List of political parties in Kenya

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 Chama cha Jubilee (Swahili)	JP	Uhuru Kenyatta	Kenyan nationalism National conservatism Economic liberalism	5 / 67	172 / 349
			Kenya African National Union	KANU	Gideon Moi	Kenyan nationalism Conservatism	0 / 67	10 / 349
			United Democratic Alliance	UDA	William Ruto	Conservatism	32 / 67	1 / 349
		Total					37 / 67	186 / 349
	NASA		Orange Democratic Movement	ODM	Raila Odinga	Social democracy Civic nationalism Social liberalism	20 / 67	76 / 349
			Wiper Democratic Movement – Kenya	WDM-K	Kalonzo Musyoka	Social democracy	4 / 67	25 / 349
			Amani National Congress	ANC	Musalia Mudavadi	Social liberalism	0 / 67	14 / 349
			Forum for the Restoration of Democracy – Kenya	FORD-K	Moses Wetangula	Social democracy	0 / 67	12 / 349
			The Patriotic Party Chama cha Uzalendo (Swahili)	CCU	Maur Bwanamaka	Liberal democracy	0 / 67	1 / 349
			Muungano Party	MP	Fabian Muli		0 / 67	1 / 349
		Total					24 / 67	125 / 349
None			Economic Freedom Party	EFP	Billow Kerrow		0 / 67	5 / 349
			Maendeleo Chap Chap Party	MCC	Alfred Mutua		0 / 67	4 / 349
			Local Party Chama Cha Mashinani (Swahili)	CCM	Isaac Ruto		0 / 67	2 / 349
			Kenya National Congress	KNC	Manson Nyamweya	Human rights Social justice Democracy	0 / 67	2 / 349
			Kenya People's Party	KPP			0 / 67	2 / 349
			Peoples Democratic Party	PDP			0 / 67	2 / 349
			New Democrats	ND			0 / 67	1 / 349
			Party of National Unity Chama cha Umoja wa Kitaifa (Swahili)	PNU	Mwai Kibaki	Conservatism Liberal democracy	0 / 67	1 / 349
			Democratic Party Chama cha Demokrasia (Swahili)	DP	Joseph K. Munyao	Conservatism	1 / 67	1 / 349
			Frontier Alliance Party	FAP			0 / 67	1 / 349
			National Agenda Party	NAP			0 / 67	1 / 349

Other parties

Name	Ideology	Created	Notes
Agano Party	N/A	2006	N/A
Alliance for Real Change	N/A	2010	N/A
Communist Party of Kenya	Communism Marxism-Leninism	1992	Formerly known as the Social Democratic Party.
Conservative Party	Conservatism	N/A	N/A
Democratic Action Party	N/A	N/A	Part of Azimio La Umoja
Federal Party of Kenya	Federalism	2007?	N/A
Kenya African Democratic Union – Asili	N/A	2006	N/A
Kenya Social Congress	N/A	1992	N/A
Maendeleo Democratic Party	N/A	2007	N/A
Mazingira Green Party of Kenya	Green politics	1997	Formerly known as the Liberal Party of Kenya.
National Rainbow Coalition – Kenya	N/A	2005	Created after the 2005 Kenyan constitutional referendum.
National Labour Party	N/A	2004?	N/A
National Party of Kenya	N/A	2002?	N/A
National Rainbow Coalition	Social democracy	2002	N/A
National Vision Party	N/A	2008	N/A
Party of Development and Reforms	N/A	2012	N/A
Party of Independent Candidates of Kenya	N/A	1992	N/A
Peoples Party of Kenya	N/A	1996	N/A
Restore and Build Kenya	N/A	2012	N/A
Safina	Liberalism	1995	N/A
Shirikisho Party of Kenya	N/A	1997	N/A
Sisi Kwa Sisi	N/A	2002?	N/A
United Democratic Movement	N/A	1999	N/A
Unity Party of Kenya	N/A	2011	N/A
Kenya National Democratic Alliance	N/A	1992	N/A
Madaraka People's Movement	Socialism Progressivism	2005	Identifies as a youth-focused party.
Forum for the Restoration of Democracy – Asili	N/A	1991	N/A
Independent Economic Party	N/A	N/A	N/A
Kenya African Democratic Development Union	N/A	2006	N/A
National Alliance of Kenya	N/A	N/A	N/A
United Democratic Alliance	N/A	2020	N/A
Eagle Alliance	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
Alliance Party of Kenya	N/A	2012	2016	Created in support of Uhuru Kenyatta.
Forum for the Restoration of Democracy – People	Social democracy	1997	2016	Merged with the Jubilee Party.
Grand National Union of Kenya	N/A	2012	2016	Merged with the Jubilee Party.
New Forum for the Restoration of Democracy–Kenya	Third way Social democracy	2006	2016	Merged with the Jubilee Party.
The Independent Party	N/A	2007?	2016	N/A
United Democratic Forum Party	Liberalism Economic liberalism Humanism	2012	2016	Merged with the Jubilee Party.
United Republican Party	Liberalism	2012	2016	Merged with the Jubilee Party.
Kenya African Democratic Union	Majimboism	1960	1964	Merged with the Kenya African National Union.
Kenya People's Union	Socialism	1966	1969	Were banned after 3 years of existence.
Liberal Democratic Party	Liberalism	2002	2005	N/A
Kenya Independence Movement	Kenyan nationalism	1959	1959	Early pro-independence party.
Nairobi People's Convention Party	African nationalism	1957	1961	Early pro-independence party.
African People's Party	N/A	1962	1963	N/A
Amani Coalition	Centrism	2013	2013?	Former coalition.
Baluhya Political Union	N/A	1960	1965	N/A
Capricorn Africa Society	N/A	1949	1961	N/A
Independent Group	Right-wing politics	1956?	1959	European minority party.
Kenya Coalition	N/A	1960	1963	N/A
Kenya Freedom Party	N/A	1960	1962	Indian minority party.
Kenya Indian Congress	N/A	1914	1962	Indian minority party.
New Kenya Party	N/A	1959	1963	N/A
Nyanza Province African Union	N/A	1963?	N/A	N/A
Reform Party	N/A	1921	N/A	N/A
Shungwaya Freedom Party	N/A	1961?	1967	N/A
The National Alliance	Kenyan nationalism Conservatism	2000	2016	N/A
Jubilee Alliance	Centre-right politics	2013	2016	Former ruling coalition.
Forum for the Restoration of Democracy	Democracy	1991	1992	Split into 3 parties ahead of its first election.
Kenya National Party	N/A	1959	1960	N/A
National Development Party	N/A	1991	2002	N/A
United Country Party	N/A	1954	1957	N/A
United Party	N/A	1959	1960	N/A
Young Kikuyu Association	N/A	1921	N/A	N/A
Coalition for Reforms and Democracy	Social democracy	2012	2017	Former opposition coalition.

References

^ "The Procedure to Register a Political Party in Kenya". AfroCave. 14 September 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
^ Electoral Commission of Kenya, 17 November 2007: List of registered political parties ^{[dead link‍]}
^ "30 Parties Meet Deadline for New Law"
^ "Unregistered Political Parties Handed A Lifeline"
^ Registered Political Parties According To The IEBC Website Archived 11 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine
^ http://www.parliament.go.ke/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1310&Itemid=^{[permanent dead link‍]} 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& Archived 12 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine

External links

[1] "The Procedure to Register a Political Party in Kenya". AfroCave. 14 September 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2020.

[2] Electoral Commission of Kenya, 17 November 2007: List of registered political parties ^{[dead link‍]}

[3] "30 Parties Meet Deadline for New Law"

[4] "Unregistered Political Parties Handed A Lifeline"

[5] Registered Political Parties According To The IEBC Website Archived 11 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine

[6] ttp://www.parliament.go.ke/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1310&Itemid=^{[permanent dead link‍]} 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& Archived 12 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine

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