Baluhya Political Union

The Baluhya Political Union was a political party in Kenya.

History

The party was established in July 1960.[1] It nominated a single candidate, Musa Amalemba in North Nyanza, for the 1961 general elections.[2] 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.[3]

As the process of Kenya becoming a one-party state began, the party was deregistered in March 1965.[4]

References

1. Political Change and Tribalism in Kenya Archived 2017-12-29 at the Wayback Machine American Negro Leadership Conference
2. David Goldsworthy (1982) Tom Mboya: The Man Kenya Wanted to Forget, East African Publishers, p181
3. Kenya: 1963 House of Representatives election results EISA
4. Charles Hornsby (2013) Kenya: A History Since Independence, I.B.Tauris, p154