County profile
Muranga 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. 1,056,640 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 (9,075) and changes of particulars (121) 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 · Muranga
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. 1,056,640 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.
68,640 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 Muranga in Parliament.
2022 election — who won here
Declared winners from the IEBC Kenya Gazette.
County-wide winners · 2022
GovernorKanga’ta IrunguUDA · 256,561 votesGazette 9949
SenatorNgugi Joe Joseph NyutuUDA · 314,203 votesGazette 9955
Woman RepresentativeMaina Betty NjeriUDA · 278,443 votesGazette 9951
Constituencies & registered voters
Constituency winners · 2022
GatangaMuriu Wakili EdwardUDA · 33,938 votesGazette 9950
KandaraWahome Alice MuthoniUDA · 37,126 votesGazette 9950
KangemaKihungi Peter IrunguUDA · 20,343 votesGazette 9950
KigumoMunyoro Joseph KamauUDA · 27,213 votesGazette 9950
KiharuNyoro Samson NdindiUDA · 68,256 votesGazette 9950
MaragwaNjoroge Mary Wamaua WaithiraUDA · 49,281 votesGazette 9950
MathioyaGichuki Edwin MugoUDA · 21,503 votesGazette 9950
County Assembly (MCA) winners — 35 wards
- Kimorori/Wempa · Warisper Elizabeth Wambui United Democratic Mwangi Alliance 13,359 UDA
- Muguru · Maina Moses Muchiri 8,703 UDA
- Ithiru · Wasary Francis Kibe Kamau United Democratic Alliance 8,629 UDA
- Nginda · Kamau John Mwangi 8,515 UDA
- Gitugi · Wairagu Edwin Mwangi 7,896 UDA
Show the other 30 of 35, same scale
- Township · Karina Charles Machigo 7,439 UDA
- Mugoiri · Mwangi John Kamwaga 6,829 UDA
- Kinyona · Mbugua Liz Muthoni 6,732 UDA
- Kihumbi-Ini · Mungai Moses Gachui 6,259 UDA
- Kangari · Mirara Moses Macharia 6,134 UDA
- Kariara · Mbatia Jeremiah Clement Gichobe 6,096 UDA
- Mbiri · Njeri Benard Ruiru 5,758 UDA
- Gatanga · Ngugi John Kibaiya 5,446 UDA
- Gaturi · Njeri Gathee Wa 5,223 IND
- Kiru · Gathoni Morris Thuku 5,120 UDA
- Kamacharia · Mwangi Gerald Wambugu 4,894 IND
- Kamahuha · Kabera James Karanja 4,879 IND
- Kambiti · Njaramba Chomba Laban 4,758 UDA
- Wangu · Gichia Margaret Wanjiku 4,650 ANC
- Ng'araria · Wamwea Simon Mwaura 4,533 UDA
- Makuyu · Mwaura Thomas Muteti 4,488 UDA
- Muruka · Ngugi Peter Murigi 4,442 UDA
- Ruchu · Maina Naomi Nyambura 4,397 UDA
- Mugumo-Ini · Wanyoike Alex Wainaina 4,379 UDA
- Ichagaki · Muchoki Hilary Muigai 4,347 UDA
- Kagundu-Ini · Ngigi Samson Mukora 4,041 UDA
- Kanyenya-Ini · Wairimu Grace Nduta 3,963 UDA
- Muthithi · Mbau Boniface Nganga 3,943 IND
- Murarandia · Njuguna Peter Munga 3,825 IND
- Kakuzi/Mitubiri · Kimani Steven Mugai 3,360 UDA
- Kahumbu · Njoroge Chefman Isaac 2,975 UDA
- Kigumo · Njoroge Caroline Wairimu 2,953 ANC
- Ithanga · Makau Alex Ndunda 2,864 PNU
- Gaichanjiru · Munyua John Kamau 2,494 UDA
- Rwathia · Mwangi Keneth Kamau 2,266 UDA
Show all 35 wards as a table
| Ward | Constituency | Winner | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gatanga | Gatanga | Ngugi John Kibaiya | UDA | 5,446 |
| Ithanga | Gatanga | Makau Alex Ndunda | PNU | 2,864 |
| Kakuzi/Mitubiri | Gatanga | Kimani Steven Mugai | UDA | 3,360 |
| Kariara | Gatanga | Mbatia Jeremiah Clement Gichobe | UDA | 6,096 |
| Kihumbi-Ini | Gatanga | Mungai Moses Gachui | UDA | 6,259 |
| Mugumo-Ini | Gatanga | Wanyoike Alex Wainaina | UDA | 4,379 |
| Gaichanjiru | Kandara | Munyua John Kamau | UDA | 2,494 |
| Ithiru | Kandara | Wasary Francis Kibe Kamau United Democratic Alliance | UDA | 8,629 |
| Kagundu-Ini | Kandara | Ngigi Samson Mukora | UDA | 4,041 |
| Muruka | Kandara | Ngugi Peter Murigi | UDA | 4,442 |
| Ng'araria | Kandara | Wamwea Simon Mwaura | UDA | 4,533 |
| Ruchu | Kandara | Maina Naomi Nyambura | UDA | 4,397 |
| Kanyenya-Ini | Kangema | Wairimu Grace Nduta | UDA | 3,963 |
| Muguru | Kangema | Maina Moses Muchiri | UDA | 8,703 |
| Rwathia | Kangema | Mwangi Keneth Kamau | UDA | 2,266 |
| Kahumbu | Kigumo | Njoroge Chefman Isaac | UDA | 2,975 |
| Kangari | Kigumo | Mirara Moses Macharia | UDA | 6,134 |
| Kigumo | Kigumo | Njoroge Caroline Wairimu | ANC | 2,953 |
| Kinyona | Kigumo | Mbugua Liz Muthoni | UDA | 6,732 |
| Muthithi | Kigumo | Mbau Boniface Nganga | IND | 3,943 |
| Gaturi | Kiharu | Njeri Gathee Wa | IND | 5,223 |
| Mbiri | Kiharu | Njeri Benard Ruiru | UDA | 5,758 |
| Mugoiri | Kiharu | Mwangi John Kamwaga | UDA | 6,829 |
| Murarandia | Kiharu | Njuguna Peter Munga | IND | 3,825 |
| Township | Kiharu | Karina Charles Machigo | UDA | 7,439 |
| Wangu | Kiharu | Gichia Margaret Wanjiku | ANC | 4,650 |
| Ichagaki | Maragwa | Muchoki Hilary Muigai | UDA | 4,347 |
| Kamahuha | Maragwa | Kabera James Karanja | IND | 4,879 |
| Kambiti | Maragwa | Njaramba Chomba Laban | UDA | 4,758 |
| Kimorori/Wempa | Maragwa | Warisper Elizabeth Wambui United Democratic Mwangi Alliance | UDA | 13,359 |
| Makuyu | Maragwa | Mwaura Thomas Muteti | UDA | 4,488 |
| Nginda | Maragwa | Kamau John Mwangi | UDA | 8,515 |
| Gitugi | Mathioya | Wairagu Edwin Mwangi | UDA | 7,896 |
| Kamacharia | Mathioya | Mwangi Gerald Wambugu | IND | 4,894 |
| Kiru | Mathioya | Gathoni Morris Thuku | UDA | 5,120 |
Source: IEBC · Kenya Gazette · Gazette 9956 · declared winners only, not per-candidate tallies.
Parliamentary activity
What Muranga'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.
Muranga 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 Muranga County
National-government development money allocated per constituency — not the county government's budget.
- Gatanga KSh 202,243,910
- Kandara KSh 202,243,910
- Kiharu KSh 202,243,910
- Maragwa KSh 202,243,910
- Kigumo KSh 192,613,248
Allocations by constituency and financial year
| Constituency | FY 2025/26 | FY 2024/25 | FY 2023/24 | FY 2022/23 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gatanga NG-CDF record → | KSh 202,243,910 | KSh 188,414,052 | KSh 184,129,901 | KSh 151,960,174 |
| Kandara NG-CDF record → | KSh 202,243,910 | KSh 188,414,052 | KSh 184,129,901 | KSh 151,960,174 |
| Kangema NG-CDF record → | KSh 173,351,923 | KSh 161,497,759 | KSh 157,825,629 | KSh 131,342,462 |
| Kigumo NG-CDF record → | KSh 192,613,248 | KSh 179,441,954 | KSh 175,361,810 | KSh 145,087,603 |
| Kiharu NG-CDF record → | KSh 202,243,910 | KSh 188,414,052 | KSh 184,129,901 | KSh 151,960,174 |
| Maragwa NG-CDF record → | KSh 202,243,910 | KSh 188,414,052 | KSh 184,129,901 | KSh 151,960,174 |
| Mathioya NG-CDF record → | KSh 173,351,923 | KSh 161,497,759 | KSh 159,213,629 | KSh 131,342,462 |
Source: NG-CDF Board, checked against their own record before publication.
How this compares
KSh 1.35B 14th of 47
Ahead of 70% · median KSh 1.16B
620,929 10th of 47
Ahead of 79% · median 398,981
902 25th of 47
Ahead of 47% · median 916
16 15th of 47
Ahead of 68% · median 12
22 16th of 47
Ahead of 66% · median 16
73 23rd of 47
Ahead of 49% · median 73
1 25th of 47
Ahead of 23% · median 2
66 16th of 47
Ahead of 66% · 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.