List of political parties in Kenya

This article lists political parties in Kenya.

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,^[1]

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.^[2][3][4] With the lapseing of the registration period set out in the most recent political parties act on 30 April 2012, twenty-four political parties had gained registration certificates while 22 others had applied for registration.^[5][6]

The parties

Parties with Registration Certificates^[7]

• Agano Party (AP)
• Alliance for Real Change
• Alliance Party of Kenya (APK)
• Chama Cha Mwananchi (CCM)
• Chama Cha Uzalendo (CCU)
• Conservative Party (CP)
• Democratic Party of Kenya (DP)
• Farmers Party (FP)
• Federal Party of Kenya (MDM)
• Ford-People (FORD-P)
• Forum For Restoration of Democracy-Kenya (FORD-KENYA)
• Grand National Union (GNU)
• Kenya African Democratic Union-Asili (KADU-ASIL)
• Kenya African National Union (KANU)
• Kenya National Congress (KNC)
• Kenya Social Congress (KSC)
• Maendeleo Democratic Party (MDP)
• Mazingira Green Party of Kenya (MGPK)
• Mkenya Solidarity Movement (MSM)
• Muungano Development Movement Party of Kenya (MP)
• Mwangaza Party (MP)
• Mzalendo Saba Saba Party (MSS)
• NARC-Kenya (NARC-K)
• National Agenda Party of Kenya (NAPK)
• National Democratic Movement (NDM)
• National Labour Party (NLP)
• National Party of Kenya (FPK)
• National Rainbow Coalition (NARC)
• The National Vision Party (NVP)
• New Democrats (ND)
• New Ford Kenya (NFK)
• Nuru Party
• Orange Democratic Movement (ODM)
• Party of Action (POA)
• Party of Democratic Unity (PDU)
• Party of Independent Candidates of Kenya (PICK)
• Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
• Peoples Party of Kenya (PPK)
• Platinum Centralizer and Unionist Party of Kenya (PlaCenta Party of Kenya)
• Progressive Party of Kenya (PPK)
• Restore and Build Kenya (RBK)
• Saba Saba Asili (77)
• Safina Party (SAFINA)
• Shirikisho Party of Kenya (SPK)
• Sisi Kwa Sisi Party (SSP)
• Social Democratic Party of Kenya (SDP)
• The Independent Party (TIP)
• The Labour Party of Kenya (LPK)
• The National Alliance (TNA)
• United Democratic Forum Party (UDFP)
• United Democratic Movement (UDM)
• United Republican Party (URP)
• UNION OF KENYA CIVIL SERVANTS
• Unity Party of Kenya (UPK)
• Wiper Democratic Movement- Kenya (WDM-K)

Parties awaiting Certificates

• Party of Hope
• The Democratic Union for Change(D.U.C)
• National Alliance of Kenya
• Maendeleo Party^[8]

Historic

• Kenya African Democratic Union
• Kenya People's Union
• Liberal Democratic Party

See also

• Politics of Kenya
• List of political parties by country

References

1. Electoral Commission of Kenya, 17 November 2007: List of registered political parties
2. "30 Parties Meet Deadline for New Law"
3. "Unregistered Political Parties Handed A Lifeline"
4. Registered Political Parties According To The IEBC Website
5. http://www.parliament.go.ke/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1310&Itemid= THE POLITICAL PARTIES BILL, 2011
6. Eight political parties fail to beat registration deadline http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/sports/InsidePage.php?id=2000057376&cid=4&
7. Registered Political Parties
8. Leaders keep supporters guessing on parties as registration deadline passes ,Daily Nation 30 April 2012 (Print Edition)

External links

• Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission