Mbeere North Constituency is an electoral constituency in Embu County, Kenya. It was formerly known as Siakago Constituency, one of two constituencies of the former Mbeere District. It has five wards, all of which elected councillors for the Mbeere County Council.
The constituency was established for the 1988 elections from the bigger Embu East Constituency, which was divided to Runyenjes and Siakago constituencies.
Silvester Mate, the first Siakago MP, was the last Embu East MP winning the seat in 1983.[1]
Siakago town, the former district capital, is located within Nthawa location in this constituency.The current governor for Embu town is cesily mbarire
| Elections | MP | Party | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| One-party system. | |||||
| Ndwiga defected to KANU in 1995 and won a subsequent by-election. | |||||
| Ita died in 1999 [2] | |||||
| 1999 | Justin Muturi | By-elections | |||
| Justin Muturi | |||||
| Locations | ||
| Location | Population* | |
|---|---|---|
| 8,005 | ||
| 13,575 | ||
| 11,658 | ||
| 8,294 | ||
| 8,390 | ||
| 7,040 | ||
| 9,750 | ||
| 16,892 | ||
| Total | x | |
| 1999 census.[3] | ||
| Wards | ||
| Ward | Registered Voters | |
|---|---|---|
| Ishiara | 4,685 | |
| Kanyuambora | 4,812 | |
| Kiang'ombe | 6,844 | |
| Muminji | 5,883 | |
| Nthawa | 9,808 | |
| Total | 32,032 | |