More than half of the sitting MPs lost their seats in the 1974 General Election leading to one of the most assertive Parliaments in Kenya’s history. Four cabinet ministers and 13 assistant ministers joined 88 of the 158 MPs who were shown the door by the more than 4.7 million voters. This was meant to woo rural voters who got excited by the plane. The result was that in many constituencies, well over half of the electorate had voted by lunchtime,” noted the editorial. Even on the Nairobi Stock Exchange, now Nairobi Securities Exchange, the activities reduced as people went for the voting.

Source: Standard Digital September 12, 2017 12:33 UTC