Mbeere North Constituency 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 ...

Embu County Embu County is a Counties of Kenya, county in the Mt Kenya region in Kenya. As of 2024 its estimated population is 608,599. The county borders Kirinyaga County, Kirinyaga to the west, Kitui County, Kitui to the east, Tharaka Nithi County, Tharak ...

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 was formerly known as Siakago Constituency, one of two constituencies of the former

Mbeere District Mbeere District was a former administrative district in the Eastern Province of Kenya. Its capital town was Siakago. The district had a population of 170,950 and an area of 2,093 km2. The district was split from Embu District in 1996. In 20 ...

. It has five wards, all of which elect MCAs for the county assembly. The constituency was established for the 1988 elections from the bigger Embu East Constituency, which was divided to

Runyenjes Runyenjes is the second largest town in Embu County, Kenya. It is located about 150 km from Nairobi, and 75 km from Mount Kenya, at an altitude of 1500m.The population is estimated at 58,000 people, the majority of which are the Embu ...

and Siakago constituencies. Silvester Mate, the first Siakago MP, was the last Embu East MP winning the seat in 1983.Center for Multiparty Democracy
Politics and Parliamentarians in Kenya 1944–2007

Siakago Siakago is a town in Embu County, Kenya. It was previously the capital of the former Mbeere District in Eastern Province. It hosted the Mbeere county council and was also headquarters of Siakago Division in Mbeere District. In 1999, Siakago D ...

town, the former district capital, is located within Nthawa location in this constituency. The current governor for Embu County is Cecily Mbarire.

Members of Parliament

Locations and wards

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Siakago Constituency
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