A Brief History of Elections

In 1992 Kenya had the first multi-party elections of the post-Kenyatta era. And in that election Moi won with 36.6% of the vote. Kenneth Matiba came second with 25.7% of the vote and bitterly contested the result. Matiba maintains that he won the election.

In the National Assembly, KANU had 100 seats against Ford-Asili's 31. Matiba's petition was thrown out because he had not personally signed it. He was physically incapacitated and had given his wife power of attorney to sign.

In 1997 the country voted and Moi won again. This time he got 40.4% against his closest challenger Mwai Kibaki's 30.89. Kibaki contested the result and his petition was thrown out on grounds that he had not personally served Moi.