Ugenya Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya, established for the 1963 elections. It is one of six constituencies of Siaya County. based on the 2019 census report by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS), Ugenya is home to 134,354 people (62,624 males, 71,726 females and 4 intersex). The first Professor from Ugenya was Prof. Henry Odera Oruka. It is also home to Kenyan famous senior council and the incumbent governor of Siaya County Bob James Orengo.[1]
The larger Ugenya constituency having been found to be very large was later subdivided into two constituencies namely Ugunja and Ugenya Constituencies.
Ugenya constituency has four wards namely
. East ugenya ward
West Ugenya ward
North ugenya ward
South Ugenya ward(Ukwala)
Villages in ugenya east
These are some of the villages found within Ugenya east ward within Ugenya sub county.
^Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, KBNS (November 2019). 2019 KENYA POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS. Nairobi Kenya: Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. p. 12. ISBN978-9966-102-09-6.