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Kilifi 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. 1,453,787 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 (4,443) and changes of particulars (20) 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 · Kilifi
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. 1,453,787 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.
108,134 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 Kilifi in Parliament.
2022 election — who won here
Declared winners from the IEBC Kenya Gazette.
County-wide winners · 2022
GovernorMung’aro Maitha GideonODM · 143,773 votesGazette 9949
SenatorMadzayo Stewart Mwachiru ShadrackODM · 144,740 votesGazette 9955
Woman RepresentativeMwanyanje Gertrude MbeyuODM · 111,039 votesGazette 9951
Constituencies & registered voters
Constituency winners · 2022
GanzeTungule Charo Kenneth KazunguPAA · 24,497 votesGazette 9950
KaloleniKatana Paul KahindiODM · 16,968 votesGazette 9950
Kilifi NorthBaya Owen YaaUDA · 27,558 votesGazette 9950
Kilifi SouthKiti Richard Ken ChongaODM · 24,300 votesGazette 9950
MagariniKombe Harrison GaramaODM · 11,946 votesGazette 9950
MalindiMnyazi Amina LauraODM · 21,634 votesGazette 9950
RabaiMupe Anthony KengaPAA · 10,737 votesGazette 9950
County Assembly (MCA) winners — 35 wards
- Shimo La Tewa · Ndundi Haron Tete 5,789 ODM
- Malindi Town · Ogelo Rashid Odhiambo 5,029 ODM
- Bamba · Kadhengi Mwambire Mohamed 4,971 PAA
- Kaloleni · Fondo Jonathan Birya 4,148 ODM
- Sokoke · Mweni Harrison Taura 3,837 PAA
Show the other 30 of 35, same scale
- Ganze · Maneno Benson Karisa Ngirani 3,380 ODM
- Mwarakaya · Mkadi Stallone Humphrey 3,304 ODM
- Chasimba · Mbura Ronald Kazungu 3,287 ODM
- Shella · Mohamed Twaher Abdulkarim Orange Democratic Movement 3,224 ODM
- Mariakani · Musyoki Martha Koki 3,176 ODM
- Jaribuni · Shehe Peter Safari 3,121 UDA
- Sokoni · Katana Ray Maro 3,099 ODM
- Gongoni · Mwaro Baya Stephen 3,040 IND
- Ganda · Wanje Oscar Iha 2,999 ODM
- Kambe/Ribe · Kubo Morgan Mwagawe 2,924 UDA
- Marafa · Baya Emmanuel Karisa 2,851 ODM
- Rabai/Kisurutini · Mwadena Cantona Mae 2,738 ODM
- Junju · Iddi Said Juma 2,507 ODM
- Ruruma · Kombo Naphtali Nyae 2,487 JP
- Magarini · Kitsao Paul Charo 2,432 IND
- Mnarani · Thoya Juma Chengo 2,427 IND
- Mtepeni · Kahindi Brown Safari 2,257 ODM
- Watamu · Athman Ibrahim Abdi 2,155 ODM
- Garashi · Fondo Theophilus Kalama United Democratic Alliance 2,080 UDA
- Matsangoni · Said Hassan Mohamed 2,059 PAA
- Kayafungo · Sidi Agnes 2,049 ANC
- Sabaki · Baraka Rose Benson 2,034 PAA
- Dabaso · Kombe Emmanuel Changawa 2,031 UDA
- Kibarani · Kea Moses Furaha 2,010 ODM
- Jilore · Jambo Hamisi Mumbo 1,945 ODM
- Tezo · Chengo Thomas Mumba 1,887 PAA
- Adu · Kahindi Samson Zia 1,826 PAA
- Mwanamwinga · Ziro Edward Kazungu 1,704 IND
- Kakuyuni · Hinzano Morris Kitsao 1,568 UDA
- Mwawesa · Ngome Kalama Mumba 738 SPK
Show all 35 wards as a table
| Ward | Constituency | Winner | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bamba | Ganze | Kadhengi Mwambire Mohamed | PAA | 4,971 |
| Ganze | Ganze | Maneno Benson Karisa Ngirani | ODM | 3,380 |
| Jaribuni | Ganze | Shehe Peter Safari | UDA | 3,121 |
| Sokoke | Ganze | Mweni Harrison Taura | PAA | 3,837 |
| Kaloleni | Kaloleni | Fondo Jonathan Birya | ODM | 4,148 |
| Kayafungo | Kaloleni | Sidi Agnes | ANC | 2,049 |
| Mariakani | Kaloleni | Musyoki Martha Koki | ODM | 3,176 |
| Mwanamwinga | Kaloleni | Ziro Edward Kazungu | IND | 1,704 |
| Dabaso | Kilifi North | Kombe Emmanuel Changawa | UDA | 2,031 |
| Kibarani | Kilifi North | Kea Moses Furaha | ODM | 2,010 |
| Matsangoni | Kilifi North | Said Hassan Mohamed | PAA | 2,059 |
| Mnarani | Kilifi North | Thoya Juma Chengo | IND | 2,427 |
| Sokoni | Kilifi North | Katana Ray Maro | ODM | 3,099 |
| Tezo | Kilifi North | Chengo Thomas Mumba | PAA | 1,887 |
| Watamu | Kilifi North | Athman Ibrahim Abdi | ODM | 2,155 |
| Chasimba | Kilifi South | Mbura Ronald Kazungu | ODM | 3,287 |
| Junju | Kilifi South | Iddi Said Juma | ODM | 2,507 |
| Mtepeni | Kilifi South | Kahindi Brown Safari | ODM | 2,257 |
| Mwarakaya | Kilifi South | Mkadi Stallone Humphrey | ODM | 3,304 |
| Shimo La Tewa | Kilifi South | Ndundi Haron Tete | ODM | 5,789 |
| Adu | Magarini | Kahindi Samson Zia | PAA | 1,826 |
| Garashi | Magarini | Fondo Theophilus Kalama United Democratic Alliance | UDA | 2,080 |
| Gongoni | Magarini | Mwaro Baya Stephen | IND | 3,040 |
| Magarini | Magarini | Kitsao Paul Charo | IND | 2,432 |
| Marafa | Magarini | Baya Emmanuel Karisa | ODM | 2,851 |
| Sabaki | Magarini | Baraka Rose Benson | PAA | 2,034 |
| Ganda | Malindi | Wanje Oscar Iha | ODM | 2,999 |
| Jilore | Malindi | Jambo Hamisi Mumbo | ODM | 1,945 |
| Kakuyuni | Malindi | Hinzano Morris Kitsao | UDA | 1,568 |
| Malindi Town | Malindi | Ogelo Rashid Odhiambo | ODM | 5,029 |
| Shella | Malindi | Mohamed Twaher Abdulkarim Orange Democratic Movement | ODM | 3,224 |
| Kambe/Ribe | Rabai | Kubo Morgan Mwagawe | UDA | 2,924 |
| Mwawesa | Rabai | Ngome Kalama Mumba | SPK | 738 |
| Rabai/Kisurutini | Rabai | Mwadena Cantona Mae | ODM | 2,738 |
| Ruruma | Rabai | Kombo Naphtali Nyae | JP | 2,487 |
Source: IEBC · Kenya Gazette · Gazette 9956 · declared winners only, not per-candidate tallies.
Parliamentary activity
What Kilifi'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.
Kilifi 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 Kilifi County
National-government development money allocated per constituency — not the county government's budget.
- Kilifi North KSh 211,874,573
- Magarini KSh 202,243,910
- Kilifi South KSh 192,613,248
- Malindi KSh 192,613,248
- Kaloleni KSh 183,086,585
Allocations by constituency and financial year
| Constituency | FY 2025/26 | FY 2024/25 | FY 2023/24 | FY 2022/23 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ganze NG-CDF record → | KSh 182,982,585 | KSh 170,469,857 | KSh 166,593,720 | KSh 138,215,033 |
| Kaloleni NG-CDF record → | KSh 183,086,585 | KSh 170,555,393 | KSh 166,593,720 | — |
| Kilifi North NG-CDF record → | KSh 211,874,573 | KSh 197,386,150 | KSh 192,897,991 | KSh 158,832,745 |
| Kilifi South NG-CDF record → | KSh 192,613,248 | KSh 179,467,954 | KSh 175,361,810 | KSh 145,087,603 |
| Magarini NG-CDF record → | KSh 202,243,910 | KSh 188,450,052 | KSh 184,129,901 | KSh 151,960,174 |
| Malindi NG-CDF record → | KSh 192,613,248 | KSh 179,441,954 | KSh 175,361,810 | KSh 145,087,603 |
| Rabai NG-CDF record → | KSh 182,982,585 | KSh 170,469,857 | — | KSh 138,215,033 |
Source: NG-CDF Board, checked against their own record before publication.
How this compares
KSh 1.35B 12th of 47
Ahead of 74% · median KSh 1.16B
588,602 12th of 47
Ahead of 74% · median 398,981
1,677 8th of 47
Ahead of 83% · median 916
10 28th of 47
Ahead of 38% · median 12
66 2nd of 47
Ahead of 96% · median 16
73 23rd of 47
Ahead of 49% · median 73
8 2nd of 47
Ahead of 94% · median 2
2,074 1st of 47
Ahead of 98% · 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.