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The Office, on 4th June 2025, in Nairobi, sensitized leaders of PWDs party leagues  drawn from over 47 registered political parties. The engagement aimed to assess the milestones achieved in advancing disability inclusion within political parties, identify existing gaps, and chart pathways for enhanced participation and representation of PWDs in Kenya’s political landscape. Speaking during […]

The ORPP, 19th June, 2025 appeared before the Senate’s Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights (JLAC) to present its state of preparedness and priority legal reforms in anticipation of the 2027 general election. Leading the ORPP delegation, Assistant Registrar, Ali Abdullahi emphasized the need for a holistic re-evaluation of the political parties’ regulatory framework, anchored

The ORPP convened a Political Parties Liaison Committee (PPLC) a two-day consultative meeting, 4th to 7th June 2025, bringing together representatives from political parties, the Office of the Registrar of Political Parties (ORPP) and the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC). The tripartite platform served as a crucial space for deliberations on matters integral to

The ORPP held an orientation for newly appointed staff on 3rd June 2025. The meeting was for their understanding of the mandate, structures and operations of various functions of the Office. Registrar of Political Parties, Ann Nderitu, CBS, welcomed the new team members and encouraged them to embrace ORPP’s values and uphold its governance standards,

The Office has partitioned its three regional offices of Machakos , Kisumu and Mombasa, a project that has run in May and has been successfully completely June, 2025 as per project timelines. The works as per requirements of setting up government offices, were spearheaded by Technical Officers (Engineers) from the State department of Public Works,

In a continued drive to empower the youth to meaningfully participate in political and electoral process , the Office has conducted a series of regional youth sensitization forums in collaboration with key stakeholders, engaging student leaders across multiple counties, themed Kikao na Comrades. A total of seven regions held a series of engagements  in various

The Office , on 14th June, 2025 registered a milestone in the political party registration process with the issuance of provisional registration certificates to six (6) newly formed political parties. The event, held at ORPP headquarters in Nairobi, was presided over by Registrar of Political Parties, Ann Nderitu, CBS, and attended by founding members of

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