List of political parties in Kenya
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This article 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. However, it is technically a multi-party system
, since one of the ruling coalitions consists of several parties.
Kenya had over 160 registered political parties as of November 2007, but following the implementation of the Political Parties Act on 31 December 2008, the number of fully registered parties fell to 38 with several others receiving partial recognition until they could comply with the act.
Kenya
Kenya
Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...
has a system comparable with a two-party system
Two-party system
A two-party system is a system where two major political parties dominate voting in nearly all elections at every level of government and, as a result, all or nearly all elected offices are members of one of the two major parties...
, since there are two dominant political parties
Political party
A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...
c.q. coalitions, with extreme difficulty for anybody to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party. However, it is technically a multi-party system
Multi-party system
A multi-party system is a system in which multiple political parties have the capacity to gain control of government separately or in coalition, e.g.The Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition in the United Kingdom formed in 2010. The effective number of parties in a multi-party system is normally...
, since one of the ruling coalitions consists of several parties.
Kenya had over 160 registered political parties as of November 2007, but following the implementation of the Political Parties Act on 31 December 2008, the number of fully registered parties fell to 38 with several others receiving partial recognition until they could comply with the act.
Major parties
- Party of National Unity (Kenya)Party of National Unity (Kenya)Party of National Unity was founded as a political coalition of parties in Kenya. On September 16, 2007, Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki announced the party formation and said that he would run as its presidential candidate in the December 2007 Kenyan elections...
- Democratic PartyDemocratic Party (Kenya)The Democratic Party is a conservative political party in Kenya.At the last legislative elections, 27 December 2002, the party was a partner in the National Rainbow Coalition, that won 56.1% of the popular vote and 125 out of 210 elected seats. The party itself took 36 of these seats...
- Kenya African National UnionKenya African National UnionThe Kenya African National Union, better known as KANU is a political party which ruled Kenya for nearly 40 years after its independence from British colonial rule in 1963, until its electoral loss at the end of 2002...
- Forum for the Restoration of Democracy–Kenya
- Forum for the Restoration of Democracy–People
- Mazingira Green Party of KenyaMazingira Green Party of KenyaThe Mazingira Green Party of Kenya is a Kenyan Green Party. It was formerly known as Liberal Party of Kenya .At the 1997 Kenyan General Elections LPK fielded a presidential candidate, Wangari Maathai, who later became a Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Nevertheless, Maathai was only a minor candidate...
- National Rainbow Coalition–Kenya
- SafinaSafinaThe Safina is a political party in Kenya.At the legislative elections on 27 December 2007, the party won 5 out of 210 elected seats....
- Shirikisho Party of KenyaShirikisho Party of KenyaThe Shirikisho Party of Kenya is a political party in Kenya. . The party was formed in 1997 and had some political influence in the Coast Region...
- Sisi Kwa SisiSisi Kwa SisiThe Sisi Kwa Sisi is a political party in Kenya. Sisi Kwa Sisi means "all of us" or "together as one" in Swahili. At the last legislative elections, 27 December 2002, the party won 2 out of 212 elected seats....
- Democratic Party
- Orange Democratic MovementOrange Democratic MovementOrange Democratic Movement refers to a political party in Kenya, which is the successor of a former grassroots people's movement which was formed in the 2005 Kenyan constitutional referendum. The erstwhile single party which separated in August 2007 into two...
- United Democratic MovementUnited Democratic Movement (Kenya)The United Democratic Movement is a political party that was founded in 1999 by politicians who were at the time considederd to be renegades from the then ruling party Kenya African National Union but was denied registration by the then head of state Daniel Toroitich Arap Moi.-2007 General...
- Orange Democratic Movement–KenyaOrange Democratic Movement–KenyaOrange Democratic Movement-Kenya refers to a political party in Kenya, which originated as a result of the 2005 Kenyan constitutional referendum...
- Forum for the Restoration of Democracy–Asili
- National Alliance Party of KenyaNational Alliance Party of KenyaThe National Alliance Party of Kenya is a political party in Kenya. The National Alliance Party of Kenya was formed on July 3, 2000 when people from varying background decided to form an alliance of democratic forces to work for the social, economic and political unity and welfare of Kenyan...
Minor parties
- Madaraka People's Movement
- Chama Cha Uzalendo (CCU Kenya)
- Kenya African Democratic Development Union (KADDU)
- People's Party of Kenya (PPK)
Historic
- Kenya African Democratic UnionKenya African Democratic UnionThe Kenya African Democratic Union was a political party in Kenya. It was founded in 1960 as an alternative to Jomo Kenyatta's Kenya African National Union . It was led by Ronald Ngala...
- Kenya People's UnionKenya People's UnionKenya People's Union was a socialist political party in Kenya led by Oginga Odinga. The party was banned in 1969.- History :In March 1966 a left-wing faction of the governing Kenya African National Union left the party and formed the KPU...
- Kenya Social Congress, formed by George AnyonaGeorge AnyonaGeorge Moseti Anyona was a politician from Kenya.He not only coined a niche for himself as a fiercely independent thinker, but quite an unpredictable one too. There's no telling what Anyona might be up to, until it actually happens...
- Liberal Democratic PartyLiberal Democratic Party (Kenya)The Liberal Democratic Party was a political party in Kenya.In the general election held on 27 December 2002, the party was a partner in the National Rainbow Coalition, which won 56.1 % of the popular vote and 125 out of 212 elected seats. The party itself took 59 of these seats...