Moyale Constituency
Moyale Constituency | |
|---|---|
 Location of Moyale Constituency in Marsabit County | |
| Area | |
| • Total | 9,390 km2 (3,630 sq mi) |
| Population (2009)[1] | |
| • Total | 103,799 |
| • Density | 11/km2 (29/sq mi) |
Moyale Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of four constituencies in Marsabit County, and it was the only constituency in the former Moyale District. The constituency has nine wards, all electing councillors to the Moyale County Council. The constituency was established for the 1966 elections.
Members of Parliament
[edit]| Elections | MP [2] | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Guyo Halake Liban | KANU | One-party system |
| 1983 | Mohamed Malicha Galgallo | KANU | One-party system. |
| 1988 | Philip Galma Galgallo | KANU | One-party system. |
| 1992 | Mohamed Malicha Galgallo | KANU | |
| 1997 | Guracha Boru Galgallo | KANU | |
| 2002 | Guracha Boru Galgallo | KANU | Galgallo died in an aviation accident in 2006[3] |
| 2006 | Malla Wario Galgallo | KANU | By-election [4] |
| 2007 | Ali Mohamud Mohamed | ODM | |
| 2013 | Roba Duba | TNA |
Wards
[edit]| Wards | |
| Ward | Registered Voters |
|---|---|
| Bori | 1,556 |
| Butiye | 7,022 |
| Dabel | 913 |
| Damballa Fachana | 1,360 |
| Godoma | 922 |
| Golole | 2,086 |
| Heillu | 3,770 |
| Manyatta | 4,223 |
| Moyale | 7,122 |
| Nana | 1,310 |
| Odda | 2,460 |
| Sololo | 8,612 |
| Sololo Makutano | 1,780 |
| Uran | 3,128 |
| Walda/ Rawana | 1,550 |
| Total | 60,117 |
| *September 2005.[5] | |
References
[edit]- ^ "Delimitation of Constituencies and Recommendations on Local Authority Electoral Units and Administrative Boundaries for Districts and Other Units". Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC). Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ^ Center for Multiparty Democracy: Politics and Parliamentarians in Kenya 1944–2007 Archived 2008-10-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Daily Nation, April 9, 2010: Marsabit peace still a tall order three years after crashed mission
- ^ Daily Nation, July 26, 2006: ECK ratifies by-elections results
- ^ Electoral Commission of Kenya: Registered voters per polling station by electoral area/ward and constituency Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine