Juja_Constituency

Juja Constituency

Juja Constituency

Kenyan electoral constituency

Juja is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of twelve constituencies in Kiambu County, one of four in the former Thika District. The constituency was established for the 1969 elections.

Landscape in Juja Constituency

Before the 2013 elections, the constituency was broken into Juja, Ruiru and Thika Town constituencies. The current MP is Hon. George Koimburi who won a by-election in 2021 following the death of Hon. Francis Munyua Waititu of Jubilee Party who had been first elected in 2013 and re-elected in 2017. It has a population of 300,948 people (2019 census).[1]

It is home to the main campus of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT).

Members of Parliament

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Locations and wards

The electoral wards in this constituency are Juja, Kalimoni, Witeithie, Murera and Theta.

References

  1. [1]
    Munene, Evans (2019-11-04). "2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census Results". Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
  2. [2]
    Center for Multiparty Democracy: Politics and Parliamentarians in Kenya 1944-2007
  3. [3]
    Kenya Broadcasting Corporation: Thuo loses Juja seat[permanent dead link]
  4. [4]
    Daily Nation, September 20, 2010: PNU trounced in Juja as ODM wins Starehe
  5. [5]
    "Hon. George Koimburi | the Kenyan Parliament Website".
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