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References
- ↑ Daily Telegraph, 3 August 2009: Dismissed minister shot dead in Kenya
- ↑ Center for Multiparty Democracy: Politics and Parliamentarians in Kenya 1944–2007 Archived 28 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Members Of The 10th Parliament Archived 16 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine . Parliament of Kenya. Accessed 19 June 2008.
- ↑ Daily Nation, 17 December 2009: Magara loses South Mugirango seat
- ↑ Daily Nation, 11 June 2010: Nyamweya wins South Mugirango poll
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