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The year voters sent home half of their MPs

Parliament building, Nairobi

The journey to the third Parliament was a long walk for incumbents. The only political party, Kenya African National Unity (Kanu) had barred Jaramogi Oginga Odinga from contesting.

The surge in oil prices was also posing danger to Kenya’s five-year old economy and inflation was hurting mwananchi.

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