Matungu is a small town in the

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Kenya ) , national_anthem = "Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Nairobi , coordinates = , largest_city = Nairobi , ...

. It is located in the

Kakamega County Kakamega County is a county in the former Western Province of Kenya and borders Vihiga County to the South, Siaya County to the West, Bungoma and Trans Nzoia counties to the North and Nandi and Uasin Gishu counties to the East. Its capital an ...

. The

Matungu Constituency Matungu Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of twelve constituencies in Kakamega County and one four in the former Butere/Mumias District. The constituency was established for the 1997 elections. Members of Parliament ...

carved out of the larger

Mumias Constituency Mumias Constituency was an electoral constituency in Kenya. It was one of four constituencies in the former Butere/Mumias District. The constituency was established for the 1966 elections. It was later divided into Mumias West Constituency and Mumia ...

in 1997. It was created following complaints by a section of residents of Mumias that they felt unrepresented due to the large size of the constituency. It was first represented in Parliament in 1998 by Joseph Wamukoya on a

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(KANU) ticket. In 2002 they elected David Were to represent them on a NARC ticket. Historically Matungu is the burial grounds of the ''Nabongo's'' (Kings) of the Wanga Kingdom. Today it is mainly a sugarcane growing area and many of its residents are farmers who supply the Mumias Sugar Company with its raw material. The constituency borders Bumula, which falls under the larger

Bungoma County Bungoma County is a county in the former Western Province of Kenya. Its capital is Bungoma town. It has a population of 1,670,570 of which 812,146 are males 858,389 females as per the 2019 census and an area of 2,069 km2. It has nine constitu ...

. The predominant community of the

Luhya Luhya or Abaluyia may refer to: * Luhya people * Luhya language Luhya (; also Luyia, Luhia or Luhiya) is a Bantu language of western Kenya. Dialects The various Luhya tribes speak several related languages and dialects, though some of them are ...

sub-tribe, the Wanga and partly the Bukusu are the natives.

Clans

The wanga are the most influential in the area of Matungu, which emerged as a famous clan during the colonial days when their king, Nabongo Mumia collaborated with the British in pre-independence Kenya. The town is the kings homeland came to be named after him, as Mumias. Other clans include the Bukusu, the Abasitsetse, the Abakolwe, etc. Matungu constituency is now divided into five wards. Each ward is headed by an MCA. This includes Koyonzo, Mayoni, Kholera, Khalaba, Namamali. Kakamega County Populated places in Western Province (Kenya) {{WesternKE-geo-stub