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What you need to know about Garissa Township

It was formed for the 1988 elections.

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by The Star

News05 January 2023 - 09:23
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In Summary


  • Voting is underway in the Constituency to elect the next MP.
  • The Constituency was initially known as Dujis.
Defence CS Aden Duale campaigns for Major Mohamed Barrow Dekow in by-election on December 28, 2022

 

  • Garissa Township is one of the six constituencies in Garissa County.

 

  • Formerly Dujis, it was established for the 1988 general elections.
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Aden Duale has been representing the constituency since 2007.

 

It is the largest of the six constituencies in terms of registered voters.

 

There are 53, 253 registered voters as per the IEBC 2022 register.

 

It is highly cosmopolitan with a high concentration of diaspora voters.

 

It has four wards; namely, Waberi (11,657), Galbet (16,698), Township (13,419) and Iftin (11,479).

 

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