Kamukunji Constituency


Kamukunji Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya, one of the seventeen constituencies of Nairobi County, encompassing central to eastern areas of Nairobi. Kamukunji constituency had common boundaries with Pumwani Division. The entire constituency is located within Nairobi City County area. The constituency has an area of. The constituency was originally what was known as Nairobi Central Constituency at the 1963 elections. The current constituency boundaries were revised prior to the 2013 elections. It borders Starehe Constituency to the west, Makadara to the south, Embakasi West Constituency to the east, and Mathare Constituency to the north.
Prominent politician Tom Mboya was the first Member of Parliament from this constituency. He was assassinated in 1969.

Members of Parliament

ElectionsMPPartyNotes
1963Tom MboyaKANU
1969Maina WanjigiKANUOne-party system
1974Maina WanjigiKANUOne-party system
1979Philip Nicholas GorKANUOne-party system
1983Maina WanjigiKANUOne-party system
1988Maina WanjigiKANUOne-party system
1992George NthengeFORD-Asili
1997Norman NyagahDemocratic Party
2002Norman NyagahNARC
2007Simon MbuguaPNUResults were not declared until August 2008 due to a court case. However, he eventually lost the seat as the election was annulled by a court in January 2011
2011Yusuf Hassan AbdiPNUBy-election 18 August 2011: Yusuf Hassan , Jonny Ibrahim, Brian Weke
2013Yusuf Hassan AbdiTNAElection 4 March 2013
2017Yusuf Hassan AbdiJubilee PartyElections were held on 8 August 2017
2022Yusuf Hassan AbdiJubilee Party2022 Kenyan general election

Wards

After the promulgation of the 2010 constitution and the implementation of devolution, the 2013 elections led to a revision of Kamukunji Constituency's boundaries. This revision reduced the number of wards to five and created new ones, namely; California, Eastleigh North, Eastleigh South, Airbase and Pumwani wards.
; Prior to 2013
; Prior to 2013

Kamukunji Sub-county

The Sub-county shares nearly the same boundaries with what was the Pumwani Division; the division had common boundaries with Kamukunji Constituency prior to 2013. The sub-county is headquartered in Pumwani, headed by a Deputy County Commissioner, working under the Ministry of Interior.