Changamwe
Parl nameParliament of Kenya
Caption 2Mombasa County within Kenya
District labelCounty
DistrictMombasa
Population131882[1][2]
Area18 km2 (6.9 sq mi)[3]
Members labelMember of Parliament
MembersOmar Mwinyi
Elects howmany1
Party labelParty
PartyODM
Wards5

Changamwe Constituency is an electoral constituency in Mombasa County, Kenya. It used to be one of the four constituencies in Mombasa district. With the promulgation of the new constitution in August 2010, it saw the creation of two more constituencies in Mombasa County. These were Jomvu and Nyali Constituencies which were curved out from Changamwe and Kisauni Constituencies, respectively. This made a total of six constituencies in 2012.

Before the creation of the Jomvu constituency from Changamwe, the constituency used to have eight wards electing Councillors for the Mombasa municipal council. It had a population of 131,882 people (2019 census).

Promulgation of New Constitution

With the promulgation of the new constitution in August 2010, the districts were renamed to Counties thus bringing a total of 47 counties in the country and the wards renamed to county assembly wards. This also saw the remapping of Changamwe Constituency boundary by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission - IEBC as mandated by the New Constitution.

Changamwe Constituency has five county assembly wards namely: Airport; Chaani; Kipevu; Miritini and Port Reitz [4]

High Court Ruling

Following the petitions made by the Changamwe constituents against the manner in which IEBC handled the delimitation of the constituency, the High Court ruled in favor of the people on 9 July 2012. In the ruling carried out by the 5 High court sitting judges, they ordered IEBC to rename Magongo ward as Changamwe ward and move it to Changamwe Constituency; at the same time the IEBC was ordered to move Miritini ward to Jomvu Constituency.

Changamwe now has the following county assembly wards: Changamwe ward, Chaani ward, Airport ward, Kipevu ward and Port Reitz ward.

Historical Perspective

Members of Parliament

ElectionsMP [5]PartyNotes
1969David M. KiokoKANUOne-party system
1974Ferdinard MwaroKANUOne-party system
1979David M. KiokoKANUOne-party system
1983Joseph Kennedy KilikuKANUOne-party system
1988Joseph Kennedy KilikuKANUOne-party system
1992Joseph Kennedy KilikuDP
1997Ramadhan Seif KajembeKANU
2002Ramadhan Seif KajembeNARC
2007Ramadhan Seif KajembeODM
2013Omar MwinyiODM
2017Omar MwinyiODM
2022Omar MwinyiODM

Locations and wards

Locations
LocationPopulation*
Changamwe11,346
Kipevu44,720
Mikindani32,485
Miritini31,485
Port Reitz54,084
Tudor27,225
Totalx
1999 census.[6][7]
Wards
WardRegistered Voters
Changamwe15,887
Jomvu Kuu8,457
Kipevu11,920
Mikindani11,718
Miritini7,903
Port Reitz14,980
Tudor Estate7,166
Tudor Four9,228
Total87,259
*September 2005.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Constituency Population by Sex, Number of Households, Area and Density - Kenya National Bureau of Statistics". www.knbs.or.ke. Archived 2025-12-10 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2026-04-10.
  2. ^ 2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census. Vol. 2. Nairobi: Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. December 2019.
  3. ^ "Constituency Population by Sex, Number of Households, Area and Density - Kenya National Bureau of Statistics". www.knbs.or.ke. Archived 2025-12-10 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2026-04-10.
  4. ^ Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission
  5. ^ Center for Multiparty Democracy: Politics and Paliamenterians in Kenya 1944-2007
  6. ^ information.go.ke: CDF allocation by sector and location (2003-6)[dead link]
  7. ^ adminusr (2019-11-04). "2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census Results". Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
  8. ^ Electoral Commission of Kenya: Registered voters per polling station by electoral area/ward and constituency Archived 29 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine