North Horr Constituency

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North Horr Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of four constituencies in Marsabit County. The entire constituency is located within Marsabit County Council area. The constituency was established for the 1988 elections. It is the largest constituency in Kenya on land coverage and hosts the only true desert in Kenya, Chalbi desert. Kenya's politician Godana Bonaya was its first member of parliament, and he represented until his demise in a Kenya Air Force Y-12 plane crash on 10 April 2006 in which all the legislators from Marsabit county perished.

Members of Parliament

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Elections

!MP Center 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/20081028212845/http://www.cmd.or.ke/images/Politics%20and%20Paliamenterians%20in%20Kenya.pdf |date=2008-10-28 }}

!Party

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1988Bonaya GodanaKANUOne-party system.
1992Bonaya GodanaKANU
1997Bonaya GodanaKANU
2002Bonaya GodanaKANUGodana died during his tenure in an aviation accident.
2006Ukur YattaniNarc-KenyaBy-elections
2007Francis Chachu GanyaODM
2013Francis Chachu GanyaODM
2017Francis Chachu GanyaFrontier Alliance Party (FAP)
2022Wario Guyo AdheKenya African National Union (KANU)

Locations and wards

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Location

!Population*

Balesa Ririba5,215
Bubisa3,541
Dukana6,660
Galas4,000
Hurii Hills3,373
Illeret5,045
Kalacha7,937
Maikona7,092
North Horr7,715
Turbi1,800
Total000
colspan="2"|1999 census.information.go.ke:

[http://www.information.go.ke/cdf_docs/2003-2006-North%20horr.pdf CDF allocation by sector and location (2003-6)]{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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Ward

!Registered Voters

Bubisa2,886
Dukana4,188
Hurri Hills1,269
Illeret681
Kalacha2,023
Maikona2,165
North Horr4,421
Total17,633
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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