Othaya Constituency

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Othaya Constituency is a parliamentary electoral area in Kenya’s Nyeri County, best known as the long-time political stronghold of former President Mwai Kibaki.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constituency
continent Africa
country Kenya
countrySubdivision Nyeri County Assembly wards NERFINISHED
elects Member of Parliament of Kenya
ethnicMajority Kikuyu people NERFINISHED
formerRepresentative Gichuki Mugambi NERFINISHED
Mary Wambui NERFINISHED
Mwai Kibaki NERFINISHED
Wahome Gakuru NERFINISHED
governmentType parliamentary constituency
hasCapital Othaya NERFINISHED
hasNotablePerson Mwai Kibaki NERFINISHED
inception 1960s
languageUsed English
Kikuyu NERFINISHED
Swahili NERFINISHED
legislature National Assembly of Kenya NERFINISHED
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Central Kenya NERFINISHED
Nyeri County NERFINISHED
former Central Province, Kenya NERFINISHED
locatedNear Aberdare Range NERFINISHED
namedAfter Othaya town NERFINISHED
notableFor being long-time political stronghold of Mwai Kibaki
partOf National Assembly of Kenya constituencies NERFINISHED
postalCountry KE
primaryEconomicActivity coffee farming
dairy farming
tea farming
regionType rural area
religionMajority Christianity
subdivisionType wards
timezone East Africa Time NERFINISHED
usesElectoralSystem first-past-the-post voting
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Mwai Kibaki representedElectoralDistrict Othaya Constituency