Kipipiri Constituency

{{Short description|Kenyan electoral constituency}}

Kipipiri Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of five constituencies in Nyandarua County. The constituency has four wards, all of which elect MCAs for the Nyandarua County. The constituency was established for the 1988 elections and borders Olkalou, Kinangop and Gilgil Constituencies. The inhabitants of the constituency are largely of Kikuyu extraction. Its biggest town is Miharati, which acts as the subcounty headquarters. The constituency is largely poor, with a poverty index of below the national average. The main activity for the residents is farming, with cabbages, Irish potatoes, milk, carrots, and onions being the main products. It has poor roads, and receives rainfall for a large part of the year, save for the lower areas bordering Gilgil that are dry.

Members of Parliament

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Elections

!MPCenter for Multiparty Democracy: [http://www.cmd.or.ke/images/Politics%20and%20Paliamenterians%20in%20Kenya.pdf Politics and Parliamentarians in Kenya 1944–2007] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080228121210/http://www.cmd.or.ke/images/Politics%20and%20Paliamenterians%20in%20Kenya.pdf |date=2008-02-28 }}

!Party

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1988James Kabingu MuregiKANUOne-party system.
1992Laban MuchemiFord Asili
1995Githiomi MwangiDPBy-elections
1997Githiomi MwangiDP
2002Amos KimunyaNARC
2007Amos KimunyaPNU
2013Samuel GichigiAPK
2017Amos KimunyaJAP
2022Wanjiku MuhiaUDA

Wards

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Ward

!Registered Voters

Geta8,599
Kipiriri12,589
Githioro8,018
Wanjohi13,911
Total37,117
colspan="2"| {{smaller|*September 2005.Electoral Commission of Kenya: [http://www.agendaafrica.com/files/Voters.pdf Registered voters per polling station by electoral area/ward and constituency] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929025048/http://www.agendaafrica.com/files/Voters.pdf |date=2007-09-29 }}}}

References

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