<P> General elections were held in Kenya on 27 December 2002 . They saw the end of the long - standing dominance of the Kenya African National Union , which had governed the country since independence in 1963 , including 23 years as the only legal party . Mwai Kibaki of the National Rainbow Coalition was elected president , while the National Rainbow Coalition won a majority in the National Assembly . </P>
who won the presidential election in kenya in 2002
Mwai Kibaki of the National Rainbow Coalition