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Juja is an

electoral 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 provid ...

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. It is one of twelve constituencies in

Kiambu County Kiambu County is a county in the former Central Province of Kenya. Its capital is Kiambu and its largest town is Thika town. Kiambu County is the second most populous county in Kenya after Nairobi County. Kiambu County borders Nairobi and Kaji ...

, one of four in the former

Thika District Thika District is a former administrative district in the Central Province of Kenya. Its capital town was Thika. The district was adjacent to the northeastern border of Nairobi. The district had a population of 645.71 In 2010, the district was abs ...

. The constituency was established for the 1969 elections. Before the 2013 elections, the constituency was broken into Juja,

Ruiru Ruiru is a municipality and sub-county in Kiambu County, Kenya. It sits within the greater Nairobi#Nairobi metropolitan region, Nairobi Metropolitan region. According to the 2019 national population census, Ruiru was the 4th largest urban centr ...

and Thika Town constituencies. The current MP is Hon. George Koimburi who won a by-election in 2021.This followed the death of Hon. Francis Munyua Waititu of

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who had been first elected in

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and re-elected in

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. It has a population of 300,948 people (2019 census). It is home to the main campus of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT).

Members of Parliament

Locations and wards

The electoral wards in this constituency are Juja, Kalimoni, Witeithie, Murera and Theta.

References

External links

Juja Constituency
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