[Standard]The office of Registrar of Political parties has received more than 1,000 applications for political parties since 2017. Compared to only 22 registered parties in Tanzania and 26 in Uganda, Kenya sets the record with 72 fully registered political parties and six outfits currently underway to receive their full registration this year. “Since the beginning of this year, we have had many applications of Kenyans wanting to register political parties. In this quarter alone over 50 Kenyans applied for the registration of political parties,” said Anne Nderitu, Registrar of Political Parties (RPP). With political parties being “governance tools where people can be mobilised towards a particular agenda,” experts have criticised Kenyan political parties for lacking an ideological foundation, a sign of mature and progressive politics.

Source: Standard Digital June 01, 2021 15:11 UTC