Muungano Party Explained
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]
External links
Notes and References
- https://muunganoparty.or.ke/about-us/ About us
- http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2167_E.htm Last elections
- http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/k/kenya/kenya20133.txt Republic of Kenya: Legislative Election of 4 March 2013: Elections to the National Assembly
- https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2017/02/09/kibwana-defects-to-wiper-ending-rivalry-with-mutula-kilonzo-jr_c1503899 Kibwana defects to Wiper, ending rivalry with Mutula Kilonzo Jr
- http://kenya.ynr.mysociety.org/numbers/election/na-2017/parties Number of known 2017 National Assembly Election candidates per party
- http://kenya.ynr.mysociety.org/election/na-2017/party/party:36/chama-cha-uzalendo Chama Cha Uzalendo candidates in the 2017 National Assembly Election
- https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001250935/wiper-party-fails-to-clinch-most-seats-in-machakos-county Wiper Party fails to clinch Machakos County
