Budalangi Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of seven constituencies in Busia County. The constituency was established for the 1997 elections. The physical setting of Budalangi at the floodplain of River Nzoia and increased runoff from degraded catchments has been contributory factors to flooding disasters experienced in the region every year, destroying thousands of crop fields and leaving thousands of families homeless. In most cases, River Nzoia breaks its banks due to the backflow of Lake Victoria, flooding the entire filed within days. The most recent catastrophic disaster was caused by Lake Kanyaboli which broke all of its dykes and drained more than 50% of its volume to the region, sweeping away everything on its way.[1][2]

Members of Parliament

ElectionsMP[3]PartyNotes
1997Raphael Bitta Sauti WanjalaFord-K
2002Raphael Bitta Sauti WanjalaNARC
2007Ababu NamwambaODM
2013Ababu Namwamba ODM Defected to LPK
2017Raphael Bitta Sauti WanjalaODM
2022Raphael Bitta Sauti WanjalaODM

Locations and wards

Locations
LocationPopulation*
Bunyala Central10,699
Bunyala East13,877
Bunyala North13,343
Bunyala South6,314
Bunyala West16,064
Khajula7,395
Totalx
1999 census.[4]
Wards
WardRegistered Voters
Bunyala Central7725
Bunyala West14863
Bunyala North13637
Bunyala South9807
Total46,032
*August 2022.[5]

References

  1. ^ Amadala, Benson (2022-01-15). "The forgotten Budalangi floods victims". Nation. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
  2. ^ Buranajarukorn, Panu (2020-03-13). "Factors Influencing the Uptake of Flood Mitigation Measured in Budalangi, Kenya". Geographia Technica. – via Academia.
  3. ^ Center for Multiparty Democracy: Politics and Parliamentarians in Kenya 1944–2007 Archived 28 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ information.go.ke: CDF allocation by sector and location (2003–6)[dead link]
  5. ^ Electoral Commission of Kenya: Registered voters per polling station by electoral area/ward and constituency Archived 29 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine