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How Kanu, Kadu started election promises war

By Kenneth Kwama

The date was May 8, 1963. The General Election was just around the corner and the nervousness was all too obvious as the Kenya African Democratic Union (Kadu), which had stepped in to form the Government in 1961, now faced the majority party, the Kenya African National Union (Kanu), at the upcoming polls.

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