List of political parties in Kenya

Political parties in Kenya lists political parties in Kenya. Kenya has a system comparable with a two-party system, since there are two dominant political parties c.q. coalitions, with extreme difficulty for anybody to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party. It is a multi-party system, since one the ruling coalition consists out of several parties.

Kenya has over 100 registered political parties, as of November 2007 .

The parties

Major parties

• Forum for the Restoration of Democracy–Asili
• Party of National Unity (Kenya)
  • Democratic Party
  • Kenya African National Union
  • Forum for the Restoration of Democracy–Kenya
  • Forum for the Restoration of Democracy–People
  • Mazingira Green Party of Kenya
  • National Rainbow Coalition–Kenya
  • Safina
  • Shirikisho Party of Kenya
• National Party of Kenya
• Orange Democratic Movement
• Orange Democratic Movement–Kenya
• Sisi Kwa Sisi

Minor parties

• Madaraka Party of Kenya
• Chama Cha Uzalendo (CCU Kenya)

Historic

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

See also

• Index of political parties to browse parties by name
• List of political parties to browse parties by country
• List of political parties by ideology to browse parties by name
• Membership of internationals to browse parties by membership of internationals

External links

• Electoral Commission of Kenya

This information is out of date. The major Parties are The Orange Democratic Movement Party, ODM; Party of National Unity, PNU; and The Orange Democratic Movemnt of Kenya, ODMK. Both PNU and ODMK are coalitions containing some of what may seem major parties. For example KANU, the party that brought independence to Kenya and the oldest of them all is a member of PNU but on what terms, it is not clear.