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- ↑ "Gazette Notice No. 3159: Declaration of Persons Elected as Members of the National Assembly". The Kenya Gazette. 13 March 2013.
- ↑ "Nyanza leaders rally behind Raila, Matiang'i". Daily Nation. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
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