Kenya African National Union

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The Kenya African National Union (KANU) is a major Kenyan political party that dominated the country’s politics for decades after independence, serving as the ruling party under Jomo Kenyatta and his successors.

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Kenya African National Congress 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Kenyan political party
political party
abbreviation KANU NERFINISHED
cameToPowerIn 1963
country Kenya
dominantPeriod 1963–2002
firstPresidentFromParty Jomo Kenyatta NERFINISHED
formedCoalitionWith National Rainbow Coalition (NARC) NERFINISHED
foundationDate 1960
foundationPlace Kenya NERFINISHED
foundedBy James Gichuru NERFINISHED
Jomo Kenyatta NERFINISHED
Oginga Odinga NERFINISHED
governedAsDeFactoSingleParty 1969–1991
hasChairperson Gideon Moi NERFINISHED
hasNotableMember Daniel arap Moi NERFINISHED
Jomo Kenyatta NERFINISHED
Mwai Kibaki NERFINISHED
Oginga Odinga NERFINISHED
Tom Mboya NERFINISHED
Uhuru Kenyatta NERFINISHED
hasSecretaryGeneral Nick Salat NERFINISHED
headquartersLocation Nairobi NERFINISHED
historicalSignificance led Kenya to independence from the United Kingdom
ideology African nationalism
big tent
conservatism
languageOfName English
laterJoinedCoalition Jubilee Alliance NERFINISHED
legalStatusDuringColdWar dominant-party system
lostPowerIn 2002
participatedInElection 1963 Kenyan general election NERFINISHED
1992 Kenyan general election
1997 Kenyan general election NERFINISHED
2002 Kenyan general election
partyColor black
green
red
partySymbol cockerel
politicalPosition centre-right
preIndependenceRole anti-colonial movement
role ruling party of Kenya
secondPresidentFromParty Daniel arap Moi NERFINISHED
shortName KANU NERFINISHED
supportedConstitutionalChange 2010 Constitution of Kenya NERFINISHED
thirdPresidentFromParty Uhuru Kenyatta NERFINISHED

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Jomo Kenyatta politicalParty Kenya African National Union
Mwai Kibaki politicalParty Kenya African National Union
Raila Odinga memberOfPoliticalParty Kenya African National Union
Daniel arap Moi politicalParty Kenya African National Union
Jaramogi Oginga Odinga politicalParty Kenya African National Union
Tom Mboya memberOfPoliticalParty Kenya African National Union
Tom Mboya memberOfPoliticalParty Kenya African National Union
this entity surface form: Kenya African National Congress
William Ruto memberOfPoliticalParty Kenya African National Union