‘5 Parties Already Left The Azimio Alliance!’ – Registrar of Parties Confirms
The Registrar of Political Parties has disclosed that at least five parties have left the Azimio la Umoja Coalition following the 2022 general elections.
The @ORPPKenya today engaged with @ParliamentofKenya Justice and Legal Affairs Committee (JLAC) on consideration of the 2025 Budget Policy Statement (BPS) covering policies, programmes, and expenditure ceilings as outlined in the Policy Statement. pic.twitter.com/02WbKpgmsp
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According to an updated list of registered parties and the coalitions to which they belong, the five parties left between February 2023 and December 2024.
The parties are the People’s Liberation Party (previously Narc Kenya), Maendeleo Chap Chap, United Democratic Movement (UDM), Devolution Empowerment Party, and Pamoja African Alliance (PAA).
The list was created in response to a high court order that the status of political parties be made public following a petition from concerned individuals.
This comes a few days after a judge ruled that the Azimio alliance had the majority in Parliament.
The High Court’s three-judge bench, which included Justices John Chigiti, Jairus Ngaah, and Lawrence Mugambi, decided that the Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Alliance is the legitimate majority in the National Assembly.
The court ruled that Wetang’ula acted improperly when he assigned 14 resigned Azimio coalition members to the Kenya Kwanza alliance.
Ken Njagi, attorney Lempaa Soyinka, and ten others, represented by attorney Kibe Mungai, brought the lawsuit to court.
Wetang’ula alleged that some Azimio members had formally written to his office to condemn their involvement with the Raila Odinga-led political party.
These 14 MPs represent four parties: the United Democratic Movement (UDM), the Movement for Democracy and Growth (MDG), Maendeleo Chap Chap (MCC), and the Pamoja African Alliance (PAA).
According to the notice, these parties are currently not affiliated with any coalition or coalition party. They do, however, have a working relationship with the ruling Kenya Kwanza Alliance.
The ORPP also lists 47 political parties that are not part of any alliance and have no seats in the National Assembly.
On February 12, Speaker Moses Wetang’ula would rule that Kenya Kwanza had the majority in Parliament.
Speaker Wetangula: Azimio coalition party consists of 154 members…The Kenya Kwanza Alliance consists of 165 members. The Kenya Kwanza Coalition is the majority party and Azimio Coalition is the minority party in the house pic.twitter.com/WFdtolqDOP
— Citizen TV Kenya (@citizentvkenya) February 12, 2025
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Following a discussion over who controls majority and minority posts in the National Assembly, opposition lawmakers occupied seats reserved for the majority party.
The Speaker stated that Azimio has 154 members of Parliament, whereas Kenya Kwanza has 165 in the August House.
“Arising from the foregoing, the Kenya Kwanza is the majority and the Azimio is the minority. The Leadership of the House remains unchanged,” the Speaker stated.
Wetang’ula argued that the court did not declare any party to be the majority or minority, nor did it name a leader for either group.
‘5 Parties Already Left The Azimio Alliance!’ – Registrar of Parties Confirms
