Samburu County is a county in the former Rift Valley Province, Kenya. List of Registered Voters in Samburu County for the 2013 General Elections. It covers an area of roughly 21,000 km2 (8,000 mi2) in northern Kenya where the Samburu, Turkana and many other tribes live. It stretches north from the Wuaso Ng’iro River to the south of Lake Turkana. According to the 2019 census, the county has a population of 310,327.
Within Samburu County are the towns of Maralal (capital and largest town), Baragoi, Archers Post, South Horr, Wamba, Lodosoit, and Kisima.
It also includes the Samburu National Reserve, Bisanadi National Reserve, and Buffalo Springs National Reserve, Mount Ng’iro, Ndoro Mountains, Mathews Range (Ol Doinyo Lenkiyo), Kirisia Hills, and Loroki Forest.
The main access road to Samburu County is the A4 road from Rumuruti-Maralal-Baragoi, which as of 2019 was being tarmaced from Rumuruti up to Maralal.
There is a town named Samburu in Kwale County also in Kenya, but it is not related to Samburu County or Samburu people.
This post reviews the voters registered by Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) using the biometric system and those registered without the use of the biometric system (non-biometric).
The IEBC registered 61,150 voters in Samburu county for the March 4th 2013 general election. The breakdown of the registered voters by constituency and county assembly ward is;
Samburu West constituency – 26,932
661. Lodokejek – 4,580
662. Suguta Marmar – 3,703
663. Maralal – 12,136
664. Loosuk – 3,165
665. Porro – 3,348
Samburu North constituency – 18,036
666. El-Barta – 3,493
667. Nachola – 2,034
668. Ndoto – 4,007
669. Nyiro – 3,402
670. Angata Nayokie – 2,515
671. Baawa – 2,585
Samburu East constituency – 16,182
672. Waso – 3,825
673. Wamba West – 4,455
674. Wamba East – 4,710
675. Wamba North – 3,192
