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Safina (political Party)
Safina ( in Swahili language, Swahili) is a political party in Kenya, founded by palaeoanthropologist and conservationist Richard Leakey together with lawyer Paul Muite. History In May 1995, Richard Leakey joined some Kenyan intellectuals in launching a new political party. The Safina party was routinely harassed and even its application to become an official political party was not approved until 1997. That year, international donor institutions froze their aid to Kenya because of widespread corruption. To placate the donors, Daniel arap Moi appointed Leakey as Cabinet Secretary and head of the civil service in 1999. Leakey's second stint in the civil service lasted two years. He lost the cabinet post in 2001. Politics In the 2007 Kenyan general election, legislative elections on 27 December 2007, the party won five out of 210 elected seats. The party leader is Paul Muite, a former Member of Parliament for Kabete Constituency and a senior counsel at the Kenyan Bar. He and his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Muite
Paul Kibugi Muite (born 18 Apr 1945) is a Kenyan lawyer and politician Political career He is a prominent figure in Kenya's second liberation struggle during the 1990s to remove the single party dictatorship established by the Kenya African National Union in 1982. He served as vice chairman of the Forum for the Restoration of Democracy - Kenya while it was under the tutelage of Oginga Odinga and is the founding chairman of the Safina party of Kenya. He previously served as a law clerk in the years preceding Kenya's attainment of independence. He has served several terms in the National Assembly of Kenya as member for the Kabete Constituency Kabete Constituency is an electoral constituency within Kiambu County that neighbours Westlands Constituency in Nairobi County. It is one of twelve constituencies in Kiambu County. A study in 2005 revealed that Kabete constituency has the lowest .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Muite, Paul 1945 births Living people Alumni of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |