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Why coalitions have failed leadership test

History of Kenya’s political parties shows large coalitions have not survived for long since the advent of multi-party politics in 1992.

This is due to competing interests and lust for power. Kenyans will therefore, be watching how far the new Jubilee Alliance Party (JAP), formed by the ruling coalition’s two main partners - The National Alliance (TNA) and the United Republican Party (URP) - goes given there are already voices of disapproval from within.

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