Capital FM (Nairobi)

Kenya: UDF Formally Severs Ties With TNA and URP

By Olive Burrows, 2 January 2013
Photo: Chrispinus Wekesa/The Star
Deputy Prime Minister Musalia Mudavadi leader of UDF party (file photo).

The United Democratic Forum (UDF) Party has severed ties with The National Alliance (TNA) and the United Republican Party (URP).

The party's NEC and the Political Council met in Nairobi on Wednesday afternoon and mandated its Chairman and Secretary General to sign the termination agreement.

UDF's Communication Director Mundia Muchiri told Capital FM News the termination agreement was signed at the office of the Registrar of Political Parties.

"The party will hold its National Delegates Conference (NDC) on Friday, January 4, during which Deputy Prime Minister Musalia Mudavadi is expected to present himself for nomination as the UDF presidential candidate," Muchiri said in a statement.

The rift between the political parties began after they failed to agree on a how the Jubilee presidential candidate should be selected.

  • Comment

Copyright © 2013 Capital FM. All rights reserved. Distributed by AllAfrica Global Media (allAfrica.com). To contact the copyright holder directly for corrections — or for permission to republish or make other authorized use of this material, click here.

AllAfrica aggregates and indexes content from over 130 African news organizations, plus more than 200 other sources, who are responsible for their own reporting and views. Articles and commentaries that identify allAfrica.com as the publisher are produced or commissioned by AllAfrica.

Comments Post a comment

InFocus

Cracks Deepen in Kenya's Jubilee Alliance

After losing the battle to be the flag-bearer of the coalition, Deputy Prime Musalia Mudavadi has filed to terminate his party's alliance with Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta ... Read more »