County profile
Embu County
People. Elections. Representation. Public money.
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. 608,599 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 (1,891) and changes of particulars (107) 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 · Embu
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. 608,599 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.
40,466 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 Embu in Parliament.
2022 election — who won here
Declared winners from the IEBC Kenya Gazette.
County-wide winners · 2022
GovernorMbarire Cecily MutituUDA · 108,610 votesGazette 9949
SenatorMundigi Alexander MunyiDP · 81,162 votesGazette 9955
Woman RepresentativeDouble N Pamela Njoki NjeruUDA · 141,107 votesGazette 9951
Constituencies & registered voters
Constituency winners · 2022
ManyattaMukunji John Gitonga MwanikiUDA · 58,408 votesGazette 9950
Mbeere NorthRuku Geoffrey Kariuki KiringaDP · 17,069 votesGazette 9950
Mbeere SouthNebart Bernard MuriukiIND · 17,329 votesGazette 9950
RunyenjesKaremba Eric Muchangi NjiruUDA · 50,519 votesGazette 9950
County Assembly (MCA) winners — 20 wards
- Central · Njiru Edwin Muriithi 48,444 TSP
- Kirimari · Swaleh Ibrahim 10,540 UDA
- Mbeti North · Nyaga Peter Muriithi 7,321 UDA
- Evurore · Mbui Duncan Ireri 6,824 IND
- Kithimu · Karuri Julius Njagi 6,163 UDA
Show the other 15 of 20, same scale
- Nginda · Kithinji Maurice Macharia 5,645 UDA
- Mbeti South · Kiura Murithi Njagi 5,327 JP
- Mavuria · Mbaka John Ngari 5,243 DEP
- Kyeni South · Kanyua Barbanas Njama 5,099 UDA
- Makima · Nzangi Philip Kinyutu 5,011 WDM
- Muminji · Ndwiga Newton Kariuki 4,548 DEP
- Gaturi South · Gatumu Fredrick Mugendi 4,067 CCK
- Kagaari South · Nyaga Susan Wairimu 3,924 UDA
- Ruguru/Ngandori · Muturi Harrison Sammy 3,905 IND
- Kyeni North · Mbuchi Terry.C Wanja 3,762 UDA
- Kagaari North · Njuki Johnson Mucangi 3,751 UDA
- Nthawa · Githumbu Samuel Njeru 3,531 DEP
- Kiambere · Mwaniki Masters Leonard Muriuki 3,463 DEP
- Mwea Ward · Munyambu Job Itumo 2,976 PNU
- Gaturi North · Njiru Paul Muchangi 2,888 NARC
Show all 20 wards as a table
| Ward | Constituency | Winner | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaturi South | Manyatta | Gatumu Fredrick Mugendi | CCK | 4,067 |
| Kirimari | Manyatta | Swaleh Ibrahim | UDA | 10,540 |
| Kithimu | Manyatta | Karuri Julius Njagi | UDA | 6,163 |
| Mbeti North | Manyatta | Nyaga Peter Muriithi | UDA | 7,321 |
| Nginda | Manyatta | Kithinji Maurice Macharia | UDA | 5,645 |
| Ruguru/Ngandori | Manyatta | Muturi Harrison Sammy | IND | 3,905 |
| Evurore | Mbeere North | Mbui Duncan Ireri | IND | 6,824 |
| Muminji | Mbeere North | Ndwiga Newton Kariuki | DEP | 4,548 |
| Nthawa | Mbeere North | Githumbu Samuel Njeru | DEP | 3,531 |
| Kiambere | Mbeere South | Mwaniki Masters Leonard Muriuki | DEP | 3,463 |
| Makima | Mbeere South | Nzangi Philip Kinyutu | WDM | 5,011 |
| Mavuria | Mbeere South | Mbaka John Ngari | DEP | 5,243 |
| Mbeti South | Mbeere South | Kiura Murithi Njagi | JP | 5,327 |
| Mwea Ward | Mbeere South | Munyambu Job Itumo | PNU | 2,976 |
| Central | Runyenjes | Njiru Edwin Muriithi | TSP | 48,444 |
| Gaturi North | Runyenjes | Njiru Paul Muchangi | NARC | 2,888 |
| Kagaari North | Runyenjes | Njuki Johnson Mucangi | UDA | 3,751 |
| Kagaari South | Runyenjes | Nyaga Susan Wairimu | UDA | 3,924 |
| Kyeni North | Runyenjes | Mbuchi Terry.C Wanja | UDA | 3,762 |
| Kyeni South | Runyenjes | Kanyua Barbanas Njama | UDA | 5,099 |
Source: IEBC · Kenya Gazette · Gazette 9956 · declared winners only, not per-candidate tallies.
Parliamentary activity
What Embu'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.
Embu 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 Embu County
National-government development money allocated per constituency — not the county government's budget.
- Manyatta KSh 202,243,910
- Runyenjes KSh 202,243,910
- Mbeere South KSh 192,613,248
- Mbeere North KSh 173,351,923
Allocations by constituency and financial year
| Constituency | FY 2025/26 | FY 2024/25 | FY 2023/24 | FY 2022/23 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manyatta NG-CDF record → | KSh 202,243,910 | KSh 188,414,052 | KSh 184,129,901 | KSh 151,960,174 |
| Mbeere North NG-CDF record → | KSh 173,351,923 | KSh 161,497,759 | KSh 157,825,629 | KSh 131,342,462 |
| Mbeere South NG-CDF record → | KSh 192,613,248 | KSh 179,441,954 | KSh 175,361,810 | KSh 145,087,603 |
| Runyenjes NG-CDF record → | KSh 202,243,910 | KSh 188,414,052 | KSh 184,129,901 | KSh 151,960,174 |
Source: NG-CDF Board, checked against their own record before publication.
How this compares
KSh 770.5M 37th of 47
Ahead of 17% · median KSh 1.16B
334,302 29th of 47
Ahead of 38% · median 398,981
719 32nd of 47
Ahead of 32% · median 916
7 35th of 47
Ahead of 21% · median 12
23 14th of 47
Ahead of 68% · median 16
120 7th of 47
Ahead of 85% · median 73
4 9th of 47
Ahead of 72% · median 2
47 19th of 47
Ahead of 60% · 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.