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Coalition For Reforms And Democracy
The Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD) was a Political coalition, coalition of multiple political parties, built around the triumvirate of Raila Odinga, Kalonzo Musyoka, and Moses Wetangula, to contest the 2013 Kenyan general election. The members of the coalition are the Orange Democratic Movement, the Wiper Democratic Movement – Kenya, Wiper Democratic Movement, Forum for the Restoration of Democracy – Kenya, FORD–Kenya, Kenya Social Congress, Kenya African Democratic Union – Asili, KADU–Asili, the Peoples Democratic Party (Kenya), Peoples Democratic Party, the Mkenya Solidarity Movement, Chama Cha Uzalendo, the Muungano Party, the United Democratic Movement (Kenya), United Democratic Movement, Chama Cha Mwananchi, and the Federal Party of Kenya Following the hotly-contested elections that saw the Jubilee Alliance win, CORD filed a petition contesting the results. The Supreme Court rejected CORD's petition and declared the Jubilee candidate Uhuru Kenyatta preside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raila Odinga
Raila Amolo Odinga (born 7 January 1945) is a Kenyan politician who served as the Prime Minister of Kenya from 2008 to 2013. He was the Member of Parliament (Kenya), Member of Parliament (MP) for Langata Constituency from 1992 to 2013 and has been the Leader of the Opposition, Leader of Opposition in Kenya since 2013. He is the leader of Azimio la Umoja, Azimio la Umoja–One Kenya Coalition Party. Odinga has run for President of Kenya five times, with none of his attempts being successful. Each time, Odinga has alleged electoral fraud. In 1997, he finished third as the candidate of the National Development Party (Kenya), National Development Party (NDP). In 2007 Kenyan general election, 2007, he ran again for the presidency under the Orange Democratic Movement, Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) and lost to Mwai Kibaki. 2013 Kenyan general election, In 2013, 2017 Kenyan general election, 2017, and 2022 Kenyan general election, 2022, Odinga was the runner-up as a candidate f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wiper Democratic Movement – Kenya
The Wiper Democratic Movement–Kenya (WDM-K), formerly Orange Democratic Movement–Kenya (ODM–Kenya), is a political party in Kenya, which originated as a result of the 2005 Kenyan constitutional referendum. The party tends to be more popular among the Kamba people. It is headed by Kalonzo Musyoka, who ran for president in 2007 and served as the vice-president in the Grand Coalition of Mwai Kibaki and Raila Odinga. He is now a member of the main opposition Azimio La Umoja One Kenya Party. 2007 elections The present Wiper Democratic Movement, originally known as ODM-Kenya was created as a result a split between Kalonzo Musyoka and Raila Odinga in mid-August 2007. Raila's group, which also included Musalia Mudavadi, William Ruto, Joseph Nyagah and Najib Balala bought out the original ODM party from Mugambi Imanyara, while Kalonzo's group, consisting of himself and Dr. Julia Ojiambo remained in the shell of the party. The two factions held their elections for president ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uhuru Kenyatta
Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta ( born 26 October 1961) is a Kenyan politician who served as the fourth president of Kenya from 2013 to 2022. The son of Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya's first president, he previously served as Prime Minister of Kenya, Deputy Prime Minister from 2008 to 2013. Daniel Arap Moi had picked Kenyatta as his preferred successor. However, he was defeated by the then opposition leader Mwai Kibaki in the 2002 Kenyan general election, 2002 election, and Kibaki was subsequently sworn in as the President. Kenyatta served as the member of parliament (MP) for Gatundu South Constituency, Gatundu South from 2002 to 2013 and also as Deputy Prime Minister to Raila Odinga from 2008 to 2013. Currently he is a member and the party leader of the Jubilee Party of Kenya, whose popularity has since dwindled. Kenyatta was previously a member of the Kenya African National Union, Kenya Africa National Union (KANU), a political party that had led Kenya to independence in 1963. He resigned from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jubilee Alliance
The Jubilee Alliance was a political alliance in Kenya. History The alliance was established to support the joint presidential election ticket of Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto in the 2013 general elections. At the time of the election, its members were The National Alliance, the National Rainbow Coalition, the United Republican Party, and the Republican Congress. Machel Waikenda was the director of communications and secretary of arts and entertainment of The National Alliance, from April 2012 to August 2013 and he led the media and communications department of the party during the 2013 elections. In 2016 most of the coalition's members merged to form the Jubilee Party The Jubilee Party of Kenya is a major political party in Kenya. It has significantly influenced the country's political landscape since its founding on 8 September 2016. Emerging from a merger of 11 smaller parties, including The National Alli .... References Defunct political party alliances in Ke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federal Party Of Kenya
The Federal Party of Kenya (FPK) is a political party in Kenya. History The FPK nominated 20 National Assembly candidates for the 2007 general elections, receiving 0.2% of the vote and failing to win a seat. In the 2013 elections the party nominated 56 National Assembly candidates; increasing its vote share to 1.6% and winning three seats; Michael Aringo Onyura in Butula, Peter Safari Shehe in Ganze and Charles Gimose in Hamisi. It also won one seat in the Senate, Ali Abdi Bule in Tana River County Tana River County is a county in the former Coast Province of Kenya. It is named after the Tana River, the longest river in Kenya. It has an area of and had a population of 315,943 as of the 2019 census. The county borders Kitui County to t .... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chama Cha Mwananchi
Chama may refer to: Places *Chama, Colorado, unincorporated town in the Costilla County, Colorado, United States *Chama, Huerfano County, Colorado, an unincorporated town in the United States *Chama, New Mexico, village in the United States * Chama, Zambia, a small town and district *Chama District, district in Zambia *Chama River (Venezuela), aka ''Río Chama'', a river in Venezuela *Rio Chama (Rio Grande), a tributary of the Rio Grande *Chama (Maya site), an archaeological site in the Alta Verapaz, Guatemala People *Chama (surname) *Chama people or Ese Ejja people *Chama, Archbishop of Kalocsa, 12th-century Hungarian prelate *Chama Mechtaly (b. 1992), Moroccan artist *Chama Milind (b. 1994), Indian cricketer *Chama (nickname for Alex Pereira) Other * ''Chama'' (bivalve), a genus of bivalve molluscs * -chama, a Japanese honorific *''Chama'', a variant name of Kamadeva, the Hindu god of love *Chama (investment) A chama is an informal cooperative society that is normally used to p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Democratic Movement (Kenya)
The United Democratic Movement (UDM) 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 and most of its then leaders went to other parties by the time of the 2002 general elections. 2007 General Elections UDM allied itself with the Orange Democratic Movement in supporting Raila Odinga's candidacy for the office of President of Kenya, and fielded several candidates in the parliamentary elections. Its most prominent member of that parliament was Hellen Sambili who served as Minister of East African Cooperation in Kenya's grand coalition government. The party was briefly subject to a leadership struggle as a faction of 'rebel' ODM Members of Parliament, allied to William Ruto attempted to take control of the party to use it as their platform for the 2012 elections. However, following res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muungano Party
The Muungano Party (MP) is a political party in Kenya. History The Muungano Party was established in 2007, and nominated a single National Assembly candidate for the 2007 general elections, Tito Mutunga Muunda in Makueni. He received 517 votes, finishing twelfth in a field of nineteen candidates. In the 2013 elections the party nominated 16 candidates for the National Assembly. It received 0.9% of the vote, winning a single seat, Francis Mwangangi Kilonzo in Yatta. It also won the gubernatorial election in Makueni County, with former MP Kivutha Kibwana elected as the county's Governor. Kibwana left to join Wiper in February 2017. The party nominated twelve National Assembly candidates for the 2017 general elections, although Kilonzo had left the party and ran as a Chama Cha Uzalendo candidate. The party lost the Yatta seat, but Fabian Muli was elected in Kangundo Kangundo is a town in Machakos County, Kenya. Kangundo is part of the extensive 4 county metropolitan ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chama Cha Uzalendo
The Chama Cha Uzalendo (, CCU) is a Kenyan political party established in 2004. The party is currently headed by Maur Bwanamaka. Former party chairmen include Wavinya Ndeti and Koigi Wamwere. 2007 general election Wavinya Ndeti was elected to Parliament as the first woman to ever represent the Kathiani constituency. Gitobu Imanyara was elected to represent the Central Imenti constituency. 2017 general election Ahead of the 2017 election, CCU joined the Coalition for Reforms and Democracy The Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD) was a Political coalition, coalition of multiple political parties, built around the triumvirate of Raila Odinga, Kalonzo Musyoka, and Moses Wetangula, to contest the 2013 Kenyan general election. The ... (CORD) in July 2016; in 2017, most CORD members transitioned into the National Super Alliance coalition. David Mwalika Mboni was elected to represent Kitui County, the sole CCU member to have a seat in the National Assembly. 2021 Machako ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peoples Democratic Party (Kenya)
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is a political party in Kenya. History The PDP was established in 1992. It won a single seat in the 2007 general elections, Richard Momoima Onyonka in Kitutu Chache Constituency. In 2010 Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) MP James Omingo Magara defected to the party after the ODM did not nominate him as its candidate in the South Mugirango by-election, which was held after Magara's victory in the 2007 elections was annulled due to irregularities. However, Magara was defeated in the by-election. Onyonka defected to the ODM prior to the 2013 general elections, in which the PDP nominated 22 candidates. It received 0.8% of the vote, again winning a single seat; Onyango K'Oyoo in Muhoroni Constituency Muhoroni is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of seven constituencies of Kisumu County Kisumu County is one of 47 counties in the Republic of Kenya. Its borders follow those of the original Kisumu District, one of the former dist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenya African Democratic Union – Asili
The Kenya African Democratic Union – Asili (KADU–Asili) is a political party in Kenya. History Established in 2006, KADU–Asili nominated 19 National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the repr ... candidates for the 2007 general elections, receiving 0.7% of the vote and winning one seat; Francis Bayah in Ganze. In the 2013 elections the party nominated 15 candidates; it saw its vote share fall to 0.16%, but again won a single seat; Mwinga Gunga Chea in Kaloleni. Psephos References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
