Saku Constituency

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Saku Constituency
Marsabit-Saku.svg
Location of Saku Constituency in Marsabit County
Area
  Total2,078 km2 (802 sq mi)
Population
 (2009) [1]
  Total46,502
  Density22/km2 (58/sq mi)

Marsabit central (Saku Constituency) is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of four constituencies in Marsabit County in Northern Kenya. It borders North Horr Constituency to the North and Laisamis Constituency to the South. The constituency was established for the 1988 elections. Marsabit town which is the county headquarters is in Saku constituency.

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Members of Parliament

ElectionsMP [2] PartyNotes
1988 Jillo Jarso Falana KANU One-party system.
1992 Jillo Jarso Falana KANU
1997 Abdi Tari Sasura KANU
2002 Abdi Tari Sasura KANU Sasura died in an aviation accident in 2006. [3]
2006 Hussein Sasura KANU By-elections
2007 Hussein Sasura ODM-Kenya
2022 Dido Ali UDA

Locations and wards

Locations
LocationPopulation*
Badasa 2,898
D'akabarricha 5,119
Dirib Gombo 4,523
Karare 5,445
Mountain 8,943
Nagayo 7,530
Qilta 3,712
Sagante 3,886
Songa 3,498
Total45,554
1999 census. [4]
Wards
WardRegistered Voters
Dakabaricha2,714
Dirib Gombo2,990
Karare2,486
Mountain4,763
Sagante2,930
Total15,883
*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. Redorbit.com, April 10, 2006: Kenyan military plane crash kills 11
  4. information.go.ke: CDF allocation by sector and location (2003-6) [ permanent dead link ]
  5. Electoral Commission of Kenya: Registered voters per polling station by electoral area/ward and constituency Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine