Mt. Elgon Constituency


Mount Elgon Constituency is an electoral constituency in Bungoma County, Western Kenya. It was formerly the only constituency in the now defunct Mount Elgon District. The constituency was established for the 1963 elections. It has a population of 218,873 people. It is currently administered in three administrative units of Mt. Elgon Subcounty headquartered at Kapsokwony town, Cheptais Subcounty headquartered at Cheptais Township, and Kopsiro Subcounty whose headquarter is at Kopsiro Centre.

Members of Parliament

Since independence, Mt. Elgon constituency electorates has elected five different Members of the National Assembly. Daniel Moss was the pioneer MP in 1963, while Fred Chesebe Kapondi is the incumbent. It is worthy also noting that Mt. Elgon is the only constituency created at independence that has never been subdivided to create more electoral area units, an issue that has disenfranchised its electorate. This was witnessed by the recent call for ELEXIT, a memorandum that was received at the SENATE during the highs of BBI.
ElectionsMPPartyNotes
1963Daniel Naibei Chepnoi MossKANU
1969Daniel Naibei Chepnoi MossKANUOne-party system
1974Daniel Naibei Chepnoi MossKANUOne-party system
1979Wilberforce arap KisieroKANUOne-party system
1983Wilberforce arap KisieroKANUOne-party system.
1988Wilberforce arap KisieroKANUOne-party system.
1992Wilberforce arap KisieroKANU
1997Joseph Naibei KimkungKANU
2002John Bomet SerutKANU
2007Fred Chesebe KapondiODM
2013John Bomet SerutIN
2017Fred Chesebe KapondiJubilee
2022Fred Chesebe KapondiUDAKenya Kwanza Alliance

Wards

The constituency has six wards, all electing Members of County Assembly for the Bungoma County Assembly.