Juja Constituency Explained

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.

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
			Unopposed
			One-party system
			One-party system
			One-party system
			One-party system
			Multi-party system
			Multi-party system
			Multi-party system
			Election disputed by William Kabogo, seat declared vacant on 16 April 2010 due to election irregularities ^[3]
			By-election
		TNA	Multi-party system
		JP^[4]	Multi-party system
		PEP^[5]	By-election
		UDA	Multi-party system- PROJECTION

Locations and wards

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

External links

• Juja Constituency

Notes and References

1. Web site: Munene . Evans . 2019-11-04 . 2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census Results . 2023-06-13 . Kenya National Bureau of Statistics . en-US.
2. Center for Multiparty Democracy: Politics and Parliamentarians in Kenya 1944-2007
3. http://www.kbc.co.ke/story.asp?ID=63376 Kenya Broadcasting Corporation: Thuo loses Juja seat
4. Daily Nation, September 20, 2010: PNU trounced in Juja as ODM wins Starehe
5. Web site: Hon. George Koimburi | the Kenyan Parliament Website .