Gatanga Constituency

Gatanga Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya and is one of the seven constituencies in Muranga County. The constituency has six wards(Kariara, Gatanga, Kihumbu-ini, Mugumo-ini,Ithanga,Kakuzi/Mitubiri).The constituency was established for the 1988 elections when the Kandara Constituency was split into two. Gatanga Constituency consists of Gatanga and Kakuzi administrative divisions, the latter was added in 2002.^[1]

Members of Parliament

Elections	MP ^[2]	Party	Notes
1988	Joseph Mwaura Gachui	KANU	One-party system
1992	Josephat Mburu Wanyoike	Ford-Asili
1997	David Wakairu Murathe	SDP
2002	Peter Kenneth	NARC
2007	Peter Kenneth	PNU
2013	Humphrey Kimani Njuguna	NARC
2017	Joseph Ngugi Nduati	Jubilee Party
2022	Wakili Edward Muriu	United Democratic Alliance (UDA)

Wards

Ward	Registered Voters
Gatanga	16,842
Ithanga	11,310
Kakuzi/Mitubiri	15,291
Kariara	26,459
Mugumo-ini	14,252
Kihumbu-ini	17,142
Total	101,296
August 2022

References

^ "Gatanga Constituency website". Archived from the original on 2018-12-28. Retrieved 2022-02-25.
^ Center for Multiparty Democracy: Politics and Parliamentarians in Kenya 1944–2007 Archived October 28, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

External links

Gatanga Constituency Archived 2018-12-28 at the Wayback Machine

[1] "Gatanga Constituency website". Archived from the original on 2018-12-28. Retrieved 2022-02-25.

[2] Center for Multiparty Democracy: Politics and Parliamentarians in Kenya 1944–2007 Archived October 28, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

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