County profile

Nyandarua County

People. Elections. Representation. Public money.

5Constituencies 7Representatives
361,165Registered voters 2022
100.2Registered per 100 adults counted in 2019
747Contributions in Parliament KSh 963.1MNG-CDF approved FY 2025/26

People & places

Land area · 2019 3,285.7 km² #25 of 47 counties held 0.57% of Kenya Projected population · 2022 682,740 people #33 of 47 counties held 1.35% of Kenya Registered voters · 2022 361,165 registrations #28 of 47 counties held 1.63% 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. 638,289 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

361,165 registered voters in the 2022 register
+20,467 new registrations in this drive +5.67% on top of the 2022 register · 42nd 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 (2,665) and changes of particulars (75) 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 335,634
  2. 2022 361,165
  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

+25,531 voters added 38th of 47 counties by number
+7.61% growth on the 2017 register 42nd 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. Kinangop
    1. 2022 115,547
    2. 2027 none held yet
  2. Ol Kalou
    1. 2022 72,997
    2. 2027 none held yet
  3. Ol Jorok
    1. 2022 60,147
    2. 2027 none held yet
  4. Ndaragwa
    1. 2022 57,846
    2. 2027 none held yet
  5. Kipipiri
    1. 2022 54,628
    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 · Nyandarua

Projected population · 2022²682,740
Adults 18+ · 2019¹360,587
Registered voters · 2022361,165
Different years and populations; this is not turnout.
100.2registered 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. 638,289 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.

49,913 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 Nyandarua in Parliament.

2022 election — who won here

Declared winners from the IEBC Kenya Gazette.

County-wide winners · 2022

GovernorKiarie Moses Ndirangu BadilishaUDA · 158,263 votesGazette 9949

SenatorMethu John MuhiaUDA · 158,096 votesGazette 9955

Woman RepresentativeGitau Faith WairimuUDA · 159,621 votesGazette 9951

Constituencies & registered voters
  1. Kinangop
    1. 2022 115,547
    2. 2027 none held yet
  2. Ol Kalou
    1. 2022 72,997
    2. 2027 none held yet
  3. Ol Jorok
    1. 2022 60,147
    2. 2027 none held yet
  4. Ndaragwa
    1. 2022 57,846
    2. 2027 none held yet
  5. Kipipiri
    1. 2022 54,628
    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.
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Constituency winners · 2022

KinangopKwenya Thuku ZacharyJP · 39,331 votesGazette 9950

KipipiriMuhia WanjikuUDA · 15,196 votesGazette 9950

NdaragwaGachagua George NUDA · 30,183 votesGazette 9950

OljorokMuchira Michael MwangiUDA · 26,980 votesGazette 9950

OlkalouKiaraho David NjugunaJP · 24,058 votesGazette 9950

County Assembly (MCA) winners — 25 wards
Wards where the winner polled most votes
  1. Wanjohi · Wanjiru Isaac Kung’u 9,794 UDA
  2. Weru · Mburu Simon Mbogo 6,972 UDA
  3. Shamata · Karanja Reuben Gitau 6,256 UDA
  4. Nyakio · Mwangi Njeru Zackary 5,654 UDA
  5. Karau · Ndungu Daniel Gitau 5,348 UDA
Show the other 20 of 25, same scale
  1. Leshau Pondo · Kamau Peter Gathungu 5,318 UDA
  2. Kanjuiri Range · Gachino John Thuo 5,268 UDA
  3. Rurii · Kiriga Peter Thinji 5,198 IND
  4. Central · Maina Peter Mwangi 4,951 UDA
  5. Engineer · Mwangi Gichuki James 4,792 JP
  6. Magumu · Ndungu Kassana Hussein 4,781 UDA
  7. Charagita · Mburu Paul Kiruka 4,757 UDA
  8. Mirangine · Wainaina Samuel Mathu 4,593 UDA
  9. Gatimu · Chege Duncan Githinji 4,436 IND
  10. Gathara · Waruiru Kamwana Geofrey 4,369 IND
  11. Kaimbaga · Nyagah Elijah Mwangi 4,180 UDA
  12. Murungaru · Mwangi Maina Ebrahim 4,153 JP
  13. Gathanji · Kuria Joseph Thuo 3,958 UDA
  14. North Kinangop · Wambugu King'ori Edinald 3,946 UDA
  15. Kipipiri · Ngeche Paul Wambaire 3,875 CCK
  16. Geta · Gathirimu Samuel Chege 3,753 UDA
  17. Njabini/Kiburu · Kiiru Gachomba James 3,569 JP
  18. Githabai · Rimui Kaiyani Samwel 3,529 UDA
  19. Kiriita · Ndirangu Milkah Wanjiru 3,376 UDA
  20. Githioro · Mbae Isaac Kamau 2,805 UDA
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.
Show all 25 wards as a table
WardConstituencyWinnerPartyVotes
Engineer Kinangop Mwangi Gichuki James JP 4,792
Gathara Kinangop Waruiru Kamwana Geofrey IND 4,369
Githabai Kinangop Rimui Kaiyani Samwel UDA 3,529
Magumu Kinangop Ndungu Kassana Hussein UDA 4,781
Murungaru Kinangop Mwangi Maina Ebrahim JP 4,153
Njabini/Kiburu Kinangop Kiiru Gachomba James JP 3,569
North Kinangop Kinangop Wambugu King'ori Edinald UDA 3,946
Nyakio Kinangop Mwangi Njeru Zackary UDA 5,654
Geta Kipipiri Gathirimu Samuel Chege UDA 3,753
Githioro Kipipiri Mbae Isaac Kamau UDA 2,805
Kipipiri Kipipiri Ngeche Paul Wambaire CCK 3,875
Wanjohi Kipipiri Wanjiru Isaac Kung’u UDA 9,794
Central Ndaragwa Maina Peter Mwangi UDA 4,951
Kiriita Ndaragwa Ndirangu Milkah Wanjiru UDA 3,376
Leshau Pondo Ndaragwa Kamau Peter Gathungu UDA 5,318
Shamata Ndaragwa Karanja Reuben Gitau UDA 6,256
Charagita Ol Jorok Mburu Paul Kiruka UDA 4,757
Gathanji Ol Jorok Kuria Joseph Thuo UDA 3,958
Gatimu Ol Jorok Chege Duncan Githinji IND 4,436
Weru Ol Jorok Mburu Simon Mbogo UDA 6,972
Kaimbaga Ol Kalou Nyagah Elijah Mwangi UDA 4,180
Kanjuiri Range Ol Kalou Gachino John Thuo UDA 5,268
Karau Ol Kalou Ndungu Daniel Gitau UDA 5,348
Mirangine Ol Kalou Wainaina Samuel Mathu UDA 4,593
Rurii Ol Kalou Kiriga Peter Thinji IND 5,198

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

Parliamentary activity

What Nyandarua's members do across both Houses.

Contributions in Parliament

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.

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.

Nyandarua 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 8.8 billion Budget · FY 2024/25
KSh 7.1 billion Spent 80.0% absorption, as reported
KSh 2.0 billion Development spending 62.0% of the development budget
KSh 5.1 billion Recurrent spending 91.0% of the recurrent budget

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

NG-CDF in Nyandarua County

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

KSh 963.1M FY 2025/26 approved · all 5 constituencies
KSh 520.4M FY 2024/25 approved · subtotal for 3 of 5 constituencies
KSh 877.0M FY 2023/24 approved · all 5 constituencies
KSh 587.2M FY 2022/23 approved · subtotal for 4 of 5 constituencies
By constituency
Approved per constituency · FY 2025/26
  1. Kinangop KSh 221,505,235
  2. Ol Kalou KSh 192,613,248
  3. Kipipiri KSh 182,982,585
  4. Ndaragwa KSh 182,982,585
  5. Ol Jorok 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
Kinangop NG-CDF record → KSh 221,505,235 KSh 201,810,082 KSh 165,705,316
Kipipiri NG-CDF record → KSh 182,982,585 KSh 170,469,857 KSh 166,593,720 KSh 138,215,033
Ndaragwa NG-CDF record → KSh 182,982,585 KSh 170,469,857 KSh 166,593,720 KSh 138,215,033
Ol Jorok NG-CDF record → KSh 182,982,585 KSh 166,593,720
Ol Kalou NG-CDF record → KSh 192,613,248 KSh 179,441,954 KSh 175,361,810 KSh 145,087,603

Source: NG-CDF Board, checked against their own record before publication.

All Nyandarua 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 963.1M 33rd of 47

Ahead of 30% · median KSh 1.16B

Registered voters (IEBC register)

361,165 28th of 47

Ahead of 40% · median 398,981

Hansard contributions

747 31st of 47

Ahead of 34% · median 916

Questions asked

8 33rd of 47

Ahead of 28% · median 12

Motions moved

14 25th of 47

Ahead of 43% · median 16

Statements

63 26th of 47

Ahead of 43% · median 73

Petitions presented

1 25th of 47

Ahead of 23% · median 2

Papers laid

43 22nd of 47

Ahead of 53% · 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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