Wajir South Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. List of Elected MCAs in Wajir South Constituency 2022. 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 21,424 sq km, hence larger than the Central (11,449), Nairobi (696) and Western (7,400) regions combined. The constituency has seven wards: Burder, Dadajabula, Ibrahim ure, Diif, Lagboqol south, Habaswein, and Banane ward, all electing Members of the County Assembly (MCA) to the Wajir County Assembly. On September 27, 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 the allocation of county jobs, with Wajir South getting a paltry 5.33% and 4.19%, respectively, despite accounting for 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.
List of Elected MCAs in Wajir South Constituency 2022
184. Benane – Dahaba Yussuf Farah (Wiper Democratic Movement (WDM))
185. Burder – Abdirashid Adan Hussein (UDA)
186. Dadajabula – Sahal Mugow Mohamud (ODM)
187. Habaswein – Ahmed Diis Haji (UDA)
188. Lagboghol South – Abdikadir Dubo Mohamed (Forum For Restoration Of Democracy-Kenya (FORD-Kenya))
189. Ibrahim Ure – Abdi Mohamed Abdi (UDA)
190. Diif – Ibrahim Hussein Mohamed (UDA)
