When a High Court judge ordered the Registrar-General to register the United Democratic Movement or give sufficient reason for not doing so, Mr Kirwa changed his tune. Besides, to move to UDM would mean a by-election in Cherangany, a risk he is not prepared to take, given the fact that his nemesis, Kiprono Kittony, is quietly waiting in the wings for the next elections. The second reason is tied to political parties that have already been registered. Simply put, they are waiting for the highest bidder. Many of these parties were registered for no other reason.
Most modern democracies have two or three political parties.
Kenya has more than 45. I therefore find it a contradiction for NCEC spokesman Kivutha Kibwana to launch yet another one of these parties, and in the same breath, condemn the multiplicity of parties in the country. Vincent Waciuri, Nairobi.