Currently, the constituency has at least 62,386 registered voters who are expected to cast their ballots on March 4.
The constituency has five wards namely Namamali, Koyonzo, Mayoni, Kholera and Khalaba with a total of 116 polling stations will be used in all five wards.
Dr Joseph Amukoya became the first MP for Matungu after he won the 1997 parliamentary elections on a Kanu ticket.
But in 2002, Dr Amukoya lost to David Were who rode in National Rainbow Coalition (Narc) wave.
Were successfully defended the seat in 2007 and 2013 on two different party tickets.
He vied on the ODM ticket in 2007 and managed to secure the seat in 2013 as a Ford Kenya candidate.
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THE STANDARD By
Moses Nyamori |
February 15th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
Registrar of Political Parties Ann Nderitu. [File,Standard]
Leaders are in mad rush to register new political parties to accommodate aspirants who will be denied nomination tickets or locked out of alliances ahead of the 2022 General Election.
The Standard has established that by yesterday more than 1,000 names of proposed political parties had been reserved at the Registrar of Political Parties (RPP) by individuals.
At the same time, an additional 14 parties have been issued with provisional certificates, pending verification of requirements for full registration.
Currently the country has 77 registered political parties and personnel from the RPP have been dispatched in the 47 counties to establish whether three new outfits have presence in at least 24 devolved units before they are fully registered.
Jesse Jackson Fast Facts
Personal
Birth place: Greenville, South Carolina
Birth name: Jesse Louis Burns
Father: Noah Robinson, cotton grader
Mother: Helen (Burns) Jackson, hairdresser
Marriage: Jacqueline Lavinia (Brown) Jackson (December 31, 1962-present)
Children: with Karin Stanford: Ashley (May 1999); with Jacqueline: Jacqueline Jackson (September 2, 1975); Yusef (September 26, 1970); Jonathan (January 7, 1966); Jesse Jr. (March 11, 1965); Santita (July 16, 1963)
Education: North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University, Greensboro, 1964, B.A. – Sociology; Chicago Theological Seminary, 2000, M.Div.
Religion: Baptist
Ran for president twice but has never held elected office.
After high school graduation, Jackson received an offer from the Chicago White Sox and a football scholarship from the University of Illinois. He chose the football scholarship but later transferred to North Carolina A&T State University.