Grassroots responsive services and strengthening coordination between headquarters and field offices were the focus of a leadership visit to the ORPP Garissa-based field office held on 3 July 2026. The Registrar of Political Parties J.C. Lorionokou, led the leadership team engagement with the Garissa-based team to assess service delivery, review operational progress and discuss practical […]

The Office of the Registrar of Political Parties held a youth engagement forum #KikaonaComrades in Nyeri County, bringing together students and staff from higher learning institutions for a candid conversation on political participation and civic awareness. The forum forms part of ORPP’s ongoing efforts to reach young people within academia, creating a platform for students

The Office of the Registrar of Political Parties (ORPP), with support of NIMD Kenya, on 1st July 2026 convened a Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue Forum bringing together key players from across the political and digital governance space to discuss and lay out interventions to Technology Facilitated Gender-Based Violence (TFGBV) and Online Violence Against Women in Politics (OVAWP).

The Registrar of Political Parties issued the 34th Certificate of Provisional Registration to the founding members of Ufanisi Kenya Party (UPK), after the party met the requisite legal provisions. Registrar of Political Parties, J.C. Lorionokou, presided over the issuance at the ORPP headquarters, and urged the founding members to uphold the values and principles on

The Registrar of Political Parties, J.C. Lorionokou, on 6th July 2026, issued eight political parties with Provisional Registration Certificates at ORPP Headquarters in Nairobi, after the parties met the requisite legal requirements. The parties certified were: Alliance for Democratic Association (ADA), People Salvation Party of Kenya (PSP-K), Neema Congress Party (NCP), One Nation Movement (ONM),

On June 14th, 2026, Registrar J.C. Lorionokou and his team held discussions with Royal Media Services Managing Director Wachira Waruru and his team at Royal Media Services’ headquarters, exploring ways the two institutions could deepen their working relationship in the lead-up to the 2027 electoral cycle. The discussions centred on joint partnership, co-creation of public

The Registrar J.C. Lorionokou, on 22nd and 23rd June, led youth-oriented reflections with a section of students from the University of Eldoret on political participation, democratic governance, political party regulation, leadership, advocacy, and the role of young people in shaping Kenya’s democratic future under the ORPP “Kikao na Comrades” banner. In the forum, the Registrar

The Registrar in the course of June held several donor partner meetings with visiting delegations. On 2nd June 2026, the Registrar played host to delegations from the Hanns Seidel Foundation Kenya/The Junge Union (HSF) and the Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy (NIMD) and their teams. In the deliberations, the ORPP  apprised the partners of its

On June 15th 2026, ORPP was before the National Assembly Justice and Legal Affairs Committee (JLAC) to submit legislative proposals on Amendments to the Political Parties Act, CAP. 7D . The submissions of the Political Parties (Amendment ) Bill,2026, were preceded by ORPP-run series of stakeholder engagements culminating in the Bill that encompasses stakeholder input

On 17th June 2026, the ORPP, with the support of Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Kenya (KAS), held discussions with a section of students at Egerton University under the ORPP students-engagement programme- “Kikao na Comrades” initiative — one of the institution’s most direct engagements with young Kenyans of the month. The forum explored topics on political party governance and