Kenyan general election, 1997

Kenyan presidential election, 1997

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Nominee Daniel arap Moi Mwai Kibaki Party KANU Democratic Popular vote 2,500,856 1,911,742 Percentage 40.60% 31.00%
President before election Daniel arap Moi Kenya African National Union Elected President Daniel arap Moi KANU

Daniel arap Moi
Kenya African National Union

Daniel arap Moi
KANU

General elections were held in Kenya on 29 December 1997. The result was a victory for the ruling Kenya African National Union, which won 107 of the 210 seats in the National Assembly, and whose candidate Daniel arap Moi won the presidential election. Following the election, Moi appointed a further 12 members to the Assembly.

In 1998 Mwai Kibaki took a petition against Moi to court, having served Moi by publishing the notice of the petition in the Kenya Gazette. However, judges Emmanuel O'Kubasu, Mbogholi Msagha and Moijo ole Keiwua ruled that Kibaki should have served Moi with the petition personally. Their position was upheld at the then-highest Court of Appeal by judges Omolo, Bernard Chunga (Chief Justice), AB Shah, AA Lakha and Owuor JJ.

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