Westlands Constituency

Westlands Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya.[1] It is one of the seventeen constituencies in Nairobi County. The constituency is situated within Westlands Sub-county, formerly Westlands District. The entire constituency is located within Nairobi City County. The constituency has an area of 72.4 km². It was known as Nairobi Northeast Constituency at the 1963 elections, then as Parklands Constituency and since 1988 elections it has been known as Westlands Constituency.

Westlands
constituency
for the Parliament of Kenya
Current constituency
Created1963
PartyOrange Democratic Movement
MPTimothy Wanyonyi Wetangula
Westlands Constituency, IEBC March 2012
Westlands Constituency 1969-2012 (Kenya)

In 2013, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission hived off a portion of Westlands Constituency to form Dagoretti North Constituency.[2]

Westlands constituency contains some of the high suburb areas such as Runda, LakeView, Muthaiga, Kitisuru and Highridge, as well as slum areas like Kangemi, Githogoro, DeepSea, Mji Wa Huruma, Kaptagat, Kibagare, Ndumboini, Maasai and Suswa.

Members of Parliament
Elections MP [3] Party Notes
1963Fitz Remedios Santana de SouzaKANU
1969Samuel KivuituKANUOne-party system
1974Isaac WaweruKANUOne-party system
1979Krishan Chander GautamaKANUOne-party system
1983Samuel KivuituKANUOne-party system.
1988Njoroge MungaiKANUOne-party system.
1992Amin WaljiKANUWalji died during his tenure [4]
1994Fred GumoKANUBy-elections
1997Fred GumoKANU
2002Fred GumoNARC
2007Fred GumoODMElection Results: Gumo 35,821; Tett 24,594; Mueke 5,501; Pattni 4,586
2013Timothy Wanyonyi WetangulaODMElection Results: Wetangula 42,558; Kihara Otiende 26,571

|2017 || Timothy Wanyonyi Wetangula || ODM || Election Results: Wetangula 56,233 |}

Locations and wards
WardPopulationkm2County Assembly Representative
Kitisuru31,20221.3Alvin Alango PalaPala ODM
Parklands/Highridge38,3448.2Jeffer Abdulwahab Kassam ODM
Karura26,45338.2Kamau Thuo FiuNifiu TNA
Kangemi45,5641.6Peter Vukindu Isuha ODM
Mountain View36,1263.1Beatrice Kwamboka Makori ODM
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References
  2. "IEBC notably alters Ligale proposals". www.capitalfm.co.ke. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  3. Center for Multiparty Democracy: Politics and Paliamenterians in Kenya 1944-2007
  4. Daily Nation, March 18, 2002: Mwau looking past merger poll

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