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The Office of the Registrar of Political Parties (ORPP) joins the electoral and governance stakeholders in celebrating Registrar’s, Ann Nderitu, CBS milestone on her appointment as a Commissioner to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC). Ms Nderitu milestone follows a rigorous recruitment process  through a selection panel, followed by public interviews, vetting National Assembly’s […]

The Registrar of Political Parties led a section of ORPP to Bunge Towers on 17th April, 2025, to submit ORPP written memorandum before the Justice Affairs and Legal Affairs of the National Assembly on the Political Parties (Amendment), Bill, 2024, now at public participation stage. A spot light to the ORPP’s written memorandum to the

The ORPP is at the final phase of the ORPP draft document of its 2025- 2028 Strategic Plan, 28th to 30th April,2025. The Plan is focused on realizing impactful goals based on identified strategic issues. It seeks to improve registration, regulation of political parties and supporting of political parties in elections. Other key focus areas

Kenya Democracy for Change (K.D.C) was issued with its provisional registration certificate by the Registrar of Political Parties, Ann Nderitu, CBS, on 11th April, 2025, at the ORPP headquarters. The issuance brought the provisionally registered parties as of April 2025 to six political parties. During the issuance session, the Registrar commended the party officials for

A multi-stakeholder forum held on 11th April 2025, in Nairobi to discuss actionable strategies to grow women-led leadership. The forum’s focus was to lay joint ground for implementing a recently developed County Assemblies(C.A.), 750 strategy. The Strategy is a comprehensive action plan seeking to enhance transitioning of women in various political parties and county leadership

The ORPP led by Compliance department conducted a countrywide verification of headquarter offices of all fully registered political parties. The exercise undertaken by assigned teams took place from 13th to 18th April, 2025. The exercise sought to assess compliance of parties on various areas such as presence of offices, membership threshold, financial management and reporting,

The ORPP, in collaboration with a cluster of representatives from both funded and non-funded political parties, as well as relevant government agencies, is in the process of developing a financial reporting template for political parties. This initiative is being undertaken through a Joint Committee comprising the ORPP, political parties, the Public Sector Accounting Standards Board

Kenya, is mid-way in around the mid-way in the current electoral cycle; between 2022 and 2027 general election. The ORPP was part of state and non-state electoral players, in a election conference to discuss state of preparedness including legal reforms. Registrar of Political Parties Ann Nderitu, CBS underscored the importance of prioritizing legal reform. “Legal