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Bungoma County

People. Elections. Representation. Public money.

9Constituencies 11Representatives
646,598Registered voters 2022
82.1Registered per 100 adults counted in 2019
986Contributions in Parliament KSh 1.73BNG-CDF approved FY 2025/26

People & places

Land area · 2019 3,023.9 km² #28 of 47 counties held 0.52% of Kenya Projected population · 2022 1,758,119 people #5 of 47 counties held 3.47% of Kenya Registered voters · 2022 646,598 registrations #7 of 47 counties held 2.93% of 47 county registers

Largest first; equal values share a rank. County registers exclude diaspora. Select a measure for its source. The 2022 population is KNBS's projection for that year, carried forward from the 2019 census — an estimate, not a count. 1,670,570 residents were counted here in 2019.

County map. Browse constituencies in the list.

County outline. Constituency boundary polygons are not held; the list opens each constituency.

Registering for 2027

646,598 registered voters in the 2022 register
+73,599 new registrations in this drive +11.38% on top of the 2022 register · 6th of 47 counties by number
One scale, from zero. A register counted in 2022; registrations added since.

Across the whole country 2,936,516 people had newly registered as voters as at Aug. 20, 2026. It already includes the county figure above and is never added to it. Continuous voter registration has run since Sept. 29, 2025.

There is no 2027 register yet — IEBC de-duplicates, audits and gazettes one first — so these cannot simply be added to the 2022 figure above.

Dates, scope & source

Enhanced Continuous Voter Registration, Phase 1, run from March 30, 2026 to April 28, 2026. Figures are IEBC's own, stated as of April 28, 2026.

Newly registered voters only. IEBC prints transfers of registration (7,287) and changes of particulars (52) in the same table; neither is a new voter and neither is added here.

The figure is IEBC's; describing it as new registrations rather than the register is ours, and the release's own sentence states no scope and no window.

IEBC status report · April 28, 2026

IEBC national figure · Aug. 20, 2026

Registered voters · 2017 to 2027

  1. 2017 559,850
  2. 2022 646,598
  3. 2027 none held yet

No 2027 register is held for this county yet. The bar fills in when IEBC publishes one and it is loaded; nothing here is projected forward — IEBC de-duplicates, audits and gazettes a register before it counts. Registration towards 2027 is counted separately, above.

Between the registers held · 2017–2022

+86,748 voters added 6th of 47 counties by number
+15.49% growth on the 2017 register 26th of 47 counties by percentage
How this is worked out

Both figures compare the same county in the two registers we hold. Percentage change = (2022 count − 2017 count) ÷ 2017 count × 100. Ranks cover only counties with a register in both years. These are registrations, not votes cast.

Bars are scaled against the largest register this county itself holds, and start at zero. A year with no register held shows no bar rather than a zero.

IEBC register · 2017 · IEBC register · 2022

Explore constituencies

  1. Kanduyi
    1. 2022 118,333
    2. 2027 none held yet
  2. Tongaren
    1. 2022 84,952
    2. 2027 none held yet
  3. Bumula
    1. 2022 82,047
    2. 2027 none held yet
  4. Mt. Elgon
    1. 2022 76,159
    2. 2027 none held yet
  5. Kabuchai
    1. 2022 67,221
    2. 2027 none held yet
  6. Kimilili
    1. 2022 61,587
    2. 2027 none held yet
  7. Webuye West
    1. 2022 58,632
    2. 2027 none held yet
  8. Webuye East
    1. 2022 48,950
    2. 2027 none held yet
  9. Sirisia
    1. 2022 48,717
    2. 2027 none held yet
Registered voters. Bars start at zero and are scaled against the largest register any constituency here holds, so they can be read against each other. A year with no register published shows an empty bar rather than a zero.
Age profile & sources

People & the register · Bungoma

Projected population · 2022²1,758,119
Adults 18+ · 2019¹788,028
Registered voters · 2022646,598
Different years and populations; this is not turnout.
82.1registered per 100 adults counted in 2019
Years, scope & sources

² KNBS Volume XVI, Appendix 5: the population KNBS projects for 2022, carried forward from the 2019 census. It is an estimate of how many people live here, not a count of people enumerated. 1,670,570 residents were actually counted in 2019 — KNBS Volume I, Table 2.4, all persons.

The adult figure stays on 2019 because no projected one exists: Volume XVI prints five-year age bands, so 18 falls inside 15–19 and no voting-age figure is published at county level for any year. Splitting that band here would be inventing a number KNBS has not published.

¹ KNBS Volume III, Table 2.3: population distributed by age and sex; excludes the intersex population, so it sums lower than the headcount above. The adult count is aged 18+ on census night in 2019 — Volume I prints no age breakdown, so the adults figure can only come from this table. The register counts registrations in 2022, not ballots cast.

143,063 residents were aged 15–17 in 2019. Ageing, migration and the different dates can affect this comparison. This is not a registration rate. KNBS sub-counties are not constituencies; this comparison applies at county level.

KNBS census · KNBS projections · Volume XVI · IEBC register

Representatives

Who speaks for Bungoma in Parliament.

2022 election — who won here

Declared winners from the IEBC Kenya Gazette.

County-wide winners · 2022

GovernorLusaka Kenneth MakeloFORD-KENYA · 244,298 votesGazette 9949

SenatorWetangula Moses MasikaFORD-Kenya · 283,631 votesGazette 9955

Woman RepresentativeWambilianga Catherine NanjalaFORD-KENYA · 141,184 votesGazette 9951

Constituencies & registered voters
  1. Kanduyi
    1. 2022 118,333
    2. 2027 none held yet
  2. Tongaren
    1. 2022 84,952
    2. 2027 none held yet
  3. Bumula
    1. 2022 82,047
    2. 2027 none held yet
  4. Mt. Elgon
    1. 2022 76,159
    2. 2027 none held yet
  5. Kabuchai
    1. 2022 67,221
    2. 2027 none held yet
  6. Kimilili
    1. 2022 61,587
    2. 2027 none held yet
  7. Webuye West
    1. 2022 58,632
    2. 2027 none held yet
  8. Webuye East
    1. 2022 48,950
    2. 2027 none held yet
  9. Sirisia
    1. 2022 48,717
    2. 2027 none held yet
Registered voters. Bars start at zero and are scaled against the largest register any constituency here holds, so they can be read against each other. A year with no register published shows an empty bar rather than a zero.
Explore ward winners →

Constituency winners · 2022

BumulaWamboka Nelson Jack WambokaDAPK · 20,181 votesGazette 9950

KabuchaiKalasinga Joseph Simiyu Wekesa MajimboFORD-K · 37,627 votesGazette 9950

KanduyiMakali John OkwisiaFORD-KENYA · 32,099 votesGazette 9950

KimililiMutua Didmus Wekesa BarasaUDA · 26,861 votesGazette 9950

Mt ElgonChesebe Fred KapondiUDA · 25,466 votesGazette 9950

SirisiaKoyi John WalukeJP · 16,461 votesGazette 9950

TongarenMurumba John ChikatiFORD-K · 28,278 votesGazette 9950

Webuye EastWanyonyi Martin PepelaFORD-K · 12,998 votesGazette 9950

Webuye WestSitati Daniel WanyamaUDA · 14,576 votesGazette 9950

County Assembly (MCA) winners — 45 wards
Wards where the winner polled most votes
  1. Bwake/Luuya · Opwora Edwin Wekesa 6,575 FORD-K
  2. Mihuu · Makhanu Violet Namaemba 6,108 FORD-K
  3. Matulo · Simiyu Stephen Kaiser 5,642 FORD
  4. West Nalondo · Wandabusi Kimeta Polycarp 5,075 FORD-K
  5. Kaptama · Masai Francis Chemion 4,993 UDA
Show the other 40 of 45, same scale
  1. Kabuchai/Chwele Mukhongo · James Barasa Ford Kenya 4,520 FORD-K
  2. Marakaru Tuuti · Juma Joseph Nyongesa 4,502 FORD
  3. Mukuyuni · Museveni Meshack Wekesa Simiyu 4,484 FORD-K
  4. Namwela · Nangulu Charles Simiyu 4,354 FORD
  5. Malakisi/ South Kulisiru · Naboelela Everlyne Mutiembu Jubilee Party 4,261 JP
  6. Kimaeti · Wambulwa Jackson Ouma 4,210 FORD
  7. West Sang’alo · Mukhwana Godfrey Wanyama 3,873 IND
  8. Cheptais · Chemorion Cheseto Martin 3,823 UDA
  9. Tongaren · Ipara Johnston Okasida 3,818 MCC
  10. Maraka · Mutoka Ali Machani 3,767 ODM
  11. Bokoli · Kawa Jack Zakayo 3,754 UDA
  12. Misikhu · Masungo Miliah Nanyoka 3,664 DAP-K
  13. Sitikho · Sundukwa Grace 3,653 FORD
  14. Kapkateny · Kirong Joan Chemayiek 3,566 UDA
  15. Chesikaki · Psero Jacob Marugaa 3,419 IND
  16. Soysambu/Mitua Wamalwa · Stephen Wafula Ford-Kenya 3,364 FORD-K
  17. Bukembe East · Peter Caleb Wanjala 3,284 FORD
  18. South Bukusu · Sudi Isaiah Busolo 3,280 UDA
  19. Elgon · Tendet George Kwemoi 3,125 IND
  20. Ndivisi · Mukhanya Kmn Alfred Wekesa Democratic Action Party of Kenya 3,061 DAP-K
  21. West Bukusu · Mukoyandali Job Lumbwani 2,969 DAP-K
  22. Khalaba · Makhanu Cornelius Wanjala 2,883 DAP-K
  23. Kamukuywa · Obama Abraham Kimungui United Democratic Waliekeke Alliance 2,867 UDA
  24. Chepyuk · Franklin Simotwo Korir 2,856 FORD
  25. Lwandanyi · Barasa Tony Khaoya 2,839 FORD
  26. East Sanga’alo · Nganga Everton Sifuna 2,820 DAP-K
  27. Maeni · Owongo Idd Chamawi 2,714 FORD
  28. Naitiri/Kabuyefwe Waiti · Wafula Waiti Ford Kenya 2,674 FORD-K
  29. Musikoma · Makari George Wasike 2,600 FORD
  30. Kibingei · Waliaula Aggrey Mulongo 2,512 DAP
  31. Township · Kuloba Jeremiah 2,465 DAP-K
  32. Bumula · Khaemba Hentry Nyongesa 2,418 UDA
  33. Siboti · Kundu Orize Wanjala 2,345 UDA
  34. Ndalu/Tabani · Chikati Timothy Chitekei 2,294 DAP-K
  35. Kabula · Wangila Vitalis Sifuna 2,270 DAP-K
  36. Bukembe West · Namunyu Anthony Luseneka 2,185 DAP-K
  37. Mbakalo · Kikechi Benard Wekesa 1,900 FORD-K
  38. Kimilili · Mukhongo Christine Cunera 1,842 UDA
  39. Milima · Sikuku Jerusa Aleu 1,777 FORD-K
  40. Khasoko · Otsiulah Benjamin Jeremiah 1,712 FORD
Bars start at zero and share one scale — the largest vote count shown here — so every row can be read against every other, open or collapsed. Wards differ greatly in size, so a longer bar mostly means a bigger ward, not a stronger result. We hold no per-ward electorate to measure these against.
Show all 45 wards as a table
WardConstituencyWinnerPartyVotes
Bumula Bumula Khaemba Hentry Nyongesa UDA 2,418
Kabula Bumula Wangila Vitalis Sifuna DAP-K 2,270
Khasoko Bumula Otsiulah Benjamin Jeremiah FORD 1,712
Kimaeti Bumula Wambulwa Jackson Ouma FORD 4,210
Siboti Bumula Kundu Orize Wanjala UDA 2,345
South Bukusu Bumula Sudi Isaiah Busolo UDA 3,280
West Bukusu Bumula Mukoyandali Job Lumbwani DAP-K 2,969
Bwake/Luuya Kabuchai Opwora Edwin Wekesa FORD-K 6,575
Kabuchai/Chwele Mukhongo Kabuchai James Barasa Ford Kenya FORD-K 4,520
Mukuyuni Kabuchai Museveni Meshack Wekesa Simiyu FORD-K 4,484
West Nalondo Kabuchai Wandabusi Kimeta Polycarp FORD-K 5,075
Bukembe East Kanduyi Peter Caleb Wanjala FORD 3,284
Bukembe West Kanduyi Namunyu Anthony Luseneka DAP-K 2,185
East Sanga’alo Kanduyi Nganga Everton Sifuna DAP-K 2,820
Khalaba Kanduyi Makhanu Cornelius Wanjala DAP-K 2,883
Marakaru Tuuti Kanduyi Juma Joseph Nyongesa FORD 4,502
Musikoma Kanduyi Makari George Wasike FORD 2,600
Township Kanduyi Kuloba Jeremiah DAP-K 2,465
West Sang’alo Kanduyi Mukhwana Godfrey Wanyama IND 3,873
Kamukuywa Kimilili Obama Abraham Kimungui United Democratic Waliekeke Alliance UDA 2,867
Kibingei Kimilili Waliaula Aggrey Mulongo DAP 2,512
Kimilili Kimilili Mukhongo Christine Cunera UDA 1,842
Maeni Kimilili Owongo Idd Chamawi FORD 2,714
Cheptais Mt Elgon Chemorion Cheseto Martin UDA 3,823
Chepyuk Mt Elgon Franklin Simotwo Korir FORD 2,856
Chesikaki Mt Elgon Psero Jacob Marugaa IND 3,419
Elgon Mt Elgon Tendet George Kwemoi IND 3,125
Kapkateny Mt Elgon Kirong Joan Chemayiek UDA 3,566
Kaptama Mt Elgon Masai Francis Chemion UDA 4,993
Lwandanyi Sirisia Barasa Tony Khaoya FORD 2,839
Malakisi/ South Kulisiru Sirisia Naboelela Everlyne Mutiembu Jubilee Party JP 4,261
Namwela Sirisia Nangulu Charles Simiyu FORD 4,354
Mbakalo Tongaen Kikechi Benard Wekesa FORD-K 1,900
Milima Tongaren Sikuku Jerusa Aleu FORD-K 1,777
Naitiri/Kabuyefwe Waiti Tongaren Wafula Waiti Ford Kenya FORD-K 2,674
Ndalu/Tabani Tongaren Chikati Timothy Chitekei DAP-K 2,294
Soysambu/Mitua Wamalwa Tongaren Stephen Wafula Ford-Kenya FORD-K 3,364
Tongaren Tongaren Ipara Johnston Okasida MCC 3,818
Maraka Webuye East Mutoka Ali Machani ODM 3,767
Mihuu Webuye East Makhanu Violet Namaemba FORD-K 6,108
Ndivisi Webuye East Mukhanya Kmn Alfred Wekesa Democratic Action Party of Kenya DAP-K 3,061
Bokoli Webuye West Kawa Jack Zakayo UDA 3,754
Matulo Webuye West Simiyu Stephen Kaiser FORD 5,642
Misikhu Webuye West Masungo Miliah Nanyoka DAP-K 3,664
Sitikho Webuye West Sundukwa Grace FORD 3,653

Source: IEBC · Kenya Gazette · Gazette 9956 · declared winners only, not per-candidate tallies.

Parliamentary activity

What Bungoma's members do across both Houses.

Contributions in Parliament

Certified Hansard contributions in the current Parliament; presiding-officer speech is never counted, and each representative's own count is shown on their card above. Browse the full National Assembly and Senate.

Legislative business

Showing Full 13th Parliament to date.

Totals across both Houses for the county's current members, for the selected period, using the same counting policy as the member profiles.

Topics raised by members

Three leading topics per member · current parliamentary term · automated labels, not official categories. Topics may overlap.

Counts are contributions tagged with a topic, not a measure of work done within this county.

Bungoma County government budget

What the county government itself budgeted and spent, as reported by the Controller of Budget — separate from the NG-CDF money below.

KSh 16.7 billion Budget · FY 2024/25
KSh 12.5 billion Spent 75.0% absorption, as reported
KSh 3.8 billion Development spending 57.0% of the development budget
KSh 8.7 billion Recurrent spending 86.0% of the recurrent budget

Controller of Budget, Annual FY 2024/25 — the report.

NG-CDF in Bungoma County

National-government development money allocated per constituency — not the county government's budget.

KSh 1.73B FY 2025/26 approved · all 9 constituencies
KSh 1.42B FY 2024/25 approved · subtotal for 8 of 9 constituencies
KSh 1.58B FY 2023/24 approved · all 9 constituencies
KSh 1.31B FY 2022/23 approved · all 9 constituencies
By constituency
Approved per constituency · FY 2025/26
  1. Kanduyi KSh 221,505,235
  2. Bumula KSh 211,874,573
  3. Mount Elgon KSh 202,243,910
  4. Tongaren KSh 202,243,910
  5. Kabuchai KSh 182,982,585
Show the other 4 of 9, same scale
  1. Kimilili KSh 182,982,585
  2. Webuye West KSh 182,982,585
  3. Sirisia KSh 173,351,923
  4. Webuye East KSh 173,351,923
Bars start at zero and share one scale — the largest allocation shown here — so every row can be read against every other, open or collapsed. The newest financial year only. Earlier years are in the table below.
Allocations by constituency and financial year
ConstituencyFY 2025/26FY 2024/25FY 2023/24FY 2022/23
Bumula NG-CDF record → KSh 211,874,573 KSh 192,897,991 KSh 158,832,745
Kabuchai NG-CDF record → KSh 182,982,585 KSh 170,469,857 KSh 166,593,720 KSh 138,215,033
Kanduyi NG-CDF record → KSh 221,505,235 KSh 206,358,248 KSh 201,666,082 KSh 165,705,316
Kimilili NG-CDF record → KSh 182,982,585 KSh 170,469,857 KSh 166,593,720 KSh 138,215,033
Mount Elgon NG-CDF record → KSh 202,243,910 KSh 188,414,052 KSh 184,129,901 KSh 151,960,174
Sirisia NG-CDF record → KSh 173,351,923 KSh 161,497,759 KSh 157,825,629 KSh 131,342,462
Tongaren NG-CDF record → KSh 202,243,910 KSh 188,414,052 KSh 184,129,901 KSh 151,960,174
Webuye East NG-CDF record → KSh 173,351,923 KSh 161,613,759 KSh 158,487,629 KSh 131,342,462
Webuye West NG-CDF record → KSh 182,982,585 KSh 170,469,857 KSh 166,593,720 KSh 138,215,033

Source: NG-CDF Board, checked against their own record before publication.

All Bungoma County allocations →

How this compares

Ranked among all 47 counties · each measure ranked separately · no overall score · peers are every county, not similar ones

NG-CDF approved (latest FY)

KSh 1.73B 6th of 47

Ahead of 85% · median KSh 1.16B

Registered voters (IEBC register)

646,598 7th of 47

Ahead of 85% · median 398,981

Hansard contributions

986 21st of 47

Ahead of 55% · median 916

Questions asked

15 16th of 47

Ahead of 62% · median 12

Motions moved

37 9th of 47

Ahead of 81% · median 16

Statements

106 9th of 47

Ahead of 81% · median 73

Petitions presented

0 37th of 47

Ahead of 0% · median 2

Papers laid

64 17th of 47

Ahead of 64% · median 42

What these numbers don’t measure
Committee work
Parliament publishes no committee attendance for either House, so nobody can count it — us included.
Constituency work
Funerals, harambees, schools, casework. Recorded nowhere we can read.
Whether it worked
We can count questions asked, not answers given.
Speaking often isn’t speaking well. Use these to ask your representative better questions — not to grade them.

Sources & coverage

Years, geographic scope and original records.

  • KNBS census · 2019 — county age/sex population, as enumerated.
  • KNBS projections · Volume XVI — the population projected for 2022 from the 2019 census. An estimate, not a count.
  • IEBC register · 2022 — registrations, not votes cast.
  • IEBC declarations · 2022 — each winner links to the Gazette in Elections.
  • Parliament — current members' records and Hansard. Topic labels are automated analysis, not Parliament's own categories.
  • Controller of Budget · 2024/25 — Annual FY 2024/25.
  • NG-CDF project records use each constituency's register. These and its allocations are separate from county-government spending. View records.

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