Rongai Constituency

Rongai Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of eleven constituencies in Nakuru County. The constituency has eight wards, all electing Members of County Assembly (MCAs)for the Nakuru County Assembly. The constituency was established for the 1988 elections when it was carved out of Nakuru North Constituency (now Subukia Constituency). ^[1]

The constituency had a population of 199,906 according to the 2019 ^[2] census.

The first Rongai MP, previously representing Nakuru North, is a brother-in-law of the then Kenyan president Daniel arap Moi. ^[1]

Members of Parliament

Elections	MP	Party	Notes
1988 [3]	Eric Kibet Koras Bomett	KANU	One-party system.
1992 [3]	William K. Komen	KANU
1997 [3]	Eric Toroitich Morogo	KANU
2002 [3]	Alicen Chelaite	NARC	Chelaite was also the first woman to serve as Mayor of Nakuru from 1996 to 1998. [4]
2007	Luka Kigen	ODM
2013	Raymond Moi	KANU	Son of former President Daniel arap Moi and former First Lady Lena Moi
2017	Raymond Moi	KANU
2022	Paul Mamba Chebor	UDA	United Democratic Alliance

Locations and wards

Locations
Location	Population*
Boror	13,753
Kampi ya Moto	23,436
Lenginet	21,770
Maji Tamu	13,881
Makongeni	19,746
Ngata	17,910
Rongai	20,268
Solai	35,949
Waseges	29,722
Total	x
1999 census. [5]

Wards
Ward	Registered Voters
Boror	4,114
Kampi ya Moto	6,257
Maji Tamu	3,827
Makongeni	5,598
Ngata	5,194
Rongai	13,095
Solai	4,089
Waseges	8,688
Total	50,862
*September 2005. [6]

References

1. Daily Nation, June 3, 2002: An almost sure seat for the Opposition
2. "Rongai (Subcounty, Kenya) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-04-03.
3. Kihoro, Wanyiri (March 2007). Politics and Parliamentarians in Kenya 1944–2007 (PDF). Centre for Multiparty Democracy CMD-Kenya. OCLC   157025547. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 28, 2008.
4. Kahenda, Mercy (2020-02-06). "Alicen Chelaite: How Moi's former househelp became MP". The Standard (Kenya) . Archived from the original on 2025-07-17. Retrieved 2025-07-17.
5. information.go.ke: CDF allocation by sector and location (2003-6) ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
6. Electoral Commission of Kenya: Registered voters per polling station by electoral area/ward and constituency Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Map of the constituency ^{[ permanent dead link ]}