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- ↑ Center for Multiparty Democracy: Politics and Parliamentarians in Kenya 1944–2007 Archived October 28, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ IEBC: Registered voters per polling station by electoral area/ward and constituency Archived September 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine