Dadaab is a
constituency
An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provi ...
in
Kenya
Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country located in East Africa. With an estimated population of more than 52.4 million as of mid-2024, Kenya is the 27th-most-populous country in the world and the 7th most populous in Africa. ...
. It is one of six constituencies in
Garissa County
Garissa County is a county in Kenya located in Eastern Kenya bordering Somalia to the East, Wajir County and Isiolo County to the North, Tana River County to the West, Lamu County to the South and the Indian Ocean. Its capital and largest ur ...
.
The current MP, elected in the 2022 elections, is
Farah Maalim
Farah Maalim Mohamed (, Arabic: فارح معلم محمد) is a Kenyan, Veteran Politician who served as the Member of Parliament for Lagdera Constituency from 29 December 1992 to 29 December 1997 and then from 27 December 2007 to 4 March 201 ...
, taking over from Abdikheir Abdullahi Dubow, the former member of parliament.
References
Constituencies in Garissa County
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