KENYAN POLL
! (N.Z.P.A.-Reuter—Copyright) [ NIROI. More than half the members of Kenya’s outgoing Par-; 4 liament were defeated in the General Election. Eighty-eight members in |the 158-seat Parliament failed )to be returned this time. Six were returned unopposed. Four of the 21 Cabinet Ministers and 13 of 38 assist- • ant Ministers were defeated. Three candidates in the ’iKarachuonyo constituency) iihave said they will petition’ ; I the High Court challenging! „)the election of David Okiki LAmayo, a former M.P., alleging irregularities. So far this: f is the only result to have/ f been challenged. >' Eighteen people who ap-i > peared in Court accused of' i• impersonating other voters 3 1 were sentenced to prison) 3 [terms averaging about eight) • months
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Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33671, 22 October 1974, Page 13
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