Kitui West Constituency Explained

Kitui West Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of eight constituencies in Kitui County, which was established for the 1966 elections.

Members of Parliament

ElectionsMP [1] PartyNotes
One-party system
One-party system
One-party system
One-party system.
1984 By-election, One-party system. Mwendwa died in 1985 in traffic accident [2]
1986 By-election, One-party system.
One-party system.
WDM-K
WDM-KNyenze died on December 6, 2017, barely three months after being sworn in for another term. He had battled colon cancer for almost a decade.
WDM-Kwon by a landslide to succeed her Husband as 7th Member of Parliament for Kitui West and the second woman to represent the constituency after Nyiva Mwendwa.

Wards

Wards
Ward Registered VotersLocal Authority
8,215 Kitui municipality
5,245 Kitui municipality
6,275 Kitui county
4,395 Kitui county
5,683 Kitui county
2,446 Kitui county
4,315 Kitui county
5,832 Kitui county
8,672 Kitui county
7,240 Kitui county
Total 58,318

Notes and References

  1. Center for Multiparty Democracy: Politics and Parliamentarians in Kenya 1944–2007
  2. David Throup & Charles Hornsby: Multi-party Politics in Kenya James Currey Publishers, 1998