Juja Constituency

Juja is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of twelve constituencies in Kiambu County, one of four in the former Thika District. The constituency was established for the 1969 elections.

Landscape in Juja Constituency

Before the 2013 elections, the constituency was broken into Juja, Ruiru and Thika Town constituencies. The current MP is Hon. George Koimburi who won a by-election in 2021 following the death of Hon. Francis Munyua Waititu of Jubilee Party who had been first elected in 2013 and re-elected in 2017. It has a population of 300,948 people (2019 census).[1]

It is home to the main campus of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT).

Members of Parliament
Elections MP [2] Party Notes
1969Gitu KahengeriKANUUnopposed
1974Peter Kenyatta MuigaiKANUOne-party system
1979Gitu KahengeriKANUOne-party system
1983George Kamau MuhohoKANUOne-party system
1988George Kamau MuhohoKANUOne-party system
1992Stephen Rugendo NdichoFord-AsiliMulti-party system
1997Stephen Rugendo NdichoSDPMulti-party system
2002William Kabogo GitauSisi kwa SisiMulti-party system
2007George ThuoPNUElection disputed by William Kabogo, seat declared vacant on 16 April 2010 due to election irregularities [3]
2010William Kabogo GitauNARC-KenyaBy-election
2013Munyua Waititu (Wakapee)TNAMulti-party system
2017Munyua Waititu (Wakapee)JP[4]Multi-party system
2021George KoimburiPEP[5]By-election
2027Ndarwa Wandarwa )UDAMulti-party system- PROJECTION

Locations and wards

The electoral wards in this constituency are Juja, Kalimoni, Witeithie, Murera and Theta.

References
  1. Munene, Evans (2019-11-04). "2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census Results". Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
  2. Center for Multiparty Democracy: Politics and Parliamentarians in Kenya 1944-2007
  3. Kenya Broadcasting Corporation: Thuo loses Juja seat
  4. Daily Nation, September 20, 2010: PNU trounced in Juja as ODM wins Starehe
  5. "Hon. George Koimburi | the Kenyan Parliament Website".

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