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Gatundu Constituency

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Gatundu
Former constituency
for the Parliament of Kenya
DistrictKiambu District
Former constituency
Created1966
Abolished1997
Number of membersOne
Created fromThika–Gatundu
Replaced byGatundu North & Gatundu South

Gatundu was an electoral constituency in Kiambu District. Created for the 1966 general elections, it is one of the original constituencies of Kiambu District. The constituency was abolished before the 1997 Kenyan general election, and split into Gatundu North and Gatundu South constituencies.

Kenya's first president Jomo Kenyatta was the first Member of Parliament from 1963 to his death in 1978.

Members of Parliament

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Elections MP[1] Party Notes
1963 Jomo Kenyatta KANU Jomo Kenyatta also elected Prime Minister of Kenya.
1974 Jomo Kenyatta KANU Jomo Kenyatta also elected President of Kenya unopposed.
1979 Ngengi Muigai KANU
1983 Ngengi Muigai KANU
1988 Zachary Kimemia Gakunju KANU
1992 Anthony Kamuiru Gitau Ford Constituency abolished in 1997

References

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  1. ^ Center for Multiparty Democracy: Politics and Parliamentarians in Kenya 1944–2007 Archived October 28, 2008, at the Wayback Machine