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Kenya's ‘seven bearded sisters’ fight for multi-partyism

Kenyans demonstrate at the Kamukunji grounds in Nairobi during the clamour for multi-party democracy in 1991. [PHOTO: file/STANDARD]

By KENNETH KWAMA

Immediately after the death of Kenya’s first President Jomo Kenyatta in 1978, his successor Daniel arap Moi began to consolidate his hold on power, but was disrupted by a group of young legislators.

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