Ruaraka Constituency

Ruaraka Constituency is an electoral constituency located in Nairobi County, Kenya. It is one of seventeen constituencies in the County. The constituency has a population of 192,620 and covers an area of 7.20 km².^[1] It was formed for the 2013 election following proposals by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission which sought to ease political tensions during elections.^[2] Ruaraka Constituency was formerly part of Kasarani Constituency. The whole constituency forms part of the Kasarani Sub-county.

Ruaraka
constituency for the Parliament of Kenya
County	Nairobi City
Area	7.20 km2 (2.8 sq mi)
Current constituency
Created	2013
Number of members	One
Party	ODM
Member of Parliament	Tom Kajwang'
Created from	Kasarani

Locations and wards

There are five wards in Ruaraka. The population statistics given below are as of 2009.^[1]

Ward	Population	km2
Babadogo	30,741	1.95
Utalii	36,275	1.90
Mathare North	53,658	0.50
Lucky Summer	30,000	1.95
Korogocho	41,946	0.90

Members of Parliament

Elections	MP	Party	Notes
2007	Elizabeth Ongoro	ODM
2013	Thomas Joseph Kajwang	ODM