South Mugirango Constituency

{{Short description|Kenyan electoral constituency}}

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South Mugirango is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of nine constituencies in Kisii County. The constituency was established for the 1988 elections.

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 }}

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1988David KomboKANU
1992Reuben OyondiKANU
1997Enoch Nyakieya MagaraFord-KMagara died in a car accident in 2001 Daily Telegraph, August 3, 2009: [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/kenya/1336285/Dismissed-minister-shot-dead-in-Kenya.html Dismissed minister shot dead in Kenya]
2001James Omingo MagaraFord-KBy-elections
2002James Omingo MagaraFord-People
2007James Omingo MagaraODMThe High Court declared the seat vacant in December 2009 due to irregularities in the election Daily Nation, December 17, 2009: [http://www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/824318/-/vo4eju/-/index.html Magara loses South Mugirango seat]
2010Manson NyamweyaFord-PeopleBy-election Daily Nation, June 11, 2010: [http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Nyamweya%20wins%20South%20Mugirango%20poll/-/1064/936438/-/wb9b2p/-/index.html Nyamweya wins South Mugirango poll]
2013Manson NyamweyaKNC
2017Silvanus Onyiego OsoroKNC
2022Silvanus Onyiego OsoroUDA

Etago and Gucha South Sub-counties

South Mugirango has two sub-counties within its boundaries: Etago and Gucha South. Each sub-county is headed by a sub-county administrator, appointed by a County Public Service Board.{{cite web |title=County Governments Act No. 17 of 2012 |url=https://www.worldbank.org/content/dam/Worldbank/document/Africa/Kenya/Kenay%20Devolution/County%20Governments%20Act%20(2012).pdf |publisher=Law Society of Kenya |access-date=4 November 2022 |page=39}}

References