The New Kenya Party was a political party in Kenya.

History

With encouragement from Governor Evelyn Baring and

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, the New Kenya Group was established on 2 April 1959 by

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.Robert M. Maxon & Thomas P. Ofcansky (2014) ''Historical Dictionary of Kenya'', Rowman & Littlefield, p254 It was the first multi-racial political party in Kenya, and was founded to counter African nationalism and European conservatism. In response, Llewellyn Briggs set up the United Party in August 1959, which opposed common-roll elections, but was defunct by the end of 1960.Maxon & Ofcansky, p339 In 1960 it became the New Kenya Party, which called for independence with a multiracial coalition government. In the 1961 general elections the party received 3.2% of the vote, winning four of the 53 elected seats in the Legislative Council, and joined the coalition government led by the Kenya African Democratic Union.Maxon & Ofcansky, p255 The party was dissolved in 1963.

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