Othaya Constituency

Othaya Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of six constituencies in Nyeri County. Othaya Constituency comprises Othaya division of Nyeri County. The constituency was established for the 1966 elections.

Othaya is the main town located in this constituency. Mwai Kibaki, the former president of Kenya, has been the Othaya MP since 1974. Earlier he had been the MP of Doonholm Constituency (now Makadara).

Members of Parliament

Elections	MP [1]	Party	Notes
1966	Joseph P. Mathenge	KANU	One-party system
1969	Kega Muthua	KANU	One-party system
1974	Mwai Kibaki	KANU	One-party system
1979	Mwai Kibaki	KANU	One-party system
1983	Mwai Kibaki	KANU	One-party system.
1988	Mwai Kibaki	KANU	One-party system.
1992	Mwai Kibaki	Democratic Party
1997	Mwai Kibaki	Democratic Party
2002	Mwai Kibaki	NARC / DP
2007	Mwai Kibaki	PNU
2013	Mary Wambui	TNA

Locations and wards

Locations
Location	Population[2]
Chinga	22,697
Iria-Ini	25,755
Karima	20,649
Mahiga	24,276
Total	93,377

Wards
Ward	Registered Voters	Local authority
Kanyange	1,162	Othaya town
Kianganda	1,962	Othaya town
Nduye River	2,727	Othaya town
Nyamari	3,464	Othaya town
Thuti	2,322	Othaya town
Chinga	12,758	Nyeri County
Iria-Ini	8,020	Nyeri County
Karima	6,097	Nyeri County
Mahiga	7,585	Nyeri County
Mumwe	5,691	Nyeri County
Total	51,788
*September 2005,[3][4]

References

1. Center for Multiparty Democracy: Politics and Paliamenterians in Kenya 1944-2007
2. information.go.ke: CDF allocation by sector and location (2003-6)
3. Electoral Commission of Kenya: Registered voters per polling station by electoral area/ward and constituency Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
4. Electoral Commission of Kenya: Civic Elections Results (2002)

External links

• Map of the constituency
• Uchaguzikenya.com - Constituency profile