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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ↑ "Constituencies". The National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF). Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
- ↑ "COUNTY WARDS". County Assembly of Nyamira. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
- ↑ "COUNTY WARDS". County Government of Nyamira. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
- ↑ "County Governments Act No. 17 of 2012" (PDF). Law Society of Kenya. p. 39. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
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