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Turkana 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. 926,976 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 (4,082) and changes of particulars (12) 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 · Turkana
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. 926,976 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.
76,680 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 Turkana in Parliament.
2022 election — who won here
Declared winners from the IEBC Kenya Gazette.
County-wide winners · 2022
GovernorNapotikan Jeremiah Ekamais LomorukaiODM · 66,631 votesGazette 9949
SenatorEkomwa James LomenenJP · 56,334 votesGazette 9955
Woman RepresentativeNgitit Cecilia AsinyenUDA · 47,195 votesGazette 9951
Constituencies & registered voters
Constituency winners · 2022
LoimaAkuja Protus EwesitUDA · 11,974 votesGazette 9950
Turkana CentralEmathe Joseph NamuarUDA · 15,624 votesGazette 9950
Turkana EastNgikolong Nicholas Ngikor NixonJP · 4,868 votesGazette 9950
Turkana NorthNabuin Paul EkwomODM · 12,201 votesGazette 9950
Turkana SouthNamoit John ArikoODM · 12,893 votesGazette 9950
Turkana WestNanok Daniel EpuyoUDA · 9,568 votesGazette 9950
County Assembly (MCA) winners — 30 wards
- Kakuma · Lokwee Emoni Eliud 6,657 JP
- Turkwel · Edukon Stephen Ekamais 3,992 UDA
- Katilu · Etubon William Samal 3,862 UDA
- Lokichar · Lomodo Lokaale Samwel 3,522 JP
- Kangatotha · Lonyait Alany Mathew 3,440 UDA
Show the other 25 of 30, same scale
- Kerio Delta · Lotiang David Ekod 3,317 UDA
- Lokori/Kochodin · Ngasike Willy Napuyo 2,887 UDA
- Kaeris · Napion Patrick Ewoton 2,767 UDA
- Nakalale · Kalimapus Dedan Ngingaskou 2,673 ODM
- Lodwar Township · Itabo Ruth Kuya 2,611 UDA
- Lopur · Eweet Topos Gilbert 2,253 UDA
- Kaaleng/ Kaikor · Ebei Abdi Fatar Kapua 2,191 UDA
- Lake Zone · Ekwar Michael Egelan 2,115 UDA
- Kanamkemer · Loyelei James Ikeny 1,962 UDA
- Songot · Bethwel Lochor Kobongin 1,742 UDA
- Katilia · Alphonse Loteder A 1,680 IND
- Kalokol · Ebenyo Michael Epem 1,625 IND
- Kalobeyei · Apuron Julius Edung 1,549 JP
- Letea · Namuya Francis Ngimusia 1,545 JP
- Lapur · Michael Ewoi Emase 1,544 UDA
- Kotaruk Lobei · Lemuya Anarclet Esekhon 1,531 FORD
- Nanaam · Ekuwam Philip Lomoria 1,305 UDA
- Kaputir · Ekaale Aemun Michael 1,243 UDA
- Lokiriama Lorengippi · Lopayo Lomuria Lawrence 1,227 ODM
- Kibish · Aule Naoyakope Ebenyo 1,115 MAPK
- Loima · Amojong Mark Akeru 1,112 UDA
- Lokichoggio · Ekipor Lobwin Vincent 1,025 JP
- Lobokat · Elimlim Samwel Aliwo 909 UDA
- Kalapata · Nauyongorot Linus Echeme 894 UDA
- Kapedo/Napeito m · Lolim Willy Nalimo 772 ODM
Show all 30 wards as a table
| Ward | Constituency | Winner | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kotaruk Lobei | Loima | Lemuya Anarclet Esekhon | FORD | 1,531 |
| Loima | Loima | Amojong Mark Akeru | UDA | 1,112 |
| Lokiriama Lorengippi | Loima | Lopayo Lomuria Lawrence | ODM | 1,227 |
| Turkwel | Loima | Edukon Stephen Ekamais | UDA | 3,992 |
| Kalokol | Turkana Central | Ebenyo Michael Epem | IND | 1,625 |
| Kanamkemer | Turkana Central | Loyelei James Ikeny | UDA | 1,962 |
| Kangatotha | Turkana Central | Lonyait Alany Mathew | UDA | 3,440 |
| Kerio Delta | Turkana Central | Lotiang David Ekod | UDA | 3,317 |
| Lodwar Township | Turkana Central | Itabo Ruth Kuya | UDA | 2,611 |
| Kapedo/Napeito m | Turkana East | Lolim Willy Nalimo | ODM | 772 |
| Katilia | Turkana East | Alphonse Loteder A | IND | 1,680 |
| Lokori/Kochodin | Turkana East | Ngasike Willy Napuyo | UDA | 2,887 |
| Kaaleng/ Kaikor | Turkana North | Ebei Abdi Fatar Kapua | UDA | 2,191 |
| Kaeris | Turkana North | Napion Patrick Ewoton | UDA | 2,767 |
| Kibish | Turkana North | Aule Naoyakope Ebenyo | MAPK | 1,115 |
| Lake Zone | Turkana North | Ekwar Michael Egelan | UDA | 2,115 |
| Lapur | Turkana North | Michael Ewoi Emase | UDA | 1,544 |
| Nakalale | Turkana North | Kalimapus Dedan Ngingaskou | ODM | 2,673 |
| Kalapata | Turkana South | Nauyongorot Linus Echeme | UDA | 894 |
| Kaputir | Turkana South | Ekaale Aemun Michael | UDA | 1,243 |
| Katilu | Turkana South | Etubon William Samal | UDA | 3,862 |
| Lobokat | Turkana South | Elimlim Samwel Aliwo | UDA | 909 |
| Lokichar | Turkana South | Lomodo Lokaale Samwel | JP | 3,522 |
| Kakuma | Turkana West | Lokwee Emoni Eliud | JP | 6,657 |
| Kalobeyei | Turkana West | Apuron Julius Edung | JP | 1,549 |
| Letea | Turkana West | Namuya Francis Ngimusia | JP | 1,545 |
| Lokichoggio | Turkana West | Ekipor Lobwin Vincent | JP | 1,025 |
| Lopur | Turkana West | Eweet Topos Gilbert | UDA | 2,253 |
| Nanaam | Turkana West | Ekuwam Philip Lomoria | UDA | 1,305 |
| Songot | Turkana West | Bethwel Lochor Kobongin | UDA | 1,742 |
Source: IEBC · Kenya Gazette · Gazette 9956 · declared winners only, not per-candidate tallies.
Parliamentary activity
What Turkana'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.
Turkana 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 Turkana County
National-government development money allocated per constituency — not the county government's budget.
- Turkana West KSh 211,874,573
- Turkana North KSh 202,243,910
- Turkana Central KSh 192,613,248
- Turkana South KSh 192,613,248
- Loima KSh 182,982,585
Show the other 1 of 6, same scale
- Turkana East KSh 173,351,923
Allocations by constituency and financial year
| Constituency | FY 2025/26 | FY 2024/25 | FY 2023/24 | FY 2022/23 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loima NG-CDF record → | KSh 182,982,585 | KSh 170,469,857 | KSh 166,593,720 | KSh 138,215,033 |
| Turkana Central NG-CDF record → | KSh 192,613,248 | KSh 179,441,954 | KSh 175,361,810 | KSh 145,087,603 |
| Turkana East NG-CDF record → | KSh 173,351,923 | KSh 161,497,759 | KSh 157,825,629 | KSh 131,342,462 |
| Turkana North NG-CDF record → | KSh 202,243,910 | KSh 188,414,052 | KSh 184,129,901 | KSh 151,960,174 |
| Turkana South NG-CDF record → | KSh 192,613,248 | KSh 179,441,954 | KSh 175,361,810 | KSh 145,087,603 |
| Turkana West NG-CDF record → | KSh 211,874,573 | KSh 197,386,150 | KSh 192,897,991 | KSh 158,832,745 |
Source: NG-CDF Board, checked against their own record before publication.
How this compares
KSh 1.16B 20th of 47
Ahead of 55% · median KSh 1.16B
238,528 35th of 47
Ahead of 26% · median 398,981
400 42nd of 47
Ahead of 11% · median 916
4 41st of 47
Ahead of 11% · median 12
7 36th of 47
Ahead of 17% · median 16
89 18th of 47
Ahead of 62% · median 73
2 17th of 47
Ahead of 49% · median 2
6 45th of 47
Ahead of 4% · 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.