Mbeere North Constituency
Kenyan electoral constituency
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Mbeere North Constituency is an electoral constituency in Embu County, Kenya. It was formerly known as Siakago Constituency, one of two constituencies of the former Mbeere District. It has five wards, all of which elect MCAs for the county assembly.
| Mbeere North | |
|---|---|
| constituency for the Parliament of Kenya | |
Mbeere North Constituency within Embu County | |
 Embu County within Kenya | |
| County | Embu |
| Population | 108,881[1][2] |
| Area | 784 km2 (302.7 sq mi)[3] |
| Current constituency | |
| Number of members | 1 |
| Party | DP |
| Member of Parliament | Geoffrey Kariuki Kiringa Ruku |
| Wards | 3 |
The constituency was established for the 1988 elections from the bigger Embu East Constituency, which was divided to Runyenjes and Siakago constituencies.
Silvester Mate, the first Siakago MP, was the last Embu East MP winning the seat in 1983.[4]
Siakago 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
| Elections | MP [4] | Party | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Silvester Mate | KANU | One-party system. | |
| 1992 | Gerald Ireri Ndwiga | KNC | Ndwiga defected to KANU in 1995 and won a subsequent by-election. | |
| 1997 | Silas M’Njamiu Ita | DP | Ita died in 1999 [5] | |
| 1999 | Justin Muturi | KANU | By-elections | |
| 2002 | Justin Muturi | NARC | ||
| 2007 | Kivuti Maxwell | Safina | ||
| 2013 | Muriuki Njagagua | Alliance Party of Kenya (APK) | General Elections, 2013 |
2022 Geoffrey Kiringa Ruku Won under UDA