Ruto’s UDA to get the lion’s share of Political Parties Fund
UDA party of President William Ruto to get the lion’s share of the Political Parties Fund to be shared among 48 political parties.
In the political parties fund that will be distributed among 48 political parties in the fiscal year 2022–2023, the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) has come out on top.
The President William Ruto-led party would receive Sh577.162.898 according to a gazette notice published on November 2, 2022, by Registrar of Political Parties Ann Nderitu.
Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) is slated to get Sh308, 260, 679 from the funding that will be distributed every three months.
With Sh135,113, 518, the Jubilee Party of retired president Uhuru Kenyatta placed in third.
Kalonzo Musyoka’s Wiper Party would get Sh72,110,017 in funding.
The Wafula Wamunyinyi-led party; Democratic Action Party Kenya (DAP-K) will receive an allocation of Sh31,642,281.
The United Democratic Movement (UDM) led by Mandera Senator Ali Roba is set to be allocated a share of Sh26,897,846.
Musalia Mudavadi’s Amani National Congress party will reap Sh26, 600,684 while Speaker Moses Wetangula’s s Ford-Kenya party will receive an allocation of Sh25,863,869.
The allocation of the political parties fund act sets aside 0.3 percent of the national government revenue to finance the activities of political parties in advancing democracy.
According to the Political Parties Act 2021, 70 percent of the Fund is distributed proportionately by reference to the total number of votes secured by each political party in the preceding general election.
The total number of votes by a party is computed by tallying votes obtained in the preceding general polls by a political party in the election for the President, Members of Parliament, governors, and Members of County Assemblies.
President William Ruto-led party managed to get the lion share of the fund having garnered 7,176,141 votes, equivalent to 50.59% of valid votes cast, beating former Prime Minister Raila Odinga who had 6,942,930 votes representing 48.85%.
15 percent of the Fund is distributed based on the number of candidates of the party from Special Interest Groups elected in the preceding general election.
Ten percent of the Fund proportionately to political parties based on the total number of representatives from the political party elected in the 2022 general elections.
5 percent of the fund is utilized by the Office of the Registrar of Political Parties for the administration.
According to the law, the money allocated to a political party from the Fund is meant to cover the election expenses of the party.
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