Changamwe Constituency
Changamwe Constituency is an electoral constituency in Mombasa County, Kenya. It used to be one of the four constituencies in Mombasa district. With the promulgation of the new constitution in August 2010, it saw the creation of two more constituencies in Mombasa County. These are Jomvu and Nyali Constituencies which were curved out from Changamwe and Kisauni Constituencies respectively thereby bringing a total of six constituencies in 2012.
Before the curving out of the Jomvu constituency from Changamwe, the constituency used to have eight wards electing Councillors for the Mombasa municipal council. It has a population of 131,882 people (2019 census).
Promulgation of New Constitution[edit]
With the promulgation of the new constitution in August 2010, the districts were renamed to Counties thus bringing a total of 47 counties in the country and the wards renamed to county assembly wards. This also saw the remapping of Changamwe Constituency boundary by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission - IEBC as mandated by the New Constitution.
Changamwe Constituency has five county assembly wards namely: Airport; Chaani; Kipevu; Miritini and Port Reitz [1]
High Court Ruling[edit]
Following the petitions made by the Changamwe constituents against the manner in which IEBC handled the delimitation of the constituency, the High Court ruled in favor of the people on 9 July 2012. In the ruling carried out by the 5 High court sitting judges, they ordered IEBC to rename Magongo ward as Changamwe ward and move it to Changamwe Constituency; at the same time the IEBC was ordered to move Miritini ward to Jomvu Constituency.
Changamwe now has the following county assembly wards: Changamwe ward, Chaani ward, Airport ward, Kipevu ward and Port Reitz ward.
Historical Perspective[edit]
Members of Parliament
| Elections | MP [2] | Party | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | David M. Kioko | KANU | One-party system |
| 1974 | Ferdinard Mwaro | KANU | One-party system |
| 1979 | David M. Kioko | KANU | One-party system |
| 1983 | Joseph Kennedy Kiliku | KANU | One-party system |
| 1988 | Joseph Kennedy Kiliku | KANU | One-party system |
| 1992 | Joseph Kennedy Kiliku | DP | |
| 1997 | Ramadhan Seif Kajembe | KANU | |
| 2002 | Ramadhan Seif Kajembe | NARC | |
| 2007 | Ramadhan Seif Kajembe | ODM | |
| 2013 | Omar Mwinyi | ODM | |
| 2017 | Omar Mwinyi | ODM | |
| 2022 | Omar Mwinyi | ODM |
Locations and wards
| Locations | |
| Location | Population* |
|---|---|
| Changamwe | 11,346 |
| Kipevu | 44,720 |
| Mikindani | 32,485 |
| Miritini | 31,485 |
| Port Reitz | 54,084 |
| Tudor | 27,225 |
| Total | x |
| 1999 census.[3][4] | |
| Wards | |
| Ward | Registered Voters |
|---|---|
| Changamwe | 15,887 |
| Jomvu Kuu | 8,457 |
| Kipevu | 11,920 |
| Mikindani | 11,718 |
| Miritini | 7,903 |
| Port Reitz | 14,980 |
| Tudor Estate | 7,166 |
| Tudor Four | 9,228 |
| Total | 87,259 |
| *September 2005.[5] | |
References[edit]
- ^ Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission
- ^ Center for Multiparty Democracy: Politics and Paliamenterians in Kenya 1944-2007
- ^ information.go.ke: CDF allocation by sector and location (2003-6)[permanent dead link]
- ^ adminusr (4 November 2019). "2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census Results". Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
- ^ Electoral Commission of Kenya: Registered voters per polling station by electoral area/ward and constituency Archived 29 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine