2020

Newly registered parties make a mark in December by-elections

Corporate Communication Unit. Lion Place Nairobi, Kenya; December 18, 2020. A number of newly registered political parties have fielded candidates for by-elections declared in 6 wards and one constituency across the country conducted on 15th December, 2020. Three parties registered from 2017 presented their candidates for the contest. United Green Movement party fielded its candidate …

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ORPP convenes lobby groups to deliberate on party primaries proposed law

Corporate Communication Unit. Lion Place Nairobi, Kenya; December 1st,2020. The Office of the Registrar of Political Parties (ORPP) with support of Uraia Trust held a meeting with Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) from 24th -26th November, 2020 in Machakos. Its object was to discuss and give recommendations on the Party Primaries Bill published on 2nd October, …

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Journal on promotion of democracy premieres in December following a Standard Media Group- ORPP pact

Corporate Communication Unit. Lion Place Nairobi, Kenya; December 1st,2020. The first ever special journal for political players to showcase and education stakeholders on their roles and milestones has been mooted. It premieres in the Standard newspaper, tentative date set for 4th December, 2020. The publication is focused on the status of political parties and political …

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Ease access to procurement opportunities for reserved groups, public entities told

Corporate AffairsLion Place Nairobi, Kenya; March,17, 2020.   Public institutions have been urged to deliberately reduce impediments of access to government procurement opportunities under the preserved and reserved category. It has been noted that despite progressive constitutional and enabling legislation that enable access to the groups, challenges still exists to the full realization of the provisions. Speaking during …

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National Assembly Speaker hails ORPP work in dovetailing democracy

Corporate AffairsLion Place Nairobi, Kenya; March,7, 2020. The Speaker of National Assembly, Justin Muturi has applauded the Office of Registrar of Political Parties for its effort in entrenching democracy. He hailed the Office effort in managing political parties, terming them pivotal avenues for enhancing democracy. While presiding over the official opening of this year’s People Dialogue Festival …

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Women in politics to be trained ahead of next general elections

The Registrar of Political Parties (ORPP) paid a courtesy call on 14th February, 2020 to the UN’s Department of Political and Peace Building Affairs (DPPA). The deliberations explored possible joint partnerships as part of the office strategic stakeholder engagement. Also present was representative of the UN Women, a long standing partner of ORPP.  

Parties called to leverage on technology, amid Covid 19 outbreak

Corporate Communication Unit. Lion Place Nairobi, Kenya; December 21, 2020. Today, in Nairobi, Registrar Ann Nderitu witnessed the launch of the draft “Protocols for Conducting Political Activities in the Covid-19 Context” developed by Centre for Multi-Party Democracy (CMD)- Kenya. The Registrar underscored the political parties’ responsibility in upholding the Political Parties’ Code of Conduct in all their …

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Registrar embarks on expansive political parties’ visitation

Corporate AffairsLion Place Nairobi, Kenya; January,14, 2020.   Political Parties with provisional registration that are seeking full registration will be required to provide verifiable evidence of their established infrastructure across the country as required by the Political Parties Act. The Office of Registrar of Political Parties (ORPP) has from 14 th to 17 th January dispatched teams …

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