West Mugirango Constituency

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West Mugirango
constituency
for the Parliament of Kenya
County Nyamira County
Current constituency
Created1966
Created from North Mugirango

West Mugirango Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of four constituencies of Nyamira County. The constituency was established for the 1966 elections from what was a larger North Mugirango Constituency.

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Members of Parliament

ElectionsMP [1] PartyNotes
1966 Thomas Mong'are KANU One-party system
1966 Joseph Osero KANU By-election. One-party system
1969 George Justus Morara KANU One-party system
1970 Benson Kegoro Ogero KANU By-election. One-party system
1974 Sospeter O. Mageto KANU One-party system
1979 Benson Kegoro Ogero KANU One-party system
1983 David Anasi Onyancha KANU One-party system.
1988 David Anasi Onyancha KANU One-party system.
1992 Henry Onyancha Obwocha Ford-Kenya multi-party system
1997 Henry Onyancha Obwocha Ford-Kenya multi-party system
2002 Henry Onyancha Obwocha Ford-People multi-party system
2007 James Ondicho Gesami ODM multi-party system
2013 James Ondicho Gesami ODM multi-party system
2017 Vincent Kemosi Mogaka FORD-K multi-party system
2022 Mogaka Stephen M Jubilee Partymulti-party system

Wards

Prior to 2013, West Mugirango Constituency had twelve wards: Kebirigo, Nyamira, Rangenyo, Sironga, part of Bogichora, part of Bonyamatuta, Gesiaga, Keera, Miruka-Nyamaiya, Motagara and Sironga. [2] However, ward boundaries and some of the names were revised to five, namely: Bogichora, Bonyamatuta, Bosamaro, Nyamaiya and Township. [3]

Nyamira South Sub-county

Nyamira South Sub-county shares common boundaries with West Mugirango Constituency. The Sub-county is headed by the sub-county administrator, appointed by a County Public Service Board. [4]

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References

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