Ford Kenya party leader Moses Wetang’ula (L), ANC’s Musalia Mudavadi and UDA leader, Deputy President William Ruto (R), formed a coalition in January. PHOTO | FILE
Close to half of Kenyan members of parliament are expected to defect to new political parties as they seek re-election in the coming August polls, underlining the dearth of ideology in the country’s politics since the return of multiparty democracy in 1991.
Ahead of the March 26 deadline for parties to submit membership lists to the Registrar of Political Parties, about 180 members of the National Assembly and the Senate had publicly shifted loyalty from the parties that sponsored them for the 2017 election, with the number expected to rise.
