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The essential point
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The 2002 general election produced Kenya’s first change from the party that had governed since independence. A joint opposition alliance defeated KANU, showing the practical effect of restored multiparty competition at the national level.
Evidence: Historical Background, body paragraph 5
Why it matters
The election connected the return of political pluralism to a change in the national ruling party.
Evidence: Historical Background, body paragraph 5
Open the key points and evidence
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A joint opposition alliance contested the 2002 general election.
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The alliance removed the ruling party, KANU.
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Parliament’s account says KANU had been in power since independence.
Historical Background, body paragraph 5
Full recordAccount and consequence
Official-source wording
What the official record says
This enabled a joint opposition alliance to remove the ruling party KANU, which had been in power since independence, in the 2002 General Elections.
Verbatim excerpt · Historical Background, body paragraph 5 · Parliament of Kenya — Historical Background
Connections
People, institutions and law
- KANU · Ruling party removed at the election — remove the ruling party KANU, which had been in power since independence, in the 2002 General Elections
Evidence stack
Sources behind this record
- Parliament of Kenya — Historical BackgroundHistorical Background, body paragraph 5 · Official Kenyan public authority · admitted for public claims