The Baluhya Political Union was a political party in Kenya.

History

The party was established in July 1960. It nominated a single candidate, Musa Amalemba in North Nyanza, for the 1961 general elections. The party received 3.3% of the national vote and Amalemba was elected. In the 1963 elections its vote share was reduced to 0.8%, resulting in it losing its seat. As the process of Kenya becoming a

one-party state A one-party state, single-party state, one-party system, or single-party system is a type of sovereign state in which only one political party has the right to form the government, usually based on the existing constitution. All other parties ...

began, the party was deregistered in March 1965.Charles Hornsby (2013) ''Kenya: A History Since Independence'', I.B.Tauris, p154

References

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