The Mazingira Green Party of Kenya is a Kenyan
green party
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Greens believe that these issues are inherently related to one another as a foundation ...
. It was formerly known as Liberal Party of Kenya (LPK). At the
1997 Kenyan General Elections LPK fielded a presidential candidate,
Wangari Maathai, who later became a
Nobel Peace Prize
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laureate. Maathai was only a minor candidate. She did not win a parliamentary seat. In
2002, the next general elections were held and the Maathai-led party was part of the victorious
NARC coalition. Maathai herself won the
Tetu Constituency Tetu Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It was established in 1988 and is one of the six constituencies in Nyeri County.
Tetu Constituency comprises the Tetu Division of Nyeri County and is located entirely within the Nyeri County ...
parliamentary seat.
At the
Kenyan general election, 2007, Mazingira was part of the newly created
Party of National Unity led by President
Mwai Kibaki
Emilio Stanley Mwai Kibaki (15 November 1931 – 21 April 2022) was a Kenyan politician who served as the third President of Kenya from December 2002 until April 2013 and is regarded as one of Kenya's founding fathers.
He had previously ser ...
. However, Mazingira also fielded own candidates. Mazingira won one parliamentary seat at the elections, after
Silas Muriuki beat PNU candidate
David Mwiraria
David (Daudi) Mwiraria (3 September 1938 – 13 April 2017) was the Minister for Environment and Natural Resources previously Finance Minister of Kenya until December 2007 when Kenya held its General Elections. Running for re election on a Party ...
to clinch the
North Imenti Constituency North Imenti is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of nine constituencies of Meru County. The constituency was established for the 1988 elections.
It was one of three constituencies of the former Meru Central District
Meru County is ...
parliamentary seat.
Kiraitu retains South Imenti seat
Maathai was first outvoted at the PNU primary elections and therefore vied on Mazingira ticket, but at the parliamentary elections lost again to the PNU candidate.
The word ''Mazingira'' is Swahili for ''environment''.
See also
* Conservation movement
*Environmental movement
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*List of environmental organizations
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that seeks to protect, analyse or monitor the environment against misuse or degradation from human forces.
In this sense the environment ...
*Sustainability
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*Sustainable development
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References
External links
MGPK
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Green parties in Africa
Political parties in Kenya
Global Greens member parties