Bonchari Constituency

Bonchari is an electoral constituency in Kisii County. It is one of nine constituencies in the county. The constituency was established for the 1988 elections. It has four wards namely; Riana, Bomorenda, Bomariba and Bogiakumu.^[1]

Bonchari
constituency for the Parliament of Kenya
County	Kisii County
Current constituency
Created	1988
Number of members	One
Party	UPA
Member of Parliament	Charles Onchoke
Created from	Wanjare-South Mugirango

Members of Parliament

Elections	Member of Parliament [2]	Party	Notes
1988	Protas Kebati Momanyi	KANU	One-party system.
1992	Protas Kebati Momanyi	KANU
1997	Zebedeo John Opore	KANU
2002	Zebedeo John Opore	Ford-People
2007	Charles Onyancha	ODM
2013	Zebedeo John Opore	Ford-people
2017	John Oroo Oyioka	ODM	Died in 2021
2021	Pavel Oimeke	ODM	By-election
2022	Charles Onchoke[3]	UPA

Wards

Bonchari Constituency has four wards represented by Members of county assembly in the Kisii County government. The wards are: Bogiakumu, Bomariba, Bokeira (Bomorenda) and Riana.^[1]

Kisii South Sub-county

Kisii South Sub-county shares common boundaries with Bonchari. The Sub-county is headed by the sub-county administrator, appointed by a County Public Service Board.^[4]