Changamwe Constituency

Changamwe Constituency is an electoral constituency in Changamwe, Kenya. It used to be one of the four constituencies in Mombasa district. With the promulgation of the new constitution in August 2010, it saw a creation of two more constituencies in Mombasa County. These are Jomvu and Nyali Constituencies which were curved out from Changamwe and Kisauni Constituencies respectively thereby bringing a total of six constituencies in 2012.

Before the curving out of Jomvu constituency from Changamwe, the constituency used to have eight wards electing Councillors for the Mombasa municipal council.

Promulgation of New Constitution

With the promulgation of the new constitution in August 2010, the districts were renamed to Counties thus bringing a total of 47 counties in the country and the wards renamed to county assembly wards. This also saw the remapping of Changamwe Constituency boundary by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission - IEBC as mandated by the New Constitution.

Changamwe Constituency has five county assembly wards namely: Airport; Chaani; Kipevu; Miritini and Port Reitz [1]

High Court Ruling

Following the petitions made by the Changamwe constituents against the manner in which IEBC handled the delimitation of the constituency, the High Court ruled in favor of the people on 9 July 2012. In the ruling carried out by the 5 High court sitting judges, they ordered IEBC to rename Magongo ward as Changamwe ward and move it to Changamwe Constituency; at the same time the IEBC was ordered to move Miritini ward to Jomvu Constituency.

Changamwe now has the following county assembly wards: Changamwe ward, Chaani ward, Airport ward, Kipevu ward and Port Reitz ward.

Historical Perspective

Members of Parliament

Elections MP [2] Party Notes
1969David M. KiokoKANUOne-party system
1974Ferdinard MwaroKANUOne-party system
1979David M. KiokoKANUOne-party system
1983Joseph Kennedy KilikuKANUOne-party system
1988Joseph Kennedy KilikuKANUOne-party system
1992Joseph Kennedy KilikuDP
1997Ramadhan Seif KajembeKANU
2002Ramadhan Seif KajembeNARC
2007Ramadhan Seif KajembeODM
2013 Omar Mwinyi ODM
2017 Omar Mwinyi ODM

Locations and wards

Locations
Location Population*
Changamwe11,346
Kipevu44,720
Mikindani32,485
Miritini31,485
Port Reitz54,084
Tudor27,225
Totalx
1999 census.[3]
Wards
Ward Registered Voters
Changamwe15,887
Jomvu Kuu8,457
Kipevu11,920
Mikindani11,718
Miritini7,903
Port Reitz14,980
Tudor Estate7,166
Tudor Four9,228
Total87,259
*September 2005.[4]

References
  1. Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission
  2. Center for Multiparty Democracy: Politics and Paliamenterians in Kenya 1944-2007
  3. information.go.ke: CDF allocation by sector and location (2003-6)
  4. Electoral Commission of Kenya: Registered voters per polling station by electoral area/ward and constituency Archived 29 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine


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