Kasarani Constituency is an electoral constituency in Nairobi. It is one of seventeen constituencies of Nairobi City County. The entire constituency is located within Nairobi City County. It has an area of , making it the second-largest constituency in Nairobi after Lang'ata. It borders Ruaraka, Embakasi Central, Embakasi North, Embakasi East, Roysambu constituencies to the west; Ruiru constituency to the north; Matungulu constituency to the east and Mavoko constituency to the south-east.
Kasarani Constituency forms part of two sub-counties; Kasarani Sub-county and Njiru Sub-county.
History The constituency was known as Nairobi Northeast Constituency at the 1963 elections and as Mathare Constituency from 1966 elections to 1994 by-elections. Up until the 2007 elections it has been known as Kasarani Constituency. Prior to the 2013 general election, Kasarani was divided into four constituencies: Kasarani, Roysambu Constituency, Ruaraka Constituency, and part of Embakasi North Constituency. Regions such as Kamulu, Njiru and Ruai, were hived off from the now defunct Embakasi Constituency and combined to the remaining part of Kasarani Constituency.
Members of Parliament
ElectionsMP Center for Multiparty Democracy: Politics and Paliamenterians in Kenya 1944-2007PartyNotes 1963 Munyua Waiyaki KANU 1969 Munyua Waiyaki KANU One-party system 1974 Munyua Waiyaki KANU One-party system 1979 Munyua Waiyaki KANU One-party system 1983 Andrew Ngumba KANU One-party system. Ngumba fled the country in 1986.Daily Nation, February 18, 2002: A position dogged by controversy1986 Josephat Karanja KANU By-elections, One-party system 1988 Josephat Karanja KANU One-party system 1992 Muraya Macharia FORD-Asili 1994 Fredrick Masinde Ford-Kenya By-elections. Masinde died, resulting in another by-elections.Daily Nation, 2002: Is re-election likely for MP? 1994 Ochieng Mbeo Ford-Kenya By-elections (second one in 1994) 1997 Adolf Muchiri NDP 2002 William Omondi NARC 2007 Elizabeth Ongoro ODM 2013 John Njoroge Chege TNA 2017 Mercy Gakuya Jubilee Party2022Ronald KarauriIndependent Candidate
Wards WardPopulation*Area (km²) Clay City 30,658 4.78 Mwiki 39,156 18.80 Kasarani 30,658 8.55 Njiru 64,551 5.20 Ruai 97,000 98.00 Total 262,023 135.332019 census.information.go.ke: CDF allocation by sector and location (2003-6)
Kasarani Sub-county The sub-county shares the same boundaries with what was known as Kasarani Division. Areas such as Njiru, Ruai and Kamulu are in Njiru Sub-county. The whole of Roysambu, Ruaraka, and part of Embakasi North constituencies are within the Kasarani sub-county. The Sub-county is headquartered in Kasarani, and headed by the Deputy County Commissioner, working under the Ministry of Interior.
References
External links Kasarani Constituency Map of the constituency Social audit of the constituency