political parties

More than 80 parties submit nomination lists

Reading Time: < 1 minute Some 81 political parties participating in this year’s elections have submitted their nominations lists to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries […]

Reprieve for parties as court halts gender rule

Reading Time: < 1 minute Political parties seeking to participate in the August 2022 General Election yesterday got a reprieve after the High Court issued […]

Parties in battle for numbers after divisive internal polls

Reading Time: 3 minutes Battle for control of the next government has formally begun after leading political parties issued tickets to aspirants days after […]

IEBC issues deadline for submission of names of party nominees

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has given political parties until next week Thursday to submit the names of […]

Mt Kenya fringe parties lose flavour after Jubilee revival

Reading Time: 3 minutes Small political parties in Mt Kenya region whose leaders were hoping to thrive as alternative outfits to Deputy President William […]

Are leaders defying defection deadline?

Reading Time: 3 minutes Questions linger over defections by politicians days after the deadline for party hopping with concern that they could be breaking […]

Parties on the spot over gender rule

Reading Time: 3 minutes With about a week to the much-anticipated party primaries, all eyes are on political parties and how they intend to […]

Political parties a big let-down

Reading Time: 2 minutes Politicians are this week expected to shift alliances depending on how their starts are aligned. Whereas the fundamentals of joining […]

Exodus week as window of party hopping closes

Reading Time: 4 minutes The country is expected to witness a week of mass defections beginning today as hundreds of aspirants get ready to […]

IEBC proposal on primaries ill-timed

Reading Time: 2 minutes Political parties are among the primary pillars of a parliamentary democracy such as Kenya’s.  They provide the platform on which […]