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- ↑ "Members Of The 10th Parliament". Parliament of Kenya. Archived from the original on 1 July 2008. Retrieved 19 June 2008.
- ↑ "Member of Parliament– Cherangany Constituency". www.iebc.or.ke/elected-date=9 August 2018.
- ↑ "Uhuru Ditches Ruto for Raila".
- ↑ Grateful MP Joshua Kutuny welcomes his appointment as Jubilee Party Deputy Secretary General on YouTube
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