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- ↑ Daily Nation, May 4, 2009: Kenya MP dies after illness Archived 2012-02-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "ODM triumphs in Shinyalu, Bomachoge by-elections". Nation. July 3, 2020.
- ↑ Electoral Commission of Kenya: Registered voters per polling station by electoral area/ward and constituency Archived September 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ http://www.mudavadi2013.com/Western/Kakamega/Shinyalu/209_Shinyalu_Const_campaign.htm.%5B%5D
- ↑ "Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission". www.iebc.or.ke. Retrieved 2025-01-01.