Funyula Constituency is an electoral constituency

Constituencies of Kenya

Constituencies of Kenya are used to select members of the Kenyan parliament. Currently there are 210 constituencies in Kenya. However, following the promulgation of the new constitution, the number of constituencies are to be increased to 290...

 in Kenya

Kenya

Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...

. It is one of four constituencies in Busia District

Busia District, Kenya

Busia is a district in the Western Province of Kenya. It borders Kakamega District to the east, Bungoma District and Teso district to the north, Busia District, Uganda to the west, and Lake Victoria to the south....

. The constituency was established for the 1997 elections. At independence it was known as Busia Central represented in parliament by the Late James Machio till 1967 upon his death. During the resulting By-elections the seat was won by the Late Habil Kanani who lost the seat to Arthur Ochwada in the General Elections of 1969. Ochwada served one term and lost to Dr. Julia Ojiambo in the General Election of 1974. Dr. Ojiambo served two terms and lost Moody Awori in the snap General Elections of 1983.

Former vice-president Moody Awori used to represent Funyula contituency. Before the constituency was established, he had represented the Busia South and Samia constituencies (both now disestablished) .

Members of Parliament

Elections	MP	Party	Notes
1997 Kenyan general election, 1997 General elections were held in Kenya on 29 December 1997. The result was a victory for the ruling Kenya African National Union, which won 107 of the 210 seats in the National Assembly, and whose candidate Daniel arap Moi won the presidential election...	Moody Awori Moody Awori Arthur Moody Awori , known as "Uncle Moody", was the 9th Vice President of Kenya from 25 September 2003 to 9 January 2008.-Politics:Awori was born in Butere. He went to Mangu High School in 1935, and later Kakamega High School...	KANU Kenya African National Union The Kenya African National Union, better known as KANU is a political party which ruled Kenya for nearly 40 years after its independence from British colonial rule in 1963, until its electoral loss at the end of 2002...
2002	Moody Awori Moody Awori Arthur Moody Awori , known as "Uncle Moody", was the 9th Vice President of Kenya from 25 September 2003 to 9 January 2008.-Politics:Awori was born in Butere. He went to Mangu High School in 1935, and later Kakamega High School...	NARC National Rainbow Coalition The National Rainbow Coalition was a coalition of Kenyan political parties in power from 2002 and 2005 when it fell apart in a controversy between its wings about a constitutional referendum.-Formation:...
2007 Kenyan general election, 2007 Kenyan general election, 2007 was held on 27 December 2007 . It comprised Presidential, parliamentary and civic elections. The previous general election in Kenya was held in 2002.-See also:*Kenyan presidential election, 2007...	Paul Otuoma Paul Otuoma Otuoma Paul Nyogesa is a Kenyan politician. He belongs to the Orange Democratic Movement and was elected to represent the Funyula Constituency in the National Assembly of Kenya since the Kenyan parliamentary election, 2007....	ODM Orange Democratic Movement Orange Democratic Movement refers to a political party in Kenya, which is the successor of a former grassroots people's movement which was formed in the 2005 Kenyan constitutional referendum. The erstwhile single party which separated in August 2007 into two...		NB: Funyula was one time known by the name "Otoro", during its existence as a market center.

Wards

Wards
Ward	Registered Voters	Local Authority Local authorities of Kenya Local authorities in Kenya are the bodies controlling local governance in Kenya.Kenya has four classes of local authorities: City, Municipality, Town and County council. Currently there are three authorities with city status: Nairobi, the national capital, Mombasa and Kisumu...
Bwiri	5,552	Busia county
Funyula North	9,056	Busia county
Funyula South	9,207	Busia county
Namboboto Namboboto Namboboto is small rural village in Busia District, Western Province of Kenya. It is 35 km North of Lake Victoria. The people are of the Saamia clan a part of the Luhya tribe. They are predominantly subsistence farmers, growing maize, sorghum and cassava. There is a small weekly market...	3,381	Funyula town
Nangina	2,220	Funyula town
Odiado	1,044	Funyula town
Wakhungu	1,493	Funyula town
Total	31,953