Kisumu East Constituency

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Kisumu Town East is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of seven constituencies of Kisumu County. The constituency was established for the 1997 elections, when the larger Kisumu Town Constituency was split into Kisumu Town West and East Constituencies. The constituency has six wards, all electing councillors for Kisumu municipality.

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Members of Parliament

ElectionsMP [1] PartyNotes
1997 Gor Sunguh NDP
2002 Gor Sunguh NARC
2007 Ahmed Shakeel Shabbir Ahmed ODM
2013 Ahmed Shakeel Shabbir Ahmed ODM
2017 Ahmed Shakeel Shabbir Ahmed Independent
2022 Ahmed Shakeel Shabbir Ahmed Independent

Wards

WardRegistered Voters
Central Kolwa5,831
East Kajulu4,357
East Kolwa6,158
Manyatta14,520
Nyalenda 8,228
West Kajulu4,869
Total43,963
*September 2005. [2]

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