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Kenyan Primary Election Losers Try Their Luck as Independents

Some of the major political duels seen in the party primary elections are set for a re-match, with hundreds of nomination losers ditching their parties to try their luck as "independents" in the August general election.

Anthony Omuya/The Nation

Independent candidates who want to contest various political seats in the August elections queue at the Registrar of Political Parties headquarters in Westlands, Nairobi.

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