Othaya Constituency

Kenyan electoral constituency

Othaya Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of six constituencies in Nyeri County. Othaya Constituency comprises Othaya division of Nyeri County. The constituency was established for the 1966 elections. it has a population of 91,081 people (2019 census).

Othaya is the main town located in this constituency. Mwai Kibaki, the former president of Kenya, has been the Othaya MP since 1974. Earlier he had been the MP of Doonholm Constituency (now Makadara).

Members of Parliament

Elections	MP ^[1]	Party	Notes
1966	Joseph P Mathenge	KANU	One-party system
1969	Kega Muthua	KANU	One-party system
1974	Mwai Kibaki	KANU	One-party system
1979	Mwai Kibaki	KANU	One-party system
1983	Mwai Kibaki	KANU	One-party system.
1988	Mwai Kibaki	KANU	One-party system.
1992	Mwai Kibaki	Democratic Party
1997	Mwai Kibaki	Democratic Party	Elected Leader of the Opposition.
2002	Mwai Kibaki	NARC/DP	Elected president of Kenya.
2007	Mwai Kibaki	PNU	Elected president of Kenya.
2013	Mary Wambui	TNA
2017	Mugambi James Gichuki	Jubilee
August 2022	Michael Wambugu Wainaina	UDA

Locations and wards

Location	Population^[2]
Locations

Chinga	22,697
Iria-Ini	25,755
Karima	20,649
Mahiga	24,276
Total	93,377

Ward	Registered voters	Local authority
Wards

Kanyange	1,162	Othaya town
Kianganda	1,962	Othaya town
Nduye River	2,727	Othaya town
Nyamari	3,464	Othaya town
Thuti	2,322	Othaya town
Chinga	12,758	Nyeri County
Iria-Ini	8,020	Nyeri County
Karima	6,097	Nyeri County
Mahiga	7,585	Nyeri County
Mumwe	5,691	Nyeri County
Total	51,788
*September 2005^[3]^[4]

References

^ Center for Multiparty Democracy: Politics and Paliamenterians in Kenya 1944-2007
^ information.go.ke: CDF allocation by sector and location (2003-6)^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Electoral Commission of Kenya: Registered voters per polling station by electoral area/ward and constituency Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
^ Electoral Commission of Kenya: Civic Elections Results (2002)^{[permanent dead link]}

External links

Map of the constituency^{[permanent dead link]}
Uchaguzikenya.com - Constituency profile

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