Taveta Constituency

Parliamentary constituency in Kenya

Taveta Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of four constituencies in Taita-Taveta County and was established for the 1966 elections. The constituency has five county assembly wards, all belonging to the Taita-Taveta County.

Members of Parliament

Elections	MP ^[1]	Party	Notes
1966	Alexander Harry Dingiria	KANU
1969	D. J. Mnene	KANU	One-party system
1974	Mwacharo Kubo	KANU	One-party system
1979	Mwacharo Kubo	KANU	One-party system
1983	Norman Nthenge Lukindo	KANU	One-party system.
1988	Mwacharo Kubo	KANU	One-party system
1992	Basil Criticos	KANU
1997	Basil Criticos	KANU
2001	Jackson Mwalulu	DP	By-election
2002	Naomi Shaban	KANU
2007	Naomi Shaban	KANU	10th Parliament of kenya
2013	Naomi Shaban	Jubilee coalition	11th Parliament of Kenya
2017	Naomi Shaban	Jubilee party	12th Parliament of Kenya
2022	John Okano Bwire	Wiper	13th Parliament of Kenya

Locations and wards

Location	Population*
Locations

Bomani	24,931
Chala	8,580
Jipe	6,926
Kimorigho	11,420
Njukini	7,883
Total	x
1999 census.^[2]

Ward	Registered Voters
Wards

Chala/Njukini	5,141
Kitobo / Kimorigho	4,237
Mahoo	2,551
Mboghoni / Kimalamata	4,543
Taveta North	3,623
Taveta South	1,851
Total	21,946
*September 2005.^[3]

References

^ Center for Multiparty Democracy: Politics and Paliamenterians in Kenya 1944-2007
^ information.go.ke: CDF allocation by sector and location (2003-6)^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Electoral Commission of Kenya: Registered voters per polling station by electoral area/ward and constituency Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine

[1] Center for Multiparty Democracy: Politics and Paliamenterians in Kenya 1944-2007

[2] rmation.go.ke: CDF allocation by sector and location (2003-6)^{[permanent dead link]}

[3] Electoral Commission of Kenya: Registered voters per polling station by electoral area/ward and constituency Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine