One significant political party in Kenya is the Jubilee Party of Kenya. The party ruled the nation from 2016 till September 13, 2022. On September 8, 2016, the party was established as a result of the union of eleven smaller parties. In the 2017 election, Uhuru Kenyatta, the head of the Jubilee Party, was re-elected as president, and the party won a majority of seats in Parliament.
| Website | |
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| jubileeparty.ke |
| Leader | Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta |
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| Secretary-General | Jeremiah Ngayu Kioni |
| Founded | September 7, 2016 |
The party makes the following promises: “no discrimination on the grounds of race, sex, religion, ethnicity, or any other bias; devolution of power; and protection of minorities and the marginalized.”
Uhuru Kenyatta[6], a former Kenyan president, is the party’s head and is in charge of the party’s broader group. William Ruto, who held the position of deputy president of Kenya under Kenyatta, was formerly the deputy party leader. Raphael Tuju, a former politician and member of parliament for the Rarieda Constituency, is in charge of the Party Secretariat. The officials were announced in November 2016 at the party’s inaugural National Governing Council (NGC) meeting, which took place in the Bomas of Kenya auditorium.
The Jubilee Alliance is thought to have been succeeded by the Jubilee Party. Created in January 2013, the Jubilee Alliance was a political coalition backing Kenyatta’s bid for president. A party coalition led by the Jubilee Alliance was in power under President Uhuru Kenyatta. However, conflicts between parties and tribalism posed a threat to the stability of this system. President Kenyatta and other Jubilee Alliance officials made the decision in 2016 to go from a coalition government to a single, cohesive party, the Jubilee Party. Together with new political parties, the mainstays of the former Jubilee Alliance coalition created the new party. The following founding parties were:
- Jubilee Alliance Party (JAP)
- Alliance Party of Kenya (APK)
- United Republican Party (URP)
- Grand National Union (GNU)
- New FORD–Kenya (NFK)
- FORD People (FP)
- United Democratic Forum (UDF)
- Chama Cha Uzalendo (CCU)
- Republican Congress (RC)
- The National Alliance (TNA)
- The Independence Party (TIP)
On September 7, 2016, the parties participating attended their respective National Delegate Conferences (NDCs), officially announcing the party merger. On September 8, 2016, a ceremony at the Safaricom Kasarani Stadium revealed the new political party to the public.
