Mbeere North Constituency
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Mbeere North Constituency is 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
Embu County Embu County is a county of Kenya. The capital of Embu County and the former Eastern province headquarters, Embu is a large and largely metropolitan area with a population of 608,599 persons. The county borders Kirinyaga to the west, Kitui to ...
, Kenya. It was formerly known as Siakago Constituency, one of two constituencies of the former Mbeere District. It has five wards, all of which elected councillors for the Mbeere County Council. 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 of the Em ...
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 town, the former district capital, is located within Nthawa location in this constituency.


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Siakago Constituency
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