Divided opposition let Moi’s KANU win with minority support in 1992.

Evidence

Moi won the presidential election with 36% of the vote, and KANU secured 57% of the seats in parliament because the opposition was severely divided (Mueller, 2014). FORD was initially a cross-ethnic coalition, including Luo and Kikuyu. Yet within months, several rival alliances were formed along ethnic lines, where each faction fielded its own presidential candidate. FORD broke into two factions: FORD Asili, led by a Kikuyu (Kenneth Matiba), and Ford Kenya, led by a Luo (Raila Odinga) (Oyugi, 1997: 47–48). — Johan Brosché and Hanne Fjelde and Kristine Höglund, Electoral violence and the legacy of…, 57

Categorization

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