Kangema Constituency

Kangema Constituency is an electoral constituency in Muranga County, Kenya.

It encompasses Kangema township which is the headquarters of the newly created Murang'a North District. Murang'a North is a heavily populated district of the Central Province and it covers a vast portion of the Aberdare Ranges. The economic mainstay for Kangema is agriculture, most of the land being under Tea, Coffee, wattle and subsistence food crops. There is vibrant trade of consumer goods in the township and the adjacent towns of Gakira, Gitugu, Kiairathe Kanyenya-ini and Rwathia.

Nascent industry includes milk, tea and coffee processing factories. The area is well served by transport and communication infrastructure.

Members of Parliament
Elections MP[1] Party Notes
1963Julius Gikonyo KianoKANU
1966R. Mwangi WanjagiKANUOne-party system
1969R. Mwangi WanjagiKANUOne-party system
1974Joseph KamothoKANUOne-party system
1979Joseph KamothoKANUOne-party system
1983John MichukiKANUOne-party system.
1988Joseph KamothoKANUOne-party system.
1992John MichukiFord-AsiliBy Election
1997John MichukiFord-PeopleBy Election
2002John MichukiNARCBy Election
2007John MichukiPNUBy Election
2012Tiras Nyingi NgahuTNABy Election

2017||Hon Muturi Kigano ||Jubilee Party]]

Locations and wards

Locations
LocationPopulation*
Iyego17,843
Kanyenyaini16,489
Kiruri9,214
Muguru18,498
Rwathia18,558
Totalxxx
*1999 census.[2]

Wards
WardRegistered
Voters		Local Authority
Gakira3,814Kangema town
Iyego8,181Muranga county
Kanyenyaini9,018Muranga county
Kiairathe1,629Kangema town
Kiruri4,977Muranga county
Muringaini2,066Kangema town
Rwathia9,230Muranga county
Watuha2,789Kangema town
Total41,704
*September 2005.[3]

References
  1. Center for Multiparty Democracy: Politics and Parliamentarians in Kenya 1944–2007 Archived 28 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  2. information.go.ke: CDF allocation by sector and location (2003–6)
  3. 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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