Starehe Constituency

Starehe Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of seventeen constituencies in Nairobi County. It consists of central and central to north areas of Nairobi.The entire constituency is located within Nairobi City county area.

Members of Parliament
Elections MP [1] Party Notes
1966Clement LubembeKANUOne-party system
1969Charles RubiaKANUOne-party system
1974Charles RubiaKANUOne-party system
1979Charles RubiaKANUOne-party system
1983Charles RubiaKANUOne-party system.
1988Kiruhi KimondoKANUOne-party system. Kimondo was dismissed by KANU in 1989.[2]
1989Gerishon KirimaKANUBy-elections. One-party system.
1992Kiruhi KimondoFORD-AsiliKimondo defected to KANU in 1989 resulting in by-elections.[2]
1994Stephen MwangiFORD-AsiliBy-elections
1997Maina KamandaDemocratic Party
2002Maina KamandaNARC
2007Margaret WanjiruODMVote recount held in 2010 indicated that the poll was won by Maina Kamanda (PNU). As a result, a by-election was ordered to take place.[3]
2011Margaret WanjiruODMBy-election [4]
2012Maina KamandaJubilee
2017Charles Njagua KanyiJubileeElection 2017 held by IEBC on 8 August 2017 Election result[5]

Electoral wards

Following the 2013 election, Starehe electoral wards are Nairobi Central, Ngara, Pangani, Landimawe and Nairobi South (South B).

References
  1. Center for Multiparty Democracy: Politics and Paliamenterians in Kenya 1944-2007
  2. Daily Nation, January 1, 2001: Notable people who departed
  3. Daily Nation, September 20, 2010: Seats fell vacant after election petitions
  4. Daily Nation, September 20, 2010: PNU trounced in Juja as ODM wins Starehe
  5. IEBC Portal, August 2017 : Archived 2017-08-10 at the Wayback Machine

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