Election was held in 1963 in which Kenya received a responsible government under a majority party prime minister. The constitution provided for a two-chamber legislature, a senate and a house representative of 129 members which included 3 seats reserved for Europeans. At the end of 1963 Kenya became independent and in1964, a republic with an executive president. In 1966 house of the representatives and the senate were amalgamated into a single national assembly by a constitutional amendment. In 1969 Kenya became a single party state.
Executive powers rest on the president, the vice president and the cabinet.
It is my wish to write about the process of multi-party election with specific reference to the 1992 general election, for it was the second time since 1963 that elections were conducted in which more than one party fielded candidates. With one party democracy, Kenya did not restrict the number of candidates who stood as representatives of any constituency. As many as 17 stood in one constituency. Some got as few as 40 votes. This was evidenced in the 1983 general election.