UDA, ODM to Receive Ksh 1.2B in Latest Govt Allocation

The ruling United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party will pocket over Ksh789 million in the latest revision of the Political Parties Fund (PPF) allocations.
In a notice in the September 12 issue of the Kenya Gazette, the acting Registrar of Political Parties, Sophia Sitati, outlined the amounts 47 political parties would receive in the 2025/26 Financial Year.
“In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 23, 25 and 34 (b) of the Political Parties Act, Cap. 7D, and Regulation 6 (1) (c) of the Political Parties (Funding) Regulations, 2019, the Registrar of Political Parties gives notice that the following forty-seven (47) political parties are eligible to receive funds from the Political Parties Fund (PPF) during the Financial Year 2025/2026 as follows:” the notice read.
Following UDA closely is its ally, the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), which will receive over Ksh421 million of the funds.
Combined, the two parties, led by President William Ruto and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga,will receive over Ksh1.2 billionof the allocation.
The only other party which will receive a nine-figure allocation is the former ruling party, the Jubilee Party, which will receive over Ksh184 million.
Kalonzo Musyoka’s Wiper Patriotic Front follows with an allocation of Ksh98 million, while Eugene Wamalwa’s Democratic Action Party-Kenya (DAP-K) has been allocated Ksh43 million.
The Kenya African National Union (KANU) will receive Ksh32 million, Speaker Moses Wetang’ula’s FORD Kenya has an allocation of Ksh35 million, and the United Democratic Movement (UDM) will bank Ksh36 million.
However,smaller parties continue to receive a lot less, with some, like theJustice and Freedom Party of Kenya,receiving just Ksh378,785 and theGrand Dream Development Party receiving Ksh638,442.
This comes just days after the coalitionof small political parties filed a petition to Parliament to amend the Political Parties Act 2011 to secure their funding ahead of the 2027 general elections.
Speaking on September 10,National Liberal Party (NLP) leader Augustus Muli claimed that the current funding structure for political parties in the country is unfair and biased, as they do not receive any government funding since, out of 91 registered political parties, only 47 are funded.
The coalition further claimed that the lack of funding had crippled their ability to prepare adequately for the 2027 general elections and to operate their offices effectively.