Amagoro Constituency was an
electoral constituency
An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger state (a country, administrative region, or other poli ...
in
Kenya
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's former
Western Province. It was the only constituency in the now-defunct
Teso District.
Sospeter Ojaamong
Sospeter Odeke Ojaamongson is a Kenyan politician. He belongs to the Orange Democratic Movement and was elected to represent the Amagoro Constituency in the National Assembly of Kenya in the parliamentary election of 2007.
Early life
Ojaam ...
represented the constituency for the
Orange Democratic Movement
The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) is a centre-left political party in Kenya. It is the successor of a grassroots people's movement which was formed during the 2005 Kenyan constitutional referendum campaign. This movement separated in Augu ...
in the
National Assembly
In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the repre ...
, and did so since 2002.
In the
2007 general election, he was challenged by
Gabriel Obasie of the recently created
Party of National Unity.
In 2010, the Teso district was eliminated and replaced by
Busia County, and the electoral constituency was divided into
Teso North Constituency
Teso North is a constituency in Kenya. It is one of seven constituencies in Busia County
Busia is a county in the former Western Province of Kenya. It borders Kakamega County to the east, Bungoma County to the north, Lake Victoria and Siaya ...
and
Teso South Constituency
Teso South is a constituency in Kenya. It is one of seven constituencies in Busia County
Busia is a county in the former Western Province of Kenya. It borders Kakamega County to the east, Bungoma County to the north, Lake Victoria and Siay ...
.
References
Teso District, Kenya
Constituencies of Western Province (Kenya)
Former constituencies of Kenya
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