Wajir South Constituency

Wajir South
constituency
for the Parliament of Kenya
Wajir South Constituency within Wajir County
Wajir County within Kenya
CountyWajir
Population215,628[1]
Area21,595.7 km2 (8,338.1 sq mi)[1]
Current constituency
Number of members1
PartyODM
Member of ParliamentMohamed Adow
Wards7

Wajir South Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. Wajir South is one of the six constituencies in Wajir County and one of the largest in Kenya. It is also one of the most neglected, underdeveloped, and unchanged constituencies in Kenya since its creation. The constituency IEBC data shows Wajir South land mass is about 21,595.7 km², hence larger than Central (11,449), Nairobi (696) and Western (7,400) regions combined. The constituency has seven wards Burder Ward, Dadajabula, Ibrahim ure, Diif, Lagboqol south, Habaswein, and Banane ward, all electing Members of County Assembly (MCA) to the Wajir County Assembly.

On 27 September 2023, leaders from Wajir South Constituency led by area Mp Mr. Mohamed Adow submitted a memorandum proposing the creation of Wajir South County to the National Dialogue Committee at the Bomas of Kenya in Nairobi. This was sparked by the inequitable distribution of Wajir County resources and allocation of county jobs with Wajir South getting a paltry 5.33% and 4.19% respectively despite accounting 40% of Wajir County.

Wajir South Constituency lies between latitudes 1◦ 30’N and 0◦ 60’N and between longitudes 39◦ 30’E and 41◦ E. It borders Somalia Republic to the East; Lagdera Constituency to the South, Wajir West Constituency to the west, and Wajir East Constituency to the North.

Wajir South Constituency is a featureless plain and lies between 150 meters and 460 meters above sea level and along latitude 1°45'N and longitude 40°4'E. Its altitude is 244 m (801ft).

The region’s population is largely agro- pastoralist and pre-dominantly Somali. About 60-70% of the people depend largely on livestock for their livelihood. The main form of land use is nomadic pastoralism, which is the most efficient method of exploiting the range lands.

Members of Parliament

Elections MP[2] Party Notes
1963Ahmed Abdi OgleKANUOne-party system
1969Abdi Ali HirsiKANUOne-party system
1974Ahmed Abdi OgleKANUOne-party system
1979Abdi Ali HirsiKANUOne-party system
1983Ahmed Abdi OgleKANUOne-party system
1988Noor Abdi OgleKANUOne-party system
1992Arale Hassan AhmedKANUMulti-party system
1997Mohamed Abdi AffeyKANUMulti-party system
2002Abdirahman Ali HassanKANUMulti-party system
2007Abdirahman Ali HassanKANUMulti-party system
2010Mohamud M. Sirat (DAYOW)ODM-KMulti-party system
2013Abdullahi M. Diriye (DAKALOW)ODM

Multi-party system

2017Mohamud OomarJP

Multi-party system

2022Mohamed AdowODM

Multi-party system

Wards

Wards
Ward Registered Voters
Benane Ward8,761
Burder Ward6,980
Dif11,570
Habaswein9,970
Ibrahim Ure7,564
Lagboghol South8,925
Dadajabula6,567
Total63,337
*February 2025.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census. www.knbs.or.ke (Report). Vol. 2 - Distribution of Population by Administrative Units. Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. December 2019. Archived from the original on 10 December 2025. Retrieved 10 April 2026.
  2. ↑ Center for Multiparty Democracy: Politics and Parliamentarians in Kenya 1944–2007 Archived 28 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ Electoral Commission of Kenya: Registered voters per polling station by electoral area/ward and constituency

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