Embakasi Constituency

Embakasi Constituency, (formerly known as, Nairobi East Constituency), was a former electoral constituency in Kenya. It was one of eight constituencies of Nairobi Province. It consisted of eastern and southeastern suburbs of Nairobi. With 164,227 registered voters, it was the most populous constituency in Kenya. It covered the Eastlands part of Nairobi. Embakasi constituency had common boundaries with Embakasi Division. The entire constituency was located within Nairobi City Council area. The constituency had an area of 208 km².

Embakasi
Former constituency
for the Parliament of Kenya
ProvinceNairobi
Area208 km2 (80.3 sq mi)
Former constituency
Created1969
Abolished2013
Number of membersOne
Created fromNairobi East
Replaced byEmbakasi Central, Embakasi East, Embakasi North, Embakasi South, Embakasi West and Kasarani

The division has since been split into Embakasi South Constituency, Embakasi North Constituency, Embakasi Central Constituency, Embakasi East Constituency, and Embakasi West Constituency; Two of its regions, Njiru and Ruai were hived off from Embakasi Constituency and combined with Kasarani Constituency.

Members of Parliament
Elections MP [1] Party Notes
1963John David KaliKANU
1966B. Mwangi KarungaruKANUOne-party system
1969B. Mwangi KarungaruKANUOne-party system
1974Godfrey Muhuri MuchiriKANUOne-party system
1976Ezra H. NjokaKANUBy-Election, One-party system
1979Ezra H. NjokaKANUOne-party system
1983Godfrey Muhuri MuchiriKANUOne-party system
1988David MwenjeKANUOne-party system
1992Henry RuhiuFORD-Asili
1997David MwenjeDemocratic Party
2002David MwenjeNARC
2007Mugabe WereODMKilled in January 2008
2008Ferdinand WaitituPNUBy-election (June 10) [2]

Mugabe Were

In the early morning hours of January 27, 2008, the Member of Parliament for Embakasi Constituency, Mugabe Were, was shot dead by two gunmen near Kifaru Primary School. According to news reports, Mugabe had just arrived at his compound when the gunmen attacked him while still in his car, before the gate could be opened. Mugabe was elected as a member of the Orange Democratic Movement, Kenya's opposition party. Speculation as to whether or not this was a political assassination already surrounds the killing. If so, this would mark a new stage in the continuing crisis over the disputed presidential election of December 27, 2007.[3][4]

Locations and wards
Locations
Location Population*
Dandora154,157
Embakasi32,027
Kariobangi South24,528
Bububuru28,345
Kayole137,866
Mukuru kwa Njenga86,697
Njiru25,251
Ruai17,531
Umoja137,866
Total615,923
1999 census.[5]
Wards
Ward Registered Voters
Dandora A17,223
Dandora B21,735
Embakasi / Mihang'o13,322
Kariobangi South8,589
Kayole27,506
Komarock9,413
Mukuru22,060
Njiru / Mwiki7,705
Ruai5,944
Savanna10,149
Umoja20,581
Total164,227
*September 2005.[6]

References
  1. Center for Multiparty Democracy: Politics and Paliamenterians in Kenya 1944-2007
  2. Daily Nation, June 12, 2008: Kibaki congratulates by-election winners Archived 2008-06-15 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Annan launches Kenyan mediation, violence spreads". Reuters. 29 January 2008.
  4. "MP's killing sparks Kenyan unrest". 29 January 2008.
  5. information.go.ke: CDF allocation by sector and location (2003-6) Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
  6. Electoral Commission of Kenya: Registered voters per polling station by electoral area/ward and constituency Archived September 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine

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