Gatundu South Constituency

Gatundu South is an electoral constituency in Kiambu County, Kenya and the seat of the subcounty Officer is in Gatundu Town. It is one of twelve constituencies in Kiambu County which comprises four wards: Kiamwangi, Kiganjo, Ndarugo, and Ng'enda. All of them are within the Kiambu County Council. The constituency was established before the 1997 General Elections. Previously it was part of the larger Gatundu Constituency which was split into Gatundu South Constituency and Gatundu North Constituency. It is ranked 182 out of 210 Constituencies in Kenya in size and 165 out of 210 in population size.

The current Member of Parliament is Gabriel Kagombe who succeeded Moses Kuria in 2022.

Theta Dam

Theta Dam is in Gatundu South. It's located inside Kinale Forest, its being constructed across Theta River in Gatundu South constituency. The project includes construction of a 17-meter-high compacted earth fill dam, Construction of a reinforced concrete spillway and Laying of a 3.5 km long 500mm diameter steel pipeline up to the Mundoro forest edge.

On completion, Theta dam reservoir will have a storage capacity of 2 million cubic meters (2 Billion liters). This will enable production of 15,000 m3/day of water that will augment both the Ndarugu and Thiririka water projects reliability. This will improve water supply to the upper parts of Gatundu such as Gachika, Kiamuoria, Kiganjo, Gatitu of greater Kiganjo location and upper parts of greater Ndarugu locations.

Members of Parliament

Elections	MP	Party	Notes
1997	Moses Mwihia	SDP	Gatundu Constituency split into Gatundu North Constituency and Gatundu South Constituency.
2002	Uhuru Kenyatta	KANU
2007	Uhuru Kenyatta	KANU	Uhuru Kenyatta also appointed to serve as the Deputy Prime Minister on the grand coalition government.
2013	Jossy Ngugi Nyumu	TNA	Uhuru Kenyatta also elected President of the Republic of Kenya on March 4, 2013, on a TNA Ticket. Josepgh Ngugi Nyumu died on 21 May 2014
2014 Kenyan by-election	Moses Kuria	TNA
2017	Moses Kuria	JP
2022	Gabriel (GG) Kagombe	UDA

Population Data

Area

177 km² (68 sq mi) (Ranked 182 of 210 Constituencies)

Population

107,049 (Ranked 165 of 210 Constituencies)

Population Density

593.5/km² (1,537/sq mi) (Ranked 40 of 210 Constituencies)

Male

51,656

Female

55,393

Gender Index (women to men)

1.08 (Ranked 53 of 210 Constituencies)

Households

28,037

Average Household size

3.82 (Ranked 167 of 210 Constituencies)

Registered Voters

54,740

Proportion of Population Registered to Vote

0.48 (Ranked 19 of 210 Constituencies)

Proportion of Youth Voters

0.42 (Ranked 162 of 210 Constituencies)

Locations and wards

Location Population Kiamwangi 23,630 Kiganjo 28,502 Ndaragu 21,554 Ng'enda 46,562 Total 120,248 1999 census.

Ward Registered Voters Kiamwangi 11,333 Kiganjo 12,698 Ndaragu 9,459 Ng'enda 23,154 Total 56,644 *September 2005.

External links

• Map of the constituency