List of political parties in Kenya explained

This article lists political parties in Kenya.^[1]

Political culture

Kenya's system is one with characteristics comparable with a two-party system, since two dominant political parties c.q. coalitions have dominated since the last general elections in 2007. However, it has been a multi-party system since 1992 and one of the ruling coalitions consists of several parties.Kenya had over 160 registered political parties as of November 2007.^[2]

Following the implementation of several Political Parties Acts starting with the 31 December 2008 act, the number of political parties has been coming down considerably since.^{[3] [4] [5]} With the lapse of the registration period set out in the political parties act on 30 April 2012, twenty-four political parties had gained registration certificates while 22 others had applied for registration.^{[6] [7]}

The parties

Parliamentary parties

Coalition		Party		Abbr.	Leader	Ideology	Senate	Assembly
	Jubilee		Jubilee Party	JP	Uhuru Kenyatta	Kenyan nationalism National conservatism Economic liberalism
		Kenya African National Union	KANU	Gideon Moi	Kenyan nationalism Conservatism
		United Democratic Alliance	UDA	William Ruto	Conservatism
Total
	NASA		Orange Democratic Movement	ODM	Raila Odinga	Social democracy Civic nationalism Social liberalism
		Wiper Democratic Movement – Kenya	WDM-K	Kalonzo Musyoka	Social democracy
		Amani National Congress	ANC	Musalia Mudavadi	Social liberalism
		Forum for the Restoration of Democracy – Kenya	FORD-K	Moses Wetangula	Social democracy
		The Patriotic Party	CCU	Maur Bwanamaka	Liberal democracy
		Muungano Party	MP	Fabian Muli
Total
None		Economic Freedom Party	EFP	Billow Kerrow
	Maendeleo Chap Chap Party	MCC	Alfred Mutua
	Local Party	CCM	Isaac Ruto
	Kenya National Congress	KNC	Manson Nyamweya	Human rights Social justice Democracy
	Kenya People's Party	KPP
	Peoples Democratic Party	PDP
	New Democrats	ND
	Party of National Unity	PNU	Mwai Kibaki	Conservatism Liberal democracy
	Democratic Party	DP	Joseph K. Munyao	Conservatism
	Frontier Alliance Party	FAP
	National Agenda Party	NAP

Other parties

Name	Ideology	Created	Notes
	N/A	2006	N/A
	N/A	2010	N/A
		1992	Formerly known as the Social Democratic Party.
		N/A	N/A
Democratic Action Party	N/A	N/A	Part of Azimio La Umoja
		2007?	N/A
	N/A	2006	N/A
	N/A	1992	N/A
	N/A	2007	N/A
		1997	Formerly known as the Liberal Party of Kenya.
	N/A	2005	Created after the 2005 Kenyan constitutional referendum.
	N/A	2004?	N/A
	N/A	2002?	N/A
		2002	N/A
	N/A	2008	N/A
	N/A	2012	N/A
	N/A	1992	N/A
	N/A	1996	N/A
	N/A	2012	N/A
		1995	N/A
	N/A	1997	N/A
	N/A	2002?	N/A
	N/A	1999	N/A
	N/A	2011	N/A
	N/A	1992	N/A
		2005	Identifies as a youth-focused party.
	N/A	1991	N/A
	N/A	N/A	N/A
	N/A	2006	N/A
	N/A	N/A	N/A
	N/A	2020	N/A
	N/A	2013	Minor opposition coalition.
Kenya Union Party	N/A	N/A	Part of Azimio La Umoja
Pamoja African Alliance	N/A	N/A	Part of Azimio La Umoja
United Party of Independent Alliance	N/A	N/A	Part of Azimio La Umoja

Former parties

Name	Ideology	Created	Dissolved	Notes
	N/A	2012	2016	Created in support of Uhuru Kenyatta.
		1997	2016	Merged with the Jubilee Party.
	N/A	2012	2016	Merged with the Jubilee Party.
		2006	2016	Merged with the Jubilee Party.
	N/A	2007?	2016	N/A
		2012	2016	Merged with the Jubilee Party.
		2012	2016	Merged with the Jubilee Party.
	Majimboism	1960	1964	Merged with the Kenya African National Union.
		1966	1969	Were banned after 3 years of existence.
		2002	2005	N/A
		1959	1959	Early pro-independence party.
		1957	1961	Early pro-independence party.
	N/A	1962	1963	N/A
		2013	2013?	Former coalition.
	N/A	1960	1965	N/A
	N/A	1949	1961	N/A
		1956?	1959	European minority party.
	N/A	1960	1963	N/A
	N/A	1960	1962	Indian minority party.
	N/A	1914	1962	Indian minority party.
	N/A	1959	1963	N/A
	N/A	1963?	N/A	N/A
	N/A	1921	N/A	N/A
	N/A	1961?	1967	N/A
		2000	2016	N/A
		2013	2016	Former ruling coalition.
		1991	1992	Split into 3 parties ahead of its first election.
	N/A	1959	1960	N/A
	N/A	1991	2002	N/A
	N/A	1954	1957	N/A
	N/A	1959	1960	N/A
	N/A	1921	N/A	N/A
		2012	2017	Former opposition coalition.

See also

• Politics of Kenya
• List of political parties by country

External links

• Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission
• The Registrar of Political Parties
• How to join a political party in Kenya
• Funding for political parties in Kenya

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2020-09-14. The Procedure to Register a Political Party in Kenya. 2020-10-13. AfroCave. en-GB.
2. Electoral Commission of Kenya, 17 November 2007: List of registered political parties
3. http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/-/1064/509254/-/yi06h3z/-/index.html "30 Parties Meet Deadline for New Law"
4. http://www.bdafrica.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12116&Itemid=5822 "Unregistered Political Parties Handed A Lifeline"
5. http://www.iiec.or.ke/index.php/political-parties.html Registered Political Parties According To The IEBC Website
6. http://www.parliament.go.ke/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1310&Itemid={{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The Political Parties Bill, 2011
7. Eight political parties fail to beat registration deadline http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/sports/InsidePage.php?id=2000057376&cid=4&