Nyamira. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
- ↑ "COUNTY WARDS". County Government of Nyamira. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
- ↑ "County Governments Act No. 17 of 2012" (PDF). Law Society of Kenya. p. 39. Retrieved 4 November 2022.