Mazingira Green Party of Kenya
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Mazingira Green Party of Kenya | |
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Founder | Wangari Maathai |
Founded | 1997? |
Headquarters | Akiba Estate, Plot 42, South C, Nairobi |
Ideology | Green politics |
International affiliation | Global Greens |
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https://www.mazingiragreenparty.com/ | |
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The Mazingira Green Party of Kenya is a Kenyan green party. It was formerly known as Liberal Party of Kenya (LPK).[1] At the 1997 Kenyan General Elections LPK fielded a presidential candidate, Wangari Maathai, who later became a Nobel Peace Prize 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 parliamentary seat.[2]
At the Kenyan general election, 2007, Mazingira was part of the newly created Party of National Unity led by President Mwai Kibaki.[3] However, Mazingira also fielded own candidates. Mazingira won one parliamentary seat at the elections, after Silas Muriuki beat PNU candidate David Mwiraria to clinch the North Imenti Constituency parliamentary seat.[4] 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.
Terminology
[edit]The word Mazingira is Swahili for environment.
See also
[edit]- Conservation movement
- Environmental movement
- List of environmental organizations
- Sustainability
- Sustainable development
References
[edit]- ^ Electoral Commission of Kenya: REGISTERED POLITICAL PARTIES AND SYMBOLS AS AT 9TH JULY 2007 Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Uchaguzikenya.com - Tetu Constituency profile". uchaguzikenya.com. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011.
- ^ The Standard, 15 November 2007: Kibaki’s date with Electoral body Archived 27 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Kiraitu retains South Imenti seat Archived 11 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
External links
[edit]- MGPK at the Wayback Machine (archived 2004-08-19)
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