<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> General elections were held in Kenya on 27 December 2002 . They saw the end of the long - standing dominance of the Kenya African National Union, which had governed the country since independence in 1963, including 23 years as the only legal party . Mwai Kibaki of the National Rainbow Coalition was elected president, while the National Rainbow Coalition won a majority in the National Assembly . </P> <P> They were the first truly free general elections held in Kenya since independence in 1964; a number of by - election were held in 1966 before the onset of de facto one - party rule in 1969 . </P>

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