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The essential point
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In 1991, a constitutional amendment reopened Kenya’s political system to more than one party after sustained public agitation. The change ended the legal basis for one-party rule and restored constitutional space for multiparty electoral competition.
Evidence: Historical Background, body paragraph 5
Why it matters
The change reopened constitutional space for multiparty electoral competition after the period of one-party rule.
Evidence: Historical Background, body paragraph 5
Open the key points and evidence
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The source describes agitation before the constitutional change.
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The Constitution was amended in 1991.
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The stated result was Kenya’s return to political pluralism.
Historical Background, body paragraph 5
Full recordAccount and consequence
Official-source wording
What the official record says
However, after a lot of agitation, the constitution was amended in 1991 to allow for the country to revert to political pluralism.
Verbatim excerpt · Historical Background, body paragraph 5 · Parliament of Kenya — Historical Background
The bigger picture
How this change connects
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1991 The Constitution Was Amended in 1991 to Allow for the Country to Revert to Political PluralismSuperseded
It was only in December 1991 through the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Act No 12 of 1991 that this section 2A was repealed reinstating multi-partism in Kenya.
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Evidence stack
Sources behind this record
- Parliament of Kenya — Historical BackgroundHistorical Background, body paragraph 5 · Official Kenyan public authority · admitted for public claims