County profile

Kitui County

People. Elections. Representation. Public money.

8Constituencies 10Representatives
532,758Registered voters 2022
90.1Registered per 100 adults counted in 2019
1885Contributions in Parliament KSh 1.54BNG-CDF approved FY 2025/26

People & places

Land area · 2019 30,429.5 km² #6 of 47 counties held 5.24% of Kenya Projected population · 2022 1,215,209 people #15 of 47 counties held 2.4% of Kenya Registered voters · 2022 532,758 registrations #15 of 47 counties held 2.41% 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. 1,136,187 residents were counted here in 2019.

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

Registering for 2027

532,758 registered voters in the 2022 register
+61,839 new registrations in this drive +11.61% on top of the 2022 register · 11th 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 (3,022) and changes of particulars (47) 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 474,512
  2. 2022 532,758
  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

+58,246 voters added 18th of 47 counties by number
+12.27% growth on the 2017 register 34th 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. Kitui Central
    1. 2022 77,764
    2. 2027 none held yet
  2. Kitui South
    1. 2022 75,372
    2. 2027 none held yet
  3. Mwingi Central
    1. 2022 74,231
    2. 2027 none held yet
  4. Mwingi North
    1. 2022 68,829
    2. 2027 none held yet
  5. Kitui East
    1. 2022 65,377
    2. 2027 none held yet
  6. Kitui West
    1. 2022 59,047
    2. 2027 none held yet
  7. Mwingi West
    1. 2022 57,138
    2. 2027 none held yet
  8. Kitui Rural
    1. 2022 55,000
    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 · Kitui

Projected population · 2022²1,215,209
Adults 18+ · 2019¹591,033
Registered voters · 2022532,758
Different years and populations; this is not turnout.
90.1registered 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. 1,136,187 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.

101,003 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 Kitui in Parliament.

Wambua Enoch Kiio
Wambua Enoch Kiio
Senator
WDM-K 758 contributions
Irene Muthoni Kasalu
Irene Muthoni Kasalu
Woman Representative
WDM-K 10 contributions
Constituencies & their MPs
Mulu Makali
Mulu Makali
Kitui Central
WDM-K 424 contributions
Nimrod Mbithuka Mbai
Nimrod Mbithuka Mbai
Kitui East
UDA 35 contributions
David Mwalika
David Mwalika
Kitui Rural
WDM-K 73 contributions
Nyamai Rachael Kaki
Nyamai Rachael Kaki
Kitui South
JP 165 contributions
Nyenze Edith Vethi
Nyenze Edith Vethi
Kitui West
WDM-K 59 contributions
Gideon Mutemi Mulyungi
Gideon Mutemi Mulyungi
Mwingi Central
WDM-K 132 contributions
Paul Musyimi Nzengu
Paul Musyimi Nzengu
Mwingi North
WDM-K 49 contributions
Ngusya Charles Nguna
Ngusya Charles Nguna
Mwingi West
WDM-K 180 contributions

2022 election — who won here

Declared winners from the IEBC Kenya Gazette.

County-wide winners · 2022

GovernorMalombe Julius MakauWDM–K · 198,004 votesGazette 9949

SenatorWambua Enoch KiioWDM · 191,317 votesGazette 9955

Woman RepresentativeKasalu Irene MuthoniWDM–K · 201,899 votesGazette 9951

Constituencies & registered voters
  1. Kitui Central
    1. 2022 77,764
    2. 2027 none held yet
  2. Kitui South
    1. 2022 75,372
    2. 2027 none held yet
  3. Mwingi Central
    1. 2022 74,231
    2. 2027 none held yet
  4. Mwingi North
    1. 2022 68,829
    2. 2027 none held yet
  5. Kitui East
    1. 2022 65,377
    2. 2027 none held yet
  6. Kitui West
    1. 2022 59,047
    2. 2027 none held yet
  7. Mwingi West
    1. 2022 57,138
    2. 2027 none held yet
  8. Kitui Rural
    1. 2022 55,000
    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

Kitui CentralMulu Makali BensonWDM–K · 30,954 votesGazette 9950

Kitui EastMbai Nimrod MbithukaUDA · 22,273 votesGazette 9950

Kitui SouthNyamai Rachael KakiJP · 24,989 votesGazette 9950

Kitui WestNyenze Edith VethiWDM–K · 18,050 votesGazette 9950

Mwingi CentralMulyungi Gideon MutemiWDM–K · 35,846 votesGazette 9950

Mwingi NorthNzengu Paul MusyimiWDM–K · 23,560 votesGazette 9950

Mwingi WestNguna Charles NgusyaWDM–K · 19,432 votesGazette 9950

County Assembly (MCA) winners — 40 wards
Wards where the winner polled most votes
  1. Ikanga/Kyatune · Musyoka Cyrus Kisavi 7,124 WDM
  2. Tseikuru · Muange Daniel Kimanzi 5,521 WDM
  3. Miambani · Mutambu Alex Nganga 5,050 NARC
  4. Mutomo · Munyau David Masaku 5,034 JP
  5. Kyangwithya West · Nzioka Christopher Nzilu Wiper Democratic Movement 4,222 WDM
Show the other 34 of 39, same scale
  1. Kwa Vonza/Yatta Nding’o · Mark Kitute Independent 3,885 IND
  2. Township · Kimanzi Daniel Ngoima 3,591 WDM
  3. Kauwi · Mutunga Munyao Gabriel 3,565 NARC
  4. Matinyani · Munyalo Kitheka Sylvester National Rainbow Coalition 3,516 NARC
  5. Mutonguni · Mulandi Ndambu Benjamin Independent 3,492 IND
  6. Mumoni · Kasinga Titus Munyoki 3,460 CCU
  7. Kisasi · Mutemi Nicholas Muema 3,450 CPK
  8. Central · Munyasya Benard Mwangangi Wiper Democractic Movement 3,404 WDM
  9. Nguni · Mutua Jeremiah Musee 3,343 NARC
  10. Athi · Kieti Muthama Musyoka 3,152 NARC
  11. Nguutani · Katana Stephen Ileve 3,110 IND
  12. Mui · Muthami Cornelius Ngumbau Independent 3,103 IND
  13. Migwani · Mawia Harrison Maluki 3,067 WDM
  14. Nuu · Kasyoka Judith Wanza 3,021 IND
  15. Kwa Mutonga/Kithumula · Maluki Paul 2,967 UDA
  16. Kyuso · Mwinzi Munyoki 2,940 WDM
  17. Mutitu/Kaliku · Kasele Aron Kilonzi 2,934 UDA
  18. Mutha · Isumail Dominic Mwamisi 2,922 GTAP
  19. Zombe/Mwitika · Munyao Malinga 2,886 UDA
  20. Kyangwithya East · Katumbi Boniface Maundu 2,761 NARC
  21. Kivou · Munyithya Sammy Musili 2,751 WDM
  22. Tharaka · Ndagara Godfrey Muthengi 2,675 WDM
  23. Nzambani · Mbite Joseph Musyoka 2,420 IND
  24. Chuluni · Vuthi Mathew Ngovi 2,306 WDM
  25. Mulango · Kitonyo Peter Mwanza 2,282 IND
  26. Kiomo /Kyethani Musyoka · Anthony Musyimi Wiper Democratic Movement 2,264 WDM
  27. Ikutha · Mwandia Hussein 2,198 NARC
  28. Ngomeni · Ngwele Joseph Nzungi 2,115 IND
  29. Endau/Malalani · Mbuno Erastus Musyoka 2,046 WDM
  30. Kanyangi · Katula Boniface Mukwate Wiper Democratic Movement 2,044 WDM
  31. Voo/Kyamatu · Syengo Zacchaeus Ivutha 1,901 WDM
  32. Waita · Kavula Joseph Kasungi 1,670 IND
  33. Mbitini · Mwanzia Nzavu 1,665 MUUNG
  34. Kanziko · Kimuli Kyalo 1,665 JP
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. No figure is held for Kyome/Thaana · - -, so that row is not drawn — the source states none, which is not the same as nothing.
Show all 40 wards as a table
WardConstituencyWinnerPartyVotes
Kyangwithya East Kitui Central Katumbi Boniface Maundu NARC 2,761
Kyangwithya West Kitui Central Nzioka Christopher Nzilu Wiper Democratic Movement WDM 4,222
Miambani Kitui Central Mutambu Alex Nganga NARC 5,050
Mulango Kitui Central Kitonyo Peter Mwanza IND 2,282
Township Kitui Central Kimanzi Daniel Ngoima WDM 3,591
Chuluni Kitui East Vuthi Mathew Ngovi WDM 2,306
Endau/Malalani Kitui East Mbuno Erastus Musyoka WDM 2,046
Mutitu/Kaliku Kitui East Kasele Aron Kilonzi UDA 2,934
Nzambani Kitui East Mbite Joseph Musyoka IND 2,420
Voo/Kyamatu Kitui East Syengo Zacchaeus Ivutha WDM 1,901
Zombe/Mwitika Kitui East Munyao Malinga UDA 2,886
Kanyangi Kitui Rural Katula Boniface Mukwate Wiper Democratic Movement WDM 2,044
Kisasi Kitui Rural Mutemi Nicholas Muema CPK 3,450
Kwa Vonza/Yatta Nding’o Kitui Rural Mark Kitute Independent IND 3,885
Mbitini Kitui Rural Mwanzia Nzavu MUUNG 1,665
Athi Kitui South Kieti Muthama Musyoka NARC 3,152
Ikanga/Kyatune Kitui South Musyoka Cyrus Kisavi WDM 7,124
Ikutha Kitui South Mwandia Hussein NARC 2,198
Kanziko Kitui South Kimuli Kyalo JP 1,665
Mutha Kitui South Isumail Dominic Mwamisi GTAP 2,922
Mutomo Kitui South Munyau David Masaku JP 5,034
Kauwi Kitui West Mutunga Munyao Gabriel NARC 3,565
Kwa Mutonga/Kithumula Kitui West Maluki Paul UDA 2,967
Matinyani Kitui West Munyalo Kitheka Sylvester National Rainbow Coalition NARC 3,516
Mutonguni Kitui West Mulandi Ndambu Benjamin Independent IND 3,492
Central Mwingi Central Munyasya Benard Mwangangi Wiper Democractic Movement WDM 3,404
Kivou Mwingi Central Munyithya Sammy Musili WDM 2,751
Mui Mwingi Central Muthami Cornelius Ngumbau Independent IND 3,103
Nguni Mwingi Central Mutua Jeremiah Musee NARC 3,343
Nuu Mwingi Central Kasyoka Judith Wanza IND 3,021
Waita Mwingi Central Kavula Joseph Kasungi IND 1,670
Kyuso Mwingi North Mwinzi Munyoki WDM 2,940
Mumoni Mwingi North Kasinga Titus Munyoki CCU 3,460
Ngomeni Mwingi North Ngwele Joseph Nzungi IND 2,115
Tharaka Mwingi North Ndagara Godfrey Muthengi WDM 2,675
Tseikuru Mwingi North Muange Daniel Kimanzi WDM 5,521
Kiomo /Kyethani Musyoka Mwingi West Anthony Musyimi Wiper Democratic Movement WDM 2,264
Kyome/Thaana Mwingi West - - Not stated —
Migwani Mwingi West Mawia Harrison Maluki WDM 3,067
Nguutani Mwingi West Katana Stephen Ileve IND 3,110

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

Parliamentary activity

What Kitui's members do across both Houses.

Contributions in Parliament
1,127National Assembly · MPs & Woman Rep
758Senate · Senator

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.

33Questions asked 47Motions moved 78Statements 2Petitions presented 33Papers laid

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.

Kitui 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 14.3 billion Budget · FY 2024/25
KSh 12.5 billion Spent 87.0% absorption, as reported
KSh 3.3 billion Development spending 69.0% of the development budget
KSh 9.2 billion Recurrent spending 96.0% of the recurrent budget

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

NG-CDF in Kitui County

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

KSh 1.54B FY 2025/26 approved · all 8 constituencies
KSh 897.2M FY 2024/25 approved · subtotal for 5 of 8 constituencies
KSh 1.24B FY 2023/24 approved · subtotal for 7 of 8 constituencies
KSh 1.16B FY 2022/23 approved · all 8 constituencies
By constituency
Approved per constituency · FY 2025/26
  1. Kitui East KSh 202,243,910
  2. Kitui South KSh 202,243,910
  3. Mwingi Central KSh 202,243,910
  4. Kitui Central KSh 192,613,248
  5. Mwingi North KSh 192,613,248
Show the other 3 of 8, same scale
  1. Kitui West KSh 183,018,585
  2. Kitui Rural KSh 182,982,585
  3. Mwingi West KSh 182,982,585
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
Kitui Central NG-CDF record → KSh 192,613,248 — KSh 175,389,810 KSh 145,087,603
Kitui East NG-CDF record → KSh 202,243,910 KSh 188,414,052 KSh 184,129,901 KSh 151,960,174
Kitui Rural NG-CDF record → KSh 182,982,585 — KSh 166,593,720 KSh 138,215,033
Kitui South NG-CDF record → KSh 202,243,910 KSh 188,414,052 KSh 184,283,901 KSh 151,960,174
Kitui West NG-CDF record → KSh 183,018,585 KSh 170,469,857 KSh 166,593,720 KSh 138,215,033
Mwingi Central NG-CDF record → KSh 202,243,910 — KSh 184,129,901 KSh 151,960,174
Mwingi North NG-CDF record → KSh 192,613,248 KSh 179,441,954 KSh 175,361,810 KSh 145,087,603
Mwingi West 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.

All Kitui 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 1.54B 9th of 47

Ahead of 81% · median KSh 1.16B

Registered voters (IEBC register)

532,758 15th of 47

Ahead of 68% · median 398,981

Hansard contributions

1,885 6th of 47

Ahead of 87% · median 916

Questions asked

33 5th of 47

Ahead of 89% · median 12

Motions moved

47 6th of 47

Ahead of 87% · median 16

Statements

78 21st of 47

Ahead of 55% · median 73

Petitions presented

2 17th of 47

Ahead of 49% · median 2

Papers laid

33 27th of 47

Ahead of 43% · 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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