Saku Constituency

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.

Saku Constituency
Constituency
Location of Saku Constituency in Marsabit County
Area
• Total	2,078 km2 (802 sq mi)
Population  (2009)[1]
• Total	46,502
• Density	22/km2 (58/sq mi)

Members of Parliament

Elections	MP [2]	Party	Notes
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.[3]
2006	Hussein Sasura	KANU	By-elections
2007	Hussein Sasura	ODM-Kenya
2022	Dido Ali	UDA

Locations and wards

Locations
Location	Population*
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
1999 census.[4]

Wards
Ward	Registered Voters
Dakabaricha	2,714
Dirib Gombo	2,990
Karare	2,486
Mountain	4,763
Sagante	2,930
Total	15,883
*September 2005.[5]

References

1. "Delimitation of Constituencies and Recommendations on Local Authority Electoral Units and Administrative Boundaries for Districts and Other Units". Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC). Retrieved 11 April 2019.
2. Center for Multiparty Democracy: Politics and Parliamentarians in Kenya 1944–2007 Archived 2008-10-28 at the Wayback Machine
3. Redorbit.com, April 10, 2006: Kenyan military plane crash kills 11
4. information.go.ke: CDF allocation by sector and location (2003-6)^{[permanent dead link]}
5. Electoral Commission of Kenya: Registered voters per polling station by electoral area/ward and constituency Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Map of the constituency^{[permanent dead link]}