List of political parties in Kenya

This article lists political parties in Kenya.^[1]

Political culture

Kenya's system has been a multi-party system since 1992. Since 2013, the National Assembly and Senate have been dominated by 2 coalitions of parties, in a manner similar to dominant parties in a two party system. 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, as at March 2025 now stands at 103 ^[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]^[8]

The parties

Parliamentary parties

Coalition		Party		Abbr.	Leader	Ideology	Senate	Assembly
	Kenya Kwanza		United Democratic Alliance	UDA	William Ruto	Conservatism Economic liberalism	30 / 67	145 / 349
			Amani National Congress	ANC	Musalia Mudavadi	Social liberalism	2 / 67	7 / 349
			Forum for the Restoration of Democracy – Kenya	FORD–K	Moses Wetangula	Social democracy	1 / 67	6 / 349
			United Democratic Movement	UDM	Ali Roba		1 / 67	7 / 349
			Maendeleo Chap Chap Party	MCC	Alfred Mutua		0 / 67	2 / 349
			Democratic Party	DP	Joseph K. Munyao	Conservatism	0 / 67	1 / 349
		Total (Kenya Kwanza)					34 / 67	179 / 349
	Azimio la Umoja		Orange Democratic Movement	ODM	Raila Odinga	Social democracy Civic nationalism Social liberalism	20 / 67	87 / 349
			Jubilee Party	JP	Uhuru Kenyatta	National conservatism Economic liberalism	5 / 67	29 / 349
			Wiper Patriotic Front	WDM–K	Kalonzo Musyoka	Social democracy	4 / 67	26 / 349
			Kenya African National Union	KANU	Gideon Moi	Kenyan nationalism Conservatism	2 / 67	5 / 349
			Democratic Action Party	DAP-K	Eugene Wamalwa		0 / 67	5 / 349
			Kenya Union Party	KUP			0 / 67	3 / 349
		Total (Azimio la Umoja)					31 / 67	158 / 349
Other parties & independents			Pamoja African Alliance	PAA	Amason Kingi		0 / 67	3 / 349
			Chama Cha Mashinani	CCM	Isaac Ruto		0 / 67	2 / 349
			The Service Party	TSP	Mwangi Kiunjuri		0 / 67	2 / 349
			Kenya National Congress	KNC	Manson Nyamweya		0 / 67	2 / 349
			United Party of Independent Alliance	UPIA			0 / 67	2 / 349
			Economic Freedom Party	EFP	Billow Kerrow		0 / 67	1 / 349
			Peoples Democratic Party	PDP			0 / 67	1 / 349
			Frontier Alliance Party	FAP			0 / 67	1 / 349
			National Agenda Party	NAP			0 / 67	1 / 349
			Kenya People's Party	KPP			0 / 67	1 / 349
			New Democrats	ND			0 / 67	1 / 349
			Other minor parties	—	—		0 / 67	2 / 349
		Independents					2 / 67	12 / 349

Composition following the 2022 general election

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

Composition following the 2017 general election (2017–2022)

Source: ^[9]

Coalition		Party		Abbr.	Leader	Ideology	Senate	Assembly
	Jubilee Party		Jubilee Party	JP	Uhuru Kenyatta	National conservatism Economic liberalism Kenyan nationalism	34 / 67	173 / 349
	Jubilee Party	Total (Jubilee)					34 / 67	173 / 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	23 / 349
			Amani National Congress	ANC	Musalia Mudavadi	Social liberalism	3 / 67	14 / 349
			Forum for the Restoration of Democracy – Kenya	FORD–K	Moses Wetangula	Social democracy	2 / 67	12 / 349
		Total (NASA)					29 / 67	125 / 349
Other parties & Independents			Kenya African National Union	KANU	Gideon Moi	Conservatism Kenyan nationalism	3 / 67	10 / 349
			Economic Freedom Party	EFP	Billow Kerrow		0 / 67	5 / 349
			Maendeleo Chap Chap Party	MCC	Alfred Mutua		0 / 67	4 / 349
			Chama Cha Mashinani	CCM	Isaac Ruto		0 / 67	2 / 349
			Chama Cha Uzalendo	CCU			0 / 67	1 / 349
			Kenya National Congress	KNC			0 / 67	2 / 349
			Other minor parties	—	—		0 / 67	3 / 349
		Independents					1 / 67	14 / 349

Composition following the 2013 general election (2013–2017)

Sources: ^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]

Coalition		Party		Abbr.	Leader	Ideology	Senate	Assembly
	Jubilee Alliance		The National Alliance	TNA	Uhuru Kenyatta	Kenyan nationalism Conservatism Economic liberalism	17 / 67	89 / 349
			United Republican Party (Kenya)	URP	William Ruto	Conservatism National conservatism	12 / 67	75 / 349
		Total (Jubilee Alliance)					30 / 67	167 / 349
	CORD		Orange Democratic Movement	ODM	Raila Odinga	Social democracy Civic nationalism Social liberalism	17 / 67	96 / 349
			Wiper Democratic Movement – Kenya	WDM–K	Kalonzo Musyoka	Social democracy	5 / 67	26 / 349
			Forum for the Restoration of Democracy – Kenya	FORD–K	Moses Wetangula	Social democracy	4 / 67	10 / 349
		Total (CORD)					28 / 67	141 / 349
	Amani Coalition		United Democratic Forum	UDF	Musalia Mudavadi	Social liberalism	3 / 67	12 / 349
			Kenya African National Union	KANU	Gideon Moi	Kenyan nationalism Conservatism	3 / 67	6 / 349
			New Ford Kenya	NFK			1 / 67	6 / 349
Total (Amani Coalition)					6 / 67	24 / 349
Other parties & Independents			Alliance Party of Kenya	APK			3 / 67	5 / 349
			Forum for the Restoration of Democracy – People	FORD–P			0 / 67	4 / 349
			Federal Party of Kenya	FPK			1 / 67	3 / 349
			Kenya National Congress	KNC			0 / 67	2 / 349
			Chama Cha Uzalendo	CCU			0 / 67	2 / 349
			Independents & minor parties	—	—		0 / 67	4 / 349
		Unaffiliated / Others					3 / 67	17 / 349

Other parties

Name	Ideology	Created	Notes/ Sources
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.
Communist Party Marxist – Kenya	Communism Marxism-Leninism	2024	Split from the Communist Party of Kenya
Conservative Party	Conservatism	N/A	N/A
Democratic Action Party	N/A	N/A	Part of Azimio La Umoja
Democracy for the Citizens Party	Social democracy	February 2025	Formed by former Deputy President Gachagua after his impeachment.^[16]
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.
People's Liberation Party	N/A	2005	Created after the 2005 Kenyan constitutional referendum, known as the National Rainbow Coalition–Kenya (Narc-Kenya) until 2025.
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
National Economic Development Party (NEDP)		December 2025	Created by former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko.^[17]^[18]
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

↑ Githinji (1 May 2025). "The Procedure to Register a Political Party in Kenya". AfroCave. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
↑ 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
↑ Fully Registered Political Parties, Office of the Registrar of Political Parties https://orpp.or.ke/document/fully-registered-political-parties-march-2025/
↑ "Kenya National Assembly August 2017". IPU Parline.
↑ "4th March 2013 General Election – Official Report" (PDF). Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission. March 2013. pp. 24–25, 1743+. Retrieved 28 February 2026.
↑ "Kenya (National Assembly) – Elections in 2013". PARLINE database on national parliaments. Inter-Parliamentary Union. Retrieved 28 February 2026.
↑ "Kenya (Senate) – Elections in 2013". PARLINE database on national parliaments. Inter-Parliamentary Union. Retrieved 28 February 2026.
↑ "Summary of Seats Won Per Party in the 2013 General Election". Office of the Registrar of Political Parties (ORPP). Retrieved 28 February 2026.
↑ "General Elections in Kenya Election Observation Delegation 2-6 March 2013" (PDF). European Parliament. March 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2026.
↑ "Elections in Kenya". African Elections Database. Retrieved 28 February 2026.
↑ Kinyanjui, Moses (15 May 2025). "Gachagua unveils DCP party, names officials". Citizen Digital. Archived from the original on 18 July 2026. Retrieved 20 July 2026.
↑ "National Economic Development Party (NEDP) Receives Full Registration Certificate". Office of the Registrar of Political Parties. December 2025. Archived from the original on 14 August 2026. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
↑ "Sonko's NEDP gains defectors from UDA, ODM, Wiper in Mombasa". Citizen Digital. 29 July 2026. Archived from the original on 14 August 2026. Retrieved 14 August 2026.

External links

[1] Githinji (1 May 2025). "The Procedure to Register a Political Party in Kenya". AfroCave. Retrieved 1 May 2025.

[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

[8] Fully Registered Political Parties, Office of the Registrar of Political Parties https://orpp.or.ke/document/fully-registered-political-parties-march-2025/

[9] "Kenya National Assembly August 2017". IPU Parline.

[10] "4th March 2013 General Election – Official Report" (PDF). Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission. March 2013. pp. 24–25, 1743+. Retrieved 28 February 2026.

[11] "Kenya (National Assembly) – Elections in 2013". PARLINE database on national parliaments. Inter-Parliamentary Union. Retrieved 28 February 2026.

[12] "Kenya (Senate) – Elections in 2013". PARLINE database on national parliaments. Inter-Parliamentary Union. Retrieved 28 February 2026.

[13] "Summary of Seats Won Per Party in the 2013 General Election". Office of the Registrar of Political Parties (ORPP). Retrieved 28 February 2026.

[14] "General Elections in Kenya Election Observation Delegation 2-6 March 2013" (PDF). European Parliament. March 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2026.

[15] "Elections in Kenya". African Elections Database. Retrieved 28 February 2026.

[16] Kinyanjui, Moses (15 May 2025). "Gachagua unveils DCP party, names officials". Citizen Digital. Archived from the original on 18 July 2026. Retrieved 20 July 2026.

[17] "National Economic Development Party (NEDP) Receives Full Registration Certificate". Office of the Registrar of Political Parties. December 2025. Archived from the original on 14 August 2026. Retrieved 14 August 2026.

[18] "Sonko's NEDP gains defectors from UDA, ODM, Wiper in Mombasa". Citizen Digital. 29 July 2026. Archived from the original on 14 August 2026. Retrieved 14 August 2026.

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v t e Political parties in Kenya
Parlimamentary alliances (National Assembly seats)	Azimio la Umoja (167) Kenya Kwanza (155)
Parliamentary (National Assembly seats)	United Democratic Alliance (138) Orange Democratic Movement (85) Jubilee Party (29) Wiper Democratic Movement – Kenya (25) Independents (17) Amani National Congress (7) FORD–Kenya (6) Democratic Action Party (5) Kenya African National Union (5) United Democratic Movement (5) Pamoja African Alliance (4) Kenya Union Party (3) Maendeleo Chap Chap Party (2) The Service Party (2) United Democratic Party (2) United Party of Independent Alliance (2) Chama Cha Kazi (1) Democratic Party (1) Grand Dream Development Party (1) National Agenda Party (1) National Ordinary People Empowerment Union (1) Movement for Democracy and Growth (1) National Agenda Party (1) United Progressive Alliance (1)
Extraparliamentary	Agano Party Alliance for Real Change Chama Cha Mashinani Chama Cha Mwananchi Chama Cha Uzalendo Communist Party of Kenya Communist Party Marxist - Kenya Conservative Party Economic Freedom Party Farmers Party Federal Party of Kenya Frontier Alliance Party KADU–Asili Kenya Social Congress Kenya National Congress Kenya National Democratic Alliance Kenya People's Party Kenya Reform Party Madaraka People's Movement Maendeleo Democratic Party Mazingira Green Party of Kenya Mkenya Solidarity Movement Muungano Party Mwangaza Party National Democratic Movement National Labour Party National Party of Kenya NARC-Kenya New Democrats Party of Democratic Unity Party of Independent Candidates of Kenya FORD–Asili Labour Party of Kenya National Vision Party Party of National Unity Peoples Party of Kenya Peoples Democratic Party Progressive Party of Kenya Restore and Build Kenya Roots Party Kenya Saba Saba – Asili Safina Shirikisho Party of Kenya Sisi Kwa Sisi Unity Party of Kenya
Defunct	African People's Party Alliance Party of Kenya Amani Coalition Baluhya Political Union Capricorn Africa Society Ford–People Grand National Union Independent Group Jubilee Alliance Kenya African Democratic Union Kenya Coalition Kenya Freedom Party Kenya Indian Congress Kenya People's Union Nairobi People's Convention Party National Rainbow Coalition New Ford Kenya New Kenya Party Nyanza Province African Union Party of Development and Reforms Reform Party Shungwaya Freedom Party The Independent Party The National Alliance United Republican Party United Democratic Forum
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