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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - President Mwai Kibaki dissolved Kenya's parliament Monday, starting the countdown to elections in December that promise to be the most closely contested in the country's history.
The dissolution of parliament means members of the National Assembly no longer serve as lawmakers and Kibaki's administration continues only in a caretaker capacity, barred from making any major decisions until a new government forms. Under Kenyan law, the Electoral Commission of Kenya now must declare a date for presidential, parliamentary and local elections within 10 working days and the vote must be held within three months.
"It is only through a fair and credible poll, free of violence and intimidation that the true verdict of the people will prevail," Kibaki said in a live broadcast on local television stations. "I hereby dissolve the ninth parliament of the republic of Kenya with immediate effect."
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