Wajir South Constituency
Wajir South Constituency is a
Wajir South Constituency lies between latitudes 1◦ 30’N and 0◦ 60’N and between longitudes 39◦ 30’E and 41◦ E. It borders Somalia Republic to the East; Lagdera Constituency to the South, Wajir West Constituency to the west, and Wajir East Constituency to the North.
Wajir South Constituency is a featureless plain and lies between 150 meters and 460 meters above sea level and along latitude 1°45'N and longitude 40°4'E. Its altitude is 244 m (801ft).
The region’s population is largely agro- pastoralist and pre-dominantly Somali. About 60-70% of the people depend largely on livestock for their livelihood. The main form of land use is nomadic pastoralism, which is the most efficient method of exploiting the range lands.
Members of Parliament
Elections | MP[1] | Party | Notes |
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1963 | Ahmed Abdi Ogle | KANU | One-party system |
1969 | Abdi Ali Hirsi | KANU | One-party system |
1974 | Ahmed Abdi Ogle | KANU | One-party system |
1979 | Abdi Ali Hirsi | KANU | One-party system |
1983 | Ahmed Abdi Ogle | KANU | One-party system |
1988 | Noor Abdi Ogle | KANU | One-party system |
1992 | Arale Hassan Ahmed | KANU | Multi-party system |
1997 | Mohamed Abdi Affey | KANU | Multi-party system |
2002 | Abdirahman Ali Hassan | KANU | Multi-party system |
2007 | Abdirahman Ali Hassan | KANU | Multi-party system |
2010 | Mohamud M. Sirat (DAYOW) | ODM-K |
Multi-party system |
2013 | Abdullahi M. Diriye (DAKALOW) | ODM |
Multi-party system |
2017 | Mohamud Oomar | JP |
Multi-party system |
2022 | Mohammed Adow | ODM |
Multi-party system |
Wards
Wards | |
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Ward | Registered Voters |
Benane Ward | 8,761 |
Burder Ward | 6,980 |
Dif | 11,570 |
Habaswein | 9,970 |
Ibrahim Ure | 7,564 |
Lagboghol South | 8,925 |
Dadajabula | 6,567 |
Total | 63,337 |
*February 2022.[2] |
References
- ^ Center for Multiparty Democracy: Politics and Parliamentarians in Kenya 1944–2007
- ^ Electoral Commission of Kenya: Registered voters per polling station by electoral area/ward and constituency [1]