The World - News from Feb. 28, 1988
Kenya’s governing party declared President Daniel Arap Moi the sole candidate for president in the March 21 election, assuring him a third five-year term as leader of the East African nation. Because he is unopposed, he will not have to run March 21. Moi, 64, also is head of the Kenya African National Union, the country’s sole legal political party. The nomination was open to party members under a controversial new system requiring them to physically line up behind pictures of the candidates of their choice at polling stations.
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