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- ↑ Center for Multiparty Democracy: Politics and Parliamentarians in Kenya 1944–2007 Archived October 28, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Mbula, Ruth (27 August 2022). "Charles Onchoke, the 'political nonstarter' who won Bonchari MP seat". Nation . Retrieved 10 November 2022.
- ↑ "County Governments Act No. 17 of 2012" (PDF). Law Society of Kenya. p. 39. Retrieved 4 November 2022.