Saku Constituency
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Marsabit central (Saku Constituency) is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of four constituencies in Marsabit County in Northern Kenya. It borders North Horr Constituency to the North and Laisamis Constituency to the South. The constituency was established for the 1988 elections. Marsabit town which is the county headquarters is in Saku constituency.
Members of Parliament
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Elections
!Party !Notes | |||
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1988 | Jillo Jarso Falana | KANU | One-party system. |
1992 | Jillo Jarso Falana | KANU | |
1997 | Abdi Tari Sasura | KANU | |
2002 | Abdi Tari Sasura | KANU | Sasura died in an aviation accident in 2006.Redorbit.com, April 10, 2006: [http://www.redorbit.com/news/international/464584/kenyan_military_plane_crash_kills_11 Kenyan military plane crash kills 11] |
2006 | Hussein Sasura | KANU | By-elections |
2007 | Hussein Sasura | ODM-Kenya | |
2022
|UDA | |
Locations and wards
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Location
!Population* | |
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Badasa | 2,898 |
D'akabarricha | 5,119 |
Dirib Gombo | 4,523 |
Karare | 5,445 |
Mountain | 8,943 |
Nagayo | 7,530 |
Qilta | 3,712 |
Sagante | 3,886 |
Songa | 3,498 |
Total | 45,554 |
colspan="2"|1999 census.information.go.ke:
[http://www.information.go.ke/cdf_docs/2003-2006-Saku.pdf CDF allocation by sector and location (2003-6)]{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} |
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Ward
!Registered Voters | |
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Dakabaricha | 2,714 |
Dirib Gombo | 2,990 |
Karare | 2,486 |
Mountain | 4,763 |
Sagante | 2,930 |
Total | 15,883 |
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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External links
- [http://www.information.go.ke/cdf_docs/2003-2006-Saku.pdf Map of the constituency]{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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Category:Constituencies of Marsabit County
Category:Constituencies in Eastern Province (Kenya)