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- ↑ Kenya NTV (11 August 2017), Disqualify Jubilee and Nasa for tampering with election, Dida tells IEBC , retrieved 7 September 2017
- 1 2 "Dida says he is agent of change and morality". Daily Nation. 3 February 2013. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
- ↑ "Mwango Capital on X".
