Chief observer and European Member of Parliament Mr. Ivan Stefanec and other members of European Union Election Observation Mission paid a courtesy call to the Registrar on 15th July. Discussions were on a wide range of ORPP’s milestones towards election preparedness. They included; support and engagement of political parties participating in 2022 election; undertaken countrywide …
ORPP spearheaded a three day training of the political parties’ Agents in 15 clustered counties across the country from 27th -29th July, 2022. The training was aimed at building knowledge capacity for the Agents theoretical and practical grasp of their roles and responsibilities on the poll day. Tana River County Chief party Agents during the …
Chief party Agents set for the polls upon ORPP two-tier training Read More »
The Office of the Registrar on invitation of the Media Council of Kenya (MCK), joined in sensitization fora for local based journalists in Siaya and Kisii Siaya counties held on 14th May and 19th May,2022 respectively. Participants that included media practitioners in the region, deliberated on a raft of obligations for responsible journalism ahead of …
Grassroot scribes benefit from ORPP- Media Council sensitization fora Read More »
The 9th edition of the Africities Summit was held in Kisumu on 17th to the 21st May 2022 at the Mamboleo Show Grounds at which Office of the Registrar of Political Parties (ORPP) was participated as represented Ms. Lucy Kemunto, the Kisumu County Coordinator. Kenya was at its best in the summit, earning accolades in …
ORPP among Global Delegates in Africities Summit as Kenya Showcases her Finesse Read More »
The Office dispersed its teams across the country to join the Independent and Electoral Boundaries Commission (IEBC) for a joint registration of candidates of various elective positions from 29th May to 3rd June,2022. Lesuuda Naisula receives registration certificate from IEBC officials in one of the registration centres. Staff members were grouped in over 15 clusters …
ORPP, IEBC Team up in a Country-Wide Registration of Candidates Read More »
The Office of the Registrar of Political Parties (ORPP) has lately been a beehive of activities with increased inperson service requests from customers seeking varied services. Topping the service requests from months February through April and on, have been matters relating to; membership resignations; submission and/or membership lists for certification and requests for certification of …
Staff put in extra hours to help parties meet timelines Read More »
Aspirants on social media stand to benefit from ‘enhance electoral integrity’ programme, an initiative of Meta (formerly Facebook) that seeks to build capacity of key players in electoral process, safeguard online safety and provide reporting mechanisms for any violation in the use of WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram and Messenger. This came to the fore during a …
Meta pitch potential capacity programme for staff and stakeholders Read More »
Three pre- election coalitions agreements deposited for scrutiny Ukombozi wa Majimbo Coalition presented its coalition agreement on 7th May followed by Kenya Kwanza Alliance Coalition and Eagles National Alliance who deposited their coalition agreement to the Registrar of Political Parties on 8th May. The Coalitions will be evaluated to meet threshold of Section 10 of Political Parties …
Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Coalition Party is now a fully registered political party comprising of 26 fully registered political parties according to its coalition agreement deposited and evaluated. The party was issued by the Registrar of Political Parties a certificate of full registration signed by the Registrar on 21st April, 2022.This follows ORPP’s assessment …
First coalition political party registered in new law Read More »
The Office of the Registrar of Political Parties has deadline of the 2nd May,2022 cleared a total of 7,177 independent candidates to run for six elective positions. This marked over 64% rise in the numbers compared to the 2017 general election where 4648 independents were cleared. Those seeking to run as presidential candidates and Member …
Record set as over 7,000 independent hopefuls cleared by deadline Read More »
