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- ↑ Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, KBNS (November 2019). 2019 KENYA POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS. Nairobi Kenya: Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. p. 12. ISBN 978-9966-102-09-6.
- ↑ Center for Multiparty Democracy: Politics and Parliamentarians in Kenya 1944–2007 Archived 2008-10-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Electoral Commission of Kenya: Registered voters per polling station by electoral area/ward and constituency Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine