County profile
Garissa 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. 841,353 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 (3,428) and changes of particulars (23) 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.
Age profile & sources
People & the register · Garissa
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. 841,353 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.
76,867 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 Garissa in Parliament.
2022 election — who won here
Declared winners from the IEBC Kenya Gazette.
County-wide winners · 2022
GovernorAdan Nathif JamaODM · 69,342 votesGazette 9949
SenatorHaji Abdulkadir MohammedJP · 72,383 votesGazette 9955
Woman RepresentativeSiyad Amina UdgoonJP · 26,546 votesGazette 9951
Constituencies & registered voters
Constituency winners · 2022
BalambalaShurie Abdi OmarJP · 3,239 votesGazette 9950
DadaabMaalim FarahWDM–K · 12,864 votesGazette 9950
FafiYakub Farah SalahUDA · 5,702 votesGazette 9950
Garissa TownshipDuale Aden BareUDA · 9,905 votesGazette 9950
IjaraAbdi Abdi AliNAP-K · 7,619 votesGazette 9950
LagderaMohamed Abdikadir HusseinODM · 5,929 votesGazette 9950
County Assembly (MCA) winners — 30 wards
- Masalani · Ibrahim Yunis Abdi 3,251 NAP-K
- Damajale · Hassan Omar Abdi 3,191 WDM
- Abakaile · Dahiye Hajir Mohamed 3,148 UPIA
- Galbet · Khalif Abubakar Mohamed Orange Democratic Movement 3,012 ODM
- Ijara · Muhumed Abdirahman Muktar Jubilee Party 1,978 JP
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- Sangailu · Abdi Abdi Muhyadin 1,956 NAP-K
- Hulugho · Said Adow Omar 1,922 NAP-K
- Baraki · Noor Hassan Dahir 1,779 UDA
- Modogashe · Ibrahim Mahat Abdikadir 1,732 ODM
- Danyere · Aden Idris Ismail 1,694 UDM
- Waberi · Sugow Abubakar Haji 1,661 KANU
- Liboi · Sheikh Ahmed Abdirahman Kenya African National Union 1,406 KANU
- Iftin · Ahmed Musdaf Abdirashid Amani National Congress 1,360 ANC
- Dertu · Odowa Aden Hassan 1,343 UPIA
- Balambala · Daar Abdi Ibrahim 1,318 JP
- Sankuri · Ali Abdirahman Mohamed 1,304 UDM
- Dadaab · Farah Mohamed Abdi 1,267 WDM
- Labasigale · Abdisalat Mohamed Sheikh 1,215 WDM
- Township · Dagane Hussein Mohamed United Democratic Alliance 1,178 UDA
- Jarajila · Farah Noor Sheikh 1,147 KANU
- Nanighi · Sigat Abdullahi Ibrahim United Democratic Alliance 1,062 UDA
- Maalimin · Farah Hajir Mahat 1,002 NAP-K
- Dekaharia · Aden Ahmed Noor 996 ANC
- Bura · Haret Ali Abdihakim 861 JP
- Saka · Abdullahi Abdiweli Aden 832 JP
- Fafi · Kolosho Hassan Aden 802 UPIA
- Jarajara · Durow Adan Hussein 765 UDM
- Goreale · Sadik Fakrudin Haji 722 UDA
- Benane · Nurow Abdiqayum Sugow Orange Democratic Movement 720 ODM
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| Ward | Constituency | Winner | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balambala | Balambala | Daar Abdi Ibrahim | JP | 1,318 |
| Danyere | Balambala | Aden Idris Ismail | UDM | 1,694 |
| Jarajara | Balambala | Durow Adan Hussein | UDM | 765 |
| Saka | Balambala | Abdullahi Abdiweli Aden | JP | 832 |
| Sankuri | Balambala | Ali Abdirahman Mohamed | UDM | 1,304 |
| Abakaile | Dadaab | Dahiye Hajir Mohamed | UPIA | 3,148 |
| Dadaab | Dadaab | Farah Mohamed Abdi | WDM | 1,267 |
| Damajale | Dadaab | Hassan Omar Abdi | WDM | 3,191 |
| Dertu | Dadaab | Odowa Aden Hassan | UPIA | 1,343 |
| Labasigale | Dadaab | Abdisalat Mohamed Sheikh | WDM | 1,215 |
| Liboi | Dadaab | Sheikh Ahmed Abdirahman Kenya African National Union | KANU | 1,406 |
| Bura | Fafi | Haret Ali Abdihakim | JP | 861 |
| Dekaharia | Fafi | Aden Ahmed Noor | ANC | 996 |
| Fafi | Fafi | Kolosho Hassan Aden | UPIA | 802 |
| Jarajila | Fafi | Farah Noor Sheikh | KANU | 1,147 |
| Nanighi | Fafi | Sigat Abdullahi Ibrahim United Democratic Alliance | UDA | 1,062 |
| Galbet | Garissa Township | Khalif Abubakar Mohamed Orange Democratic Movement | ODM | 3,012 |
| Iftin | Garissa Township | Ahmed Musdaf Abdirashid Amani National Congress | ANC | 1,360 |
| Township | Garissa Township | Dagane Hussein Mohamed United Democratic Alliance | UDA | 1,178 |
| Waberi | Garissa Township | Sugow Abubakar Haji | KANU | 1,661 |
| Hulugho | Ijara | Said Adow Omar | NAP-K | 1,922 |
| Ijara | Ijara | Muhumed Abdirahman Muktar Jubilee Party | JP | 1,978 |
| Masalani | Ijara | Ibrahim Yunis Abdi | NAP-K | 3,251 |
| Sangailu | Ijara | Abdi Abdi Muhyadin | NAP-K | 1,956 |
| Baraki | Lagdera | Noor Hassan Dahir | UDA | 1,779 |
| Benane | Lagdera | Nurow Abdiqayum Sugow Orange Democratic Movement | ODM | 720 |
| Goreale | Lagdera | Sadik Fakrudin Haji | UDA | 722 |
| Maalimin | Lagdera | Farah Hajir Mahat | NAP-K | 1,002 |
| Modogashe | Lagdera | Ibrahim Mahat Abdikadir | ODM | 1,732 |
| Sabena | Lagdera | Abdi Issa Aden | NAP-K | — |
Source: IEBC · Kenya Gazette · Gazette 9956 · declared winners only, not per-candidate tallies.
Parliamentary activity
What Garissa's members do across both Houses.
Hansard contributions in the current Parliament. Speech made while chairing a sitting 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.
Garissa 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 2025/26 — the report.
NG-CDF in Garissa County
National-government development money allocated per constituency — not the county government's budget.
- Dadaab KSh 202,243,910
- Lagdera KSh 202,243,910
- Balambala KSh 192,613,248
- Fafi KSh 192,613,248
- Garissa Township KSh 182,982,585
Show the other 1 of 6, same scale
- Ijara KSh 182,982,585
Allocations by constituency and financial year
| Constituency | FY 2025/26 | FY 2024/25 | FY 2023/24 | FY 2022/23 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balambala NG-CDF record → | KSh 192,613,248 | KSh 179,441,954 | KSh 175,361,810 | — |
| Dadaab NG-CDF record → | KSh 202,243,910 | KSh 188,414,052 | KSh 184,129,901 | KSh 151,960,174 |
| Fafi NG-CDF record → | KSh 192,613,248 | KSh 179,441,954 | KSh 175,361,810 | KSh 145,087,603 |
| Garissa Township NG-CDF record → | KSh 182,982,585 | KSh 170,469,857 | KSh 166,593,720 | KSh 138,215,033 |
| Ijara NG-CDF record → | KSh 182,982,585 | KSh 170,469,857 | KSh 166,593,720 | KSh 138,215,033 |
| Lagdera 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 1.16B 22nd of 47
Ahead of 43% · median KSh 1.16B
201,473 41st of 47
Ahead of 13% · median 398,981
593 38th of 47
Ahead of 19% · median 916
14 19th of 47
Ahead of 57% · median 12
18 25th of 47
Ahead of 43% · median 20
38 44th of 47
Ahead of 6% · median 79
0 37th of 47
Ahead of 0% · median 2
16 37th of 47
Ahead of 21% · 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 · 2025/26 — Annual FY 2025/26.
- NG-CDF project records use each constituency's register. These and its allocations are separate from county-government spending. View records.