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Muungano Party

Muungano Party

Political party in Kenya

The Muungano Party (MP) is a political party in Kenya.

History

The Muungano Party was established in 2007,[1] and nominated a single National Assembly candidate for the 2007 general elections, Tito Mutunga Muunda in Makueni. He received 517 votes, finishing twelfth in a field of nineteen candidates.

In the 2013 elections the party nominated 16 candidates for the National Assembly. It received 0.9% of the vote, winning a single seat,[2] Francis Mwangangi Kilonzo in Yatta.[3] It also won the gubernatorial election in Makueni County, with former MP Kivutha Kibwana elected as the county's Governor. Kibwana left to join Wiper in February 2017.[4]

The party nominated twelve National Assembly candidates for the 2017 general elections,[5] although Kilonzo had left the party and ran as a Chama Cha Uzalendo candidate.[6] The party lost the Yatta seat, but Fabian Muli was elected in Kangundo to retain the party's representation in parliament.[7]

References

  1. [1]
    About us Muungano Party
  2. [2]
    Last elections IPU
  3. [3]
    Republic of Kenya: Legislative Election of 4 March 2013: Elections to the National Assembly Psephos
  4. [4]
    Kibwana defects to Wiper, ending rivalry with Mutula Kilonzo Jr The Star, 9 February 2017
  5. [5]
    Number of known 2017 National Assembly Election candidates per party Mzalendo
  6. [6]
    Chama Cha Uzalendo candidates in the 2017 National Assembly Election Mzalendo
  7. [7]
    Wiper Party fails to clinch Machakos County Standard Media, 11 August 2017


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