The Baluhya Political Union was a political party in Kenya.

History

The party was established in July 1960. It nominated a single candidate, Musa Amalemba in North Nyanza, for the 1961 general elections. The party received 3.3% of the national vote and Amalemba was elected. In the

1963 elections The following elections occurred in 1963. Africa * 1963 Algerian presidential election * 1963 Chadian parliamentary election * 1963 Moroccan parliamentary election * 1963 Republic of the Congo parliamentary election * 1963 Senegalese general ele ...

its vote share was reduced to 0.8%, resulting in it losing its seat. As the process of Kenya becoming a

one-party state A one-party state, single-party state, one-party system or single-party system is a governance structure in which only a single political party controls the ruling system. In a one-party state, all opposition parties are either outlawed or en ...

began, the party was deregistered in March 1965.Charles Hornsby (2013) ''Kenya: A History Since Independence'', I.B.Tauris, p154

References

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