The National Rainbow Coalition (NARC) is a political party in Kenya. As an alliance,it was in power from 2002 and 2005 when it collapsed due to disagreements between members over a constitutional referendum.
Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta is a Kenyan politician who served as the fourth president of Kenya from 2013 to 2022.
Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka is a Kenyan politician who was the tenth Vice-President of Kenya from 2008 to 2013. Musyoka served in the government under the late President Daniel arap Moi as the Secretary of Kenya African National Union party (1980-1988),Assistant Minister for Works (1986-1988),Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly (1988-1992),Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1993 until 1998,Minister of Education (1998-2001);and subsequently,under the late President Mwai Kibaki,he was Minister of Foreign Affairs again from 2003 to 2004,then Minister of the Environment from 2004 to 2005. He was an unsuccessful candidate in the 2007 presidential election,after which he was appointed vice-president by Kibaki in January 2008.
Forum for the Restoration of Democracy–Kenya (FORD–Kenya) is a Kenyan political party. The party has sat in the government of Kenya once,under the National Rainbow Coalition,from 2003 to 2007,having ended forty years of one party rule. In April 2022,the party joined the Kenya Kwanza coalition for the August 2022 elections,and is headed by Moses Wetangula,the current speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya
William Kipchirchir Samoei Arap Ruto is a Kenyan politician who has been serving as the fifth president of Kenya since 13 September 2022. Prior to becoming president,he served as the first elected deputy president of Kenya from 2013 to 2022. Previously,holders of the position were referred to as Vice President and the officeholder was unelected and appointed by the President. He previously served in three cabinet portfolios as the Minister for Home Affairs,the Minister of Agriculture and as Minister for Higher Education.
Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi is a Kenyan politician and land economist who is currently serving as the Prime Cabinet Secretary of Kenya. Until October 2022,he was also the party leader of the Amani National Congress (ANC),one of the founding political parties,of the Kenya Kwanza alliance. He served as the 7th Vice-President of Kenya in 2002 and Deputy Prime Minister (2008–2012),when he resigned to contest for the Presidency in the 2013 Kenyan general election and emerged third. He was the deputy party leader of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) (2005–2012) and Party Leader of the United Democratic Forum Party (UDF) from May 2012 to July 2015.
Raila Amolo Odinga is a Kenyan politician who served as the prime minister of Kenya from 2008 to 2013. He served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Langata Constituency from 1992 to 2013 and has been the Leader of Opposition in Kenya since 2013. He is the leader of Azimio la Umoja–One Kenya Coalition Party.
James Aggrey Bob Orengo is a Kenyan lawyer,a well known human rights activist and politician who is the current governor for Siaya County. He is also one of the few Kenyan lawyers who have attained the professional grade of Senior counsel in the legal field,a title that he earned under former president Mwai Kibaki.
The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) is a centre-left political party in Kenya. It is the successor of a grassroots people's movement which was formed during the 2005 Kenyan constitutional referendum campaign. This movement separated in August 2007 into the Orange Democratic Movement Party of Kenya and the Wiper Democratic Movement –Kenya.
The Wiper Democratic Movement–Kenya (WDM-K),formerly Orange Democratic Movement–Kenya (ODM–Kenya),is a political party in Kenya,which originated as a result of the 2005 Kenyan constitutional referendum. It is headed by Kalonzo Musyoka,who ran for president in 2007 and served as the vice-president in the Grand Coalition of Mwai Kibaki and Raila Odinga. He is now a member of the main opposition NASA.
Joshua Serem Kutuny is a Kenyan politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Kenya for Cherangany Constituency. He belonged to the Orange Democratic Movement from 2007 before he defected to the United Republican Party prior to the 2013 general election,and finally to the Jubilee Party from 2017.
Hon. Aden Kibare Duale is a Kenyan politician currently serving as the Minister of Defense in the cabinet of President William Ruto since 2022.
Agostinho Neto Oyugi is a Kenyan politician and lawyer who was elected Member of Parliament for the Ndhiwa Constituency,running on an ODM ticket,in a by-election in September 2012. He served the people Ndhiwa till August 2017 where he improved the roads,schools,healthcare etc. He started the National Schools Bursary programme in Ndhiwa where homegrown students who managed to secure a place in a national school would be awarded Kshs 50,000 annually to cater for their school fees. He was among a group of activists that filed a case In Kenya's High Court attempting to disqualify Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto from contesting in Kenya's general Election of 2013. He is currently the co-party leader of United Green Movement (UGM) a party that promises total inclusivity.
The National Alliance (TNA) was a political party in Kenya. It took on its current identity when Uhuru Kenyatta assumed control and renamed it as the vehicle for his 2012 presidential campaign.
The National Super Alliance,known by the abbreviation NASA,was a Kenyan political coalition of opposition centre-left parties that was formed in January 2017. The coalition was created to oppose President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto in the 2017 general elections. Raila Odinga,Musalia Mudavadi,Kalonzo Musyoka,Moses Wetangula and Isaac Ruto were the co-principals of the coalition.
The 2018 Kenya handshake was a political truce made on 9 March 2018 between the then Kenyan President,Uhuru Kenyatta and former Kenyan Prime Minister,Raila Odinga. The two had been the leaders of opposing political factions amidst widespread political violence and civil unrest,and they had faced one another in the contested 2017 Kenyan general election. Under the "handshake" agreement,both figures agreed to end their political feud.
Ndindi Nyoro,CBS,MP is a Kenyan politician,an economist and an entrepreneur,and currently the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kiharu Constituency serving a second term. Ndindi belongs to United Democratic Alliance (UDA),a political party under the Kenya Kwanza alliance led by the current and fifth president of Kenya,Dr William Ruto. He is a graduate of Kenyatta University with a Bachelor of Arts (Economics) and was a student leader at the same university. Ndindi occupies a markedly controversial position in Kenya's political life,having risen to prominence with his disdain for the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Party leader Raila Odinga,and later an unequivocal supporter for William Ruto's 2022 presidential bid despite rebuff and arduous political battle from Uhuru Kenyatta,Kenyan fourth president,who was determined to thwart Ruto's ascension to presidency. Ndindi has been rated as among the best performing Members of Parliament in Kenya,and he is currently the Chairman of Budget and Appropriations Committee in the National Assembly. During Kenya's 59th Jamhuri Day,Ndindi was feted by President William Ruto with an honour of Chief of Burning Spear (CBS) for his exemplary development record in Kiharu constituency.
Aisha Jumwa Karisa Katana is a Kenyan politician currently serving as the Cabinet Secretary for Public Service,Affirmative Action and Gender in Kenya. She previously served as a Member of Parliament representing Malindi Constituency in Kilifi County,Commissioner of the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC),the woman representative for Kilifi County from 2013 to 2017,and as Councillor for Takaungu Ward from 1997 to 2007. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Leadership and Management from International Leadership University and Executive Diploma in Governance from the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology.
Wafula Wanyonyi Chebukati is a Kenyan lawyer and a former chairman of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC),which is responsible for overseeing elections in Kenya. He was appointed to the position on a six-year tenure in January 2017 by the retired President of Kenya Uhuru Kenyatta. Following his appointment in 2017,He succeeded Ahmed Issack Hassan. He retired on 17th January 2023 following the end of his term.
John Murumba Chikati is a Kenyan politician and the current Secretary General for the Forum for the Restoration of Democracy –Kenya (FORD-Kenya). Chikati is also the current Member of National Assembly for Tongaren Constituency,and the current Secretary General for Catholic MPs Spiritual Support Initiative (CAMPSSI). He is the immediate former Special Secretary for Strategy and Delivery in the Office of the Deputy President.
