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Kenya Became a De Facto One Party State

1967 · Independence and one-party rule

Source date
1967
Event type
Constitutional order
Reform area
Political competition

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Post-independence Kenya became a de facto one party state in 1967 but matters changed substantially in 1982, when parliament passed a law to make it legally so.

Verbatim excerpt · Historical Background, body paragraph 5 · Parliament of Kenya — Historical Background

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  1. 1967 Kenya Became a De Facto One Party State
    Preceded
    1982 Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Act No 7 of 1982

    Post-independence Kenya became a de facto one party state in 1967 but matters changed substantially in 1982, when parliament passed a law to make it legally so

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  1. Parliament of Kenya — Historical BackgroundHistorical Background, body paragraph 5 · Official Kenyan public authority · admitted for public claims