Scraping Members of National Assembly from Mzalendo

In this example we’ll be scraping Members of National Assembly from Mzalendo website which collects information such as voting patterns and bills sponsored for elected representatives.

Mzalendo Members of National Assembly List

The final config is below:

Download Config

{
  "id": "mzalendo.com__national-assembly-13th-parliament__ded3c57c",
  "url": "https://mzalendo.com/mps-performance/national-assembly/13th-parliament/",
  "schemaVersion": "2.0.0",
  "revision": 1,
  "createdAt": "2026-07-27T09:59:06.874Z",
  "updatedAt": "2026-07-27T09:59:06.874Z",
  "selectors": [
    {
      "id": "g_Mg-F4G",
      "name": "Group 1",
      "container": ".leadership-grid~ .members-list .members-list--item",
      "fields": [
        {
          "id": "f_i2PBWd",
          "name": "Name",
          "selector": ".members-list--name",
          "type": "single",
          "extract": "text",
          "required": false
        },
        {
          "id": "f_iuhh5W",
          "name": "Role",
          "selector": ".members-list--representation",
          "type": "single",
          "extract": "text",
          "required": false
        },
        {
          "id": "f_DtpueE",
          "name": "Constituency",
          "selector": "strong",
          "type": "single",
          "extract": "text",
          "required": false
        },
        {
          "id": "f_Z9Wpuf",
          "name": "URL",
1          "selector": ".",
          "type": "single",
          "extract": "attribute",
          "attribute": "href",
          "required": false
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "options": {
    "waitforNetworkIdle": true,
    "scrollToBottom": false,
    "runJavaScript": true,
    "pageDelayMs": 3000,
    "timeoutMs": 60000,
    "maxRetries": 2,
    "appendData": true
  },
  "pagination": {
2    "mode": "template",
    "urlTemplate": "https://mzalendo.com/mps-performance/national-assembly/13th-parliament/?page={{page}}",
    "startPage": 1,
    "increment": 1,
    "maxPages": 8
  },
  "output": {
    "format": "json",
    "mergeStrategy": "join",
    "flatten": true
  }
}

1

Using . (dot/period) in a selector is used to indicate that the selector is the field references the container. So the href extracted is from the base container (.leadership-grid .members-list--item).

2

This example uses the template pagination to extract results from multiple pages. According to the definition, extraction will be run with {page} in urlTemplate being replaced with the numbers 1-8 (...?page=1, ...?page=2, ...?page=8)

The first 20 results are:

Name	Role	Constituency	URL
Abdi Ali Abdi	MNA for Ijara constituency	Ijara	/mps-performance/national-assembly/13th-parliament/abdi-ali/
Abdikadir Hussein	MNA for Lagdera constituency	Lagdera	/mps-performance/national-assembly/13th-parliament/abdikadir-hussein/
Khamis Chome	MNA for Voi constituency	Voi	/mps-performance/national-assembly/13th-parliament/khamis-chome/
SHURIE ABDI OMAR	MNA for Balambala constituency	Balambala	/mps-performance/national-assembly/13th-parliament/abdi-omar-shurie/
Abdirahman Hussein Weytan Mohamed	MNA for Mandera East constituency	Mandera East	/mps-performance/national-assembly/13th-parliament/hussein-weytan/
Abdirahman Mohamed	MNA for Lafey constituency	Lafey	/mps-performance/national-assembly/13th-parliament/abdirahman-mohamed-abdille/
DAWOOD, ABDUL RAHIM	MNA for North Imenti constituency	North Imenti	/mps-performance/national-assembly/13th-parliament/abdul-rahim-dawood/
Abubakar Talib	Nominated member	Nominated member	/mps-performance/national-assembly/13th-parliament/abubakar-talib-ahmed/
Abuor Paul	MNA for Rongo constituency	Rongo	/mps-performance/national-assembly/13th-parliament/abuor-paul/
Adagala Beatrice	Woman Representative for Vihiga	Vihiga	/mps-performance/national-assembly/13th-parliament/adagala-beatrice-kahai/
YUSSUF, ADAN HAJI	MNA for Mandera West constituency	Mandera West	/mps-performance/national-assembly/13th-parliament/adan-haji-yussuf/
Adhe Wario Guyo	MNA for North Horr constituency	North Horr	/mps-performance/national-assembly/13th-parliament/adhe-wario-guyo/
Aden Mohammed	MNA for Wajir South constituency	Wajir South	/mps-performance/national-assembly/13th-parliament/adow-aden-mohammed/
PAREYIO MANTAINE AGNES	MNA for Narok North constituency	Narok North	/mps-performance/national-assembly/13th-parliament/agnes-mantaine-pareyio/
ALIO, AHMED MAALIM HASSAN	MNA for Banissa constituency	Banissa	/mps-performance/national-assembly/13th-parliament/ahmed-maalim-hassan/
Ahmed Shakeel Ahmed Shabbir	MNA for Kisumu East constituency	Kisumu East	/mps-performance/national-assembly/13th-parliament/ahmed-shakeel-ahmed-shabbir/
ALFAH ONDIEKI MIRUKA	MNA for Bomachoge Chache constituency	Bomachoge Chache	/mps-performance/national-assembly/13th-parliament/alfah-miruka-ondieki/
Abdisirat Khalif	Nominated member	Nominated member	/mps-performance/national-assembly/13th-parliament/ali-abdisirat-khalif/
Ali Wario	MNA for Garsen constituency	Garsen	/mps-performance/national-assembly/13th-parliament/ali-wario/
ABDULLAHI AMINA DIKA	Woman Representative for Tana River	Tana River	/mps-performance/national-assembly/13th-parliament/amina-dika-abdullahi/
OKUOME ADIPO ANDREW	MNA for Karachuonyo constituency	Karachuonyo	/mps-performance/national-assembly/13th-parliament/andrew-adipo-okuome/