List of political parties in Kenya
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This article lists political parties in Kenya. 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] but following the implementation of several Political Parties Acts starting with the 31 December 2008 act, the number 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 Greens Party of Kenya (MGPK)
- Mkenya Solidarity Movement (MSM)
- Muungano Development Movement Party of Kenya (MP)
- Mzalendo Saba Saba Party
- 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)
- Party of National Unity (PNU)
- Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
- Peoples Party of Kenya (PPK)
- 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)
- Unity Party of Kenya (UPK)
- Wiper Democratic Movement- Kenya (WDM-K)
Parties awaiting Certificates
- Party of Hope
- National Alliance of Kenya
- Maendeleo Party[8]
Historic
See also
References
- ^ Electoral Commission of Kenya, 17 November 2007: List of registered political parties
- ^ "30 parties meet deadline for new law"
- ^ "Unregistered political parties handed a lifeline"
- ^ Registered Political Parties According to the IEBC website
- ^ http://www.parliament.go.ke/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1310&Itemid= THE POLITICAL PARTIES BILL, 2011
- ^ Eight political parties fail to beat registration deadline http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/sports/InsidePage.php?id=2000057376&cid=4&
- ^ http://www.iebc.or.ke/index.php/political-parties/registered-political-parties?task=callelement&format=raw&item_id=16&element=f85c494b-2b32-4109-b8c1-083cca2b7db6&method=download&args[0]=62fbd842626faf946e1389e937a54a37
- ^ Leaders keep supporters guessing on parties as registration deadline passes ,Daily Nation 30 April 2012 (Print Edition)