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Plan to Fold Kenya Kwanza Parties Cause Jitters

October 24, 2022October 24, 2022By Vicmas Sankara
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Plan to Fold Kenya Kwanza Parties Cause Jitters

What are emerging as plans to wind up constituent parties in the Kenya Kwanza coalition so as to remain with only UDA are causing jitters in the nascent ruling coalition.

There are reports that the parties are supposed to all fold and members urged to join United Democratic Alliance (UDA) as they prepare for the 2027 general elections.

Just like Former President Uhuru Kenyatta convinced his allies to fold their parties ahead of the 2017 elections where the Jubilee coalition was converted to a party. The Jubilee party was formed after the dissolution of 12 parties.

“We want to go to the 2027 election as a political party known as UDA. Our election will be about the party,” UDA Chairman Johnson Muthama said. Dissolution will be voluntary, and UDA is organising itself for such an eventuality, including planning grassroots polls, he added.

“We want to go to the 2027 election as a political party known as UDA. Our election will be about the party,” UDA Chairman Johnson Muthama said.

“Dissolution will be voluntary, and UDA is organising itself for such an eventuality, including planning grassroots polls,” he added

Like Jubilee, the president’s allies are looking to form a formidabble party that will operate in the model of strong parties such as the Communist Party of China  (CCP) and African National Congress (ANC) of  South Africa. Both CCP and ANC have turned out to be more powerful than the head of state with ANC especially kicking out presidents whom they felt were not towing the party line.

Kimilili Mp Didimus Barasa has called for dissolution of parties whose party leaders have been appointed to the government as they are supposed to be neutral.

Amani National Congress (ANC) leader Musalia Mudavadi, his Democratic Party (DP) counterpart Justin Muturi, Maendeleo Chap Chap (MCC) boss Alfred Mutua, and Chama Cha Kazi (CCK) leader Moses Kuria were all nominated to the Cabinet.

Ford Kenya leader Moses Wetang’ula and Pamoja African Alliance boss Amason Kingi have been elected as Speakers of the National Assembly and Senate, respectively.

The law bars state officers from holding public positions and thus Musalia Mudavadi, Justin Muturi, Alfred Mutua and Moses Kuria are all expected to relinquish their party positions before taking oath of office.

Moses Kuria’s Chama Cha Kazi has already started the process of dissolving the party. The party sent a circular to the members through the dailies asking for their views over the same.

“Chama Cha Kazi would like to issue notice to all the members… of the decision to merge Chama Cha Kazi with the United Democratic Alliance,” reads the notice.

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