Wajir South Constituency

Wajir South Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. Wajir South is one of the six constituencies in Wajir County. It's 48 per cent of the Wajir County landmass and the second largest constituency in the country after North Horr Constituency. The constituency has seven wards Burder, Dadajabula, Ibrahim ure, Diif, Lagboqol south, Habaswein, and Banane ward, all electing councillors to the Wajir County Council, according to IEBC data shows that Wajir South is about 21,645 sq km, hence larger than Central (11,449), Nairobi (696) and Western (7,400) regions combined. The constituency was established for the 1963 elections. The constituency is predominantly inhabited by Somalis, mainly Ogaden (clan) and Geri koombe clans of Darod.

Members of Parliament
Elections MP[1] Party Notes
1963Ahmed Abdi OgleKANUOne-party system
1969Abdi Ali HirsiKANUOne-party system
1974Ahmed Abdi OgleKANUOne-party system
1979Abdi Ali HirsiKANUOne-party system
1983Ahmed Abdi OgleKANUOne-party system
1988Noor Abdi OgleKANUOne-party system
1992Arale Hassan AhmedKANUMulti-party system
1997Mohamed Abdi AffeyKANUMulti-party system
2002Abdirahman Ali HassanKANUMulti-party system
2007Abdirahman Ali HassanKANUMulti-party system
2010Mohamud M. Sirat (DAYOW)ODM-KMulti-party system
2013Abdullahi M. Diriye ODM

Multi-party system

2017Mohamud OomarJP

Multi-party system

Wards
Wards
Ward Registered Voters
Benane Ward11,561
Burder Ward4,953
Dif11,770
Habaswein8,970
Ibrahim Ure7,364
Lagboghol South7,452
Dadajabula5,267
Total57,337
*February 2022.[2]

References
  1. Center for Multiparty Democracy: Politics and Parliamentarians in Kenya 1944–2007
  2. Electoral Commission of Kenya: Registered voters per polling station by electoral area/ward and constituency

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