Muungano Party
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The Muungano Party (MP) is a political party in Kenya.
History
The Muungano Party was established in 2007,2007 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
- ^ About us Muungano Party
- ^ Last elections IPU
- ^ Republic of Kenya: Legislative Election of 4 March 2013: Elections to the National Assembly Psephos
- ^ Kibwana defects to Wiper, ending rivalry with Mutula Kilonzo Jr The Star, 9 February 2017
- ^ Number of known 2017 National Assembly Election candidates per party Mzalendo
- ^ Chama Cha Uzalendo candidates in the 2017 National Assembly Election Mzalendo
- ^ Wiper Party fails to clinch Machakos County Standard Media, 11 August 2017
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