County profile
Elgeyo Marakwet County
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People & places
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. 454,480 residents were counted here in 2019.
County outline. Constituency boundary polygons are not held; the list opens each constituency.
Registering for 2027
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 (1,025) and changes of particulars (13) 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.
Registered voters · 2017 to 2027
Between the registers held · 2017–2022
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.
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Age profile & sources
People & the register · Elgeyo Marakwet
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. 454,480 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.
35,661 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.
Representatives
Who speaks for Elgeyo Marakwet in Parliament.
2022 election — who won here
Declared winners from the IEBC Kenya Gazette.
County-wide winners · 2022
GovernorRotich Wesley KipyegonUDA · 147,705 votesGazette 9949
SenatorMurkomen Onesimus KipchumbaUDA · 141,091 votesGazette 9955
Woman RepresentativeCaroline Jeptoo Ng’elecheiIND · 104,928 votesGazette 9951
Constituencies & registered voters
Constituency winners · 2022
Keiyo NorthKorir Adams KipsanaiUDA · 26,560 votesGazette 9950
Keiyo SouthKipkoech Gideon KimaiyoUDA · 35,881 votesGazette 9950
Marakwet EastBowen David KongogoUDA · 15,848 votesGazette 9950
Marakwet WestToroitich Timothy KipchumbaIND · 27,803 votesGazette 9950
County Assembly (MCA) winners — 20 wards
- Kapchemutwa · Cheruiyot Stephen Kemboi 11,196 UDA
- Kamariny · Cheptiony Benjamin Kipkemboi 10,841 UDA
- Chepkorio · Koima John Kimeli 10,591 UDA
- Kapsowar · Kipruto Joshua 8,892 UDA
- Lelan · Kurgat Pricillah Jepkoech 7,626 UDA
Show the other 15 of 20, same scale
- Endo · Kibiwott Jeremiah Kiptum 6,709 UDA
- Cherang’any/Che Kosgei bororowa · Evans Kimutai United Democratic Alliance 6,088 UDA
- Soy South · Tanui Jonah Korir 5,949 UDA
- Sambirir · Suter Paul Kipkemoi 5,643 UDA
- Moiben /Kuserwo Kiplagat · Hillary Kipchirchir United Democratic Alliance 5,230 UDA
- Kaptarakwa · Kimutai Mathew Cheruiyot United Democratic Alliance 4,953 UDA
- Kabiemit · Barsulai Alfred Kipkoech 4,880 UDA
- Tambach · Chesire Dominic 4,823 UDA
- Soy North · Chepseba Simeon Kibet 4,652 UDA
- Sengwer · Kiptoo Asbel Kisang 3,654 IND
- Kapyego · Chebet Joseph Kipkorir 3,458 UDA
- Metkei · Kibire Lawi Kipng’etich United Democratic Alliance 3,140 UDA
- Embobur/Embolo Kipyatich t · Paul Kipchumba United Democratic Alliance 3,021 UDA
- Emsoo · Cheboiboch Christopher Kangogo 2,887 UDA
- Arror · Mutwol Justine Kosgei 2,333 IND
Show all 20 wards as a table
| Ward | Constituency | Winner | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emsoo | Keiyo North | Cheboiboch Christopher Kangogo | UDA | 2,887 |
| Kamariny | Keiyo North | Cheptiony Benjamin Kipkemboi | UDA | 10,841 |
| Kapchemutwa | Keiyo North | Cheruiyot Stephen Kemboi | UDA | 11,196 |
| Tambach | Keiyo North | Chesire Dominic | UDA | 4,823 |
| Chepkorio | Keiyo South | Koima John Kimeli | UDA | 10,591 |
| Kabiemit | Keiyo South | Barsulai Alfred Kipkoech | UDA | 4,880 |
| Kaptarakwa | Keiyo South | Kimutai Mathew Cheruiyot United Democratic Alliance | UDA | 4,953 |
| Metkei | Keiyo South | Kibire Lawi Kipng’etich United Democratic Alliance | UDA | 3,140 |
| Soy North | Keiyo South | Chepseba Simeon Kibet | UDA | 4,652 |
| Soy South | Keiyo South | Tanui Jonah Korir | UDA | 5,949 |
| Embobur/Embolo Kipyatich t | Marakwet East | Paul Kipchumba United Democratic Alliance | UDA | 3,021 |
| Endo | Marakwet East | Kibiwott Jeremiah Kiptum | UDA | 6,709 |
| Kapyego | Marakwet East | Chebet Joseph Kipkorir | UDA | 3,458 |
| Sambirir | Marakwet East | Suter Paul Kipkemoi | UDA | 5,643 |
| Arror | Marakwet West | Mutwol Justine Kosgei | IND | 2,333 |
| Cherang’any/Che Kosgei bororowa | Marakwet West | Evans Kimutai United Democratic Alliance | UDA | 6,088 |
| Kapsowar | Marakwet West | Kipruto Joshua | UDA | 8,892 |
| Lelan | Marakwet West | Kurgat Pricillah Jepkoech | UDA | 7,626 |
| Moiben /Kuserwo Kiplagat | Marakwet West | Hillary Kipchirchir United Democratic Alliance | UDA | 5,230 |
| Sengwer | Marakwet West | Kiptoo Asbel Kisang | IND | 3,654 |
Source: IEBC · Kenya Gazette · Gazette 9956 · declared winners only, not per-candidate tallies.
Parliamentary activity
What Elgeyo Marakwet's members do across both Houses.
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.
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.
Elgeyo Marakwet 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.
Controller of Budget, Annual FY 2024/25 — the report.
NG-CDF in Elgeyo Marakwet County
National-government development money allocated per constituency — not the county government's budget.
- Keiyo South KSh 202,243,910
- Marakwet West KSh 202,243,910
- Keiyo North KSh 182,982,585
- Marakwet East KSh 182,982,585
Allocations by constituency and financial year
| Constituency | FY 2025/26 | FY 2024/25 | FY 2023/24 | FY 2022/23 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keiyo North NG-CDF record → | KSh 182,982,585 | KSh 170,469,857 | KSh 166,593,720 | KSh 138,215,033 |
| Keiyo South NG-CDF record → | KSh 202,243,910 | KSh 188,414,052 | KSh 184,129,901 | KSh 151,960,174 |
| Marakwet East NG-CDF record → | KSh 182,982,585 | KSh 170,469,857 | KSh 166,601,720 | KSh 138,215,033 |
| Marakwet West NG-CDF record → | KSh 202,243,910 | KSh 188,414,052 | KSh 184,141,901 | KSh 151,960,174 |
Source: NG-CDF Board, checked against their own record before publication.
How this compares
KSh 770.5M 40th of 47
Ahead of 13% · median KSh 1.16B
213,884 39th of 47
Ahead of 17% · median 398,981
941 23rd of 47
Ahead of 51% · median 916
13 21st of 47
Ahead of 53% · median 12
11 30th of 47
Ahead of 34% · median 16
59 30th of 47
Ahead of 34% · median 73
2 17th of 47
Ahead of 49% · median 2
28 29th of 47
Ahead of 38% · 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.