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On March 10, 2026, ORPP submitted its additional budget requirements to cater for critical underfunded programmes in FY 2025/2026 for consideration by the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs (JLAC), at Bunge Towers, Nairobi. The session was part of Governance, Justice, Law and Order (GJLO) entities’ submissions to JLAC under Supplementary Estimates No. 1 […]

The ORPP took part in a political actors roundtable multi-stakeholder Dialogue Forum in Nairobi by NIMD to collectively lay youth-inspired strategies for social justice and better governance in political and electoral processes. In a panel session during the forum, the Registrar of Political Parties, J.C. Lorionokou, commended the rising number of youth engaging in political

Imagine Micaeli, an experienced graduate who has just secured a new job with a handsome salary. For a moment, she felt like she had finally made it. But three months later, when she checked her bank account, she realized she was more stressed than when she was still searching for a job. She had done

The ORPP, 12th and 13th, joined other stakeholders drawn from governance, electoral/political management, enforcement, and administration of justice, for a multi-stakeholder workshop on “Protecting Peace and Rights in Kenya’s Digital Elections”, convened by the National Cohesion and Integration Commission with support of International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA). The sitting aimed to

30th March 2026:  ORPP, with support from the International Republican Institute (IRI), held a regional youth capacity-building forum in Kisumu, bringing together young participants to strengthen their engagement in political parties and electoral processes. The Kisumu forum is part of a series of similar engagements previously conducted in Nairobi, Mombasa, and Kakamega. In the forum

The Registrar J.C. Lorionokou, Assistant Registrar CPA Florence Birya, and a host of senior ORPP staff on 23rd February at Bunge Towers presented the Office Budget Policy Statement (BPS), 2026, before the National Assembly Departmental Committee of Justice and Legal Affairs (JLAC). In its detailed request, the Registrar leading the team outlined strategic programmes on

The United National Congress (UNC) and the National Restoration Movement (NRM) were the latest two political parties awarded certificates of provisional registration by Registrar, J.C. Lorionokou ORPP, HQ. The current standing of provisionally registered parties is 33 as at 5th February 2026. While issuing the certificates, the Registrar called on party officials to uphold the

The ORPP, on 19th February 2026, had a productive session with the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC), a delegation in Kenya for an exchange visit courtesy of the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNHRC). The visiting delegation was briefed on a wide breadth of processes regarding registration, compliance, and funding of parties as referenced

It is a standard practice for ORPP to capacity-build governing organs of registered political parties, shortly after the attainment of full registration and after a substantial change in the governing body. To set their organs on a good governance pedestal, from 16th to 18th February, the ORPP is training governing officials of five parties on

The ORPP held discussions on 19th February 2026, with Siasa Place alongside a delegation from Alternative Party (Denmark) at ORPP HQ offices. Deliberations centered on practical ways of enhancing ORPP interventions on Special Interest Groups (SIGs) — Youth, Women, and Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) in political processes. The visiting team highlighted challenges facing the SIGs