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Governor Mike Sonko's entry to city politics

On the 27th of December 2007, Kenyans with voting cards went to the polls for the general elections, which were conducted by the Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK) chaired by Samuel Kivuitu (now deceased).

The incumbent, President Kibaki, was running on a PNU ticket after abandoning NARC, which was the party that ousted KANU in 2002. ODM had Raila Amolo Odinga then referred to as Nyundo/ hammer after his much-publicized Hummer, as its candidate.

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