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- ↑ Members Of The 10th Parliament Archived June 16, 2008, at the Wayback Machine . Parliament of Kenya. Accessed June 19, 2008.
- ↑ "Four Laurentians Win in Kenya Elections | St. Lawrence University". www.stlawu.edu. Archived from the original on 2015-09-26.
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