The United Country Party was a political party in Kenya.

History

The United Country Party was established by

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in July 1954.Robert M. Maxon & Thomas P. Ofcansky (2014) ''Historical Dictionary of Kenya'', Rowman & Littlefield, p336Maxon & Ofcansky, p37 Its formation was primarily aimed at supporting the

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. Although it supported multi-racialism, the party's membership was limited to

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, and it opposed common roll elections or opening the

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to other races. In the 1956 general elections party members ran as independents, winning six seats to the eight won by the Independent Group,"Kenya Independent Group Gains: Mr. Blundell's Setback", ''The Times'', 4 October 1956, p9, Issue 53653 who opposed the constitution. In January 1957. the party was dissolved. Blundell founded another party, the

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, in 1959.

References

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