Safina
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The Safina is a political party
Political party
A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...

 in Kenya
Kenya
Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...

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At the legislative elections
Elections in Kenya
Elections in Kenya in recent years have been cause for violence and fragmentation, such as during the presidential elections of 2007. Though a multiparty democracy since 1992 and holding elections since 1962, the country has serious institutional problems which make it hard for elections to be...

 on 27 December 2007, the party won 5 out of 210 elected seats.

At the Kenyan general election, 2007
Kenyan general election, 2007
Kenyan general election, 2007 was held on 27 December 2007 . It comprised Presidential, parliamentary and civic elections. The previous general election in Kenya was held in 2002.-See also:*Kenyan presidential election, 2007...

, Safina part of the Party of National Unity
Party of National Unity (Kenya)
Party of National Unity was founded as a political coalition of parties in Kenya. On September 16, 2007, Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki announced the party formation and said that he would run as its presidential candidate in the December 2007 Kenyan elections...

 led by President Mwai Kibaki
Mwai Kibaki
Mwai Kibaki is the current and third President of the republic of Kenya.Kibaki was previously Vice President of Kenya for ten years from 1978–1988 and also held cabinet ministerial positions, including a widely acclaimed stint as Minister for Finance , Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for...

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The Party Leader is Paul Kibugi Muite
Paul Muite
Paul Kibugi Muite is a Kenyan lawyer, politician and a prominent figure in Kenya's struggle to remove the Single party dictatorship, established by the Kenya African National Union in 1982, during the 1990s. He served a Vice Chairman of Ford-Kenya, whilst it was under the tutelage of Oginga Odinga...

, a former Member of Parliament for Kabete constituency and a Senior Counsel at the Kenyan Bar.

The Party Chairman is Hussein Mohamed Abdikadir, Member of Parliament for Mandera Central and Chairman of the Parliamentary Constitution Implementation Oversight Committee.

The Safina party's highest organ is a National Executive Council which last met on December 10, 2009.
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