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The Mazingira Green Party of Kenya is a Kenyan green party. It was formerly known as Liberal Party of Kenya (LPK).At the 1997 Kenyan General Elections LPK fielded a presidential candidate Wangari Maathai who later became a Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Nevertheless Maathai was only a minor candidate. Neither she managed to win a parliamentary seat.In 2002 the next general elections were held and the Maathai-led party was part of the victorious NARC coalition.