At least 45 political parties in Kenya will receive a total of Sh1.48 billion from the Political Parties Fund.
President William Ruto's United Democratic Alliance (UDA) Party will get the lion's share of the fund.
According to the Office of the Registrar of Political Parties, UDA has bagged Sh577.2 million, followed by Orange Democratic Movement (Sh308.3 million), Jubilee Party (Sh135.1 million), Wiper Party (Sh72.1 million) and Democratic Action Party of Kenya (DAP-K) will get Sh31.6 million, rounding out the Top Five recipients of the fund.
According to Speaker of the National Assembly Moses Wetangula, UDA has 145 MPs, ODM (86), Jubilee (28) and Wiper (26).
Others are the United Democratic Movement (UDM) 8, ANC (8), Ford-Kenya (6), KANU (6), DAP-Kenya (5), PAA (3), Kenya Union Party (3), UPIA (2), Maendeleo Chap Chap (2) and The Service Party (2).
In the Senate, UDA has the highest number of representatives with at least 32 of the 67 senators.
The Political Parties Act 2011 sets aside 0.3 per cent of the national government revenue to finance activities of political parties.
According to the law, 70 per cent of the fund is shared based on the total number of votes secured by each political party in the preceding general election.
Other criteria include number of elected leaders from the special interest category, administrative expenses and the number of nominated leaders.
"All parties qualifying for the fund must be accountable for their allocation and use it for purposes compatible with democratic principles as prescribed in the Political Parties Act, 2011. We expect accountability, transparency and prudent utilisation of the funds by the beneficiaries," Registrar of Political Parties Ann Nderitu said on September 21, 2022.
Below is the full list of the funds that the political parties will receive from the National Treasury:
United Democratic Alliance (UDA) - Sh577,162,898 Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) - Sh308,26,0679 Jubilee Party (JP) - Sh135,113,518 Wiper Democratic Movement (WDM) - Sh72,110,017 Democratic Action Party of Kenya (DAP-K) - Sh31,642,281 United Democratic Movement (UDM) - SH26,897,846 Amani National Congress (ANC) - Sh26,600,684 Forum for Restoration of Democratic-Kenya (Ford-Kenya) - Sh25,863,869 Kenya African National Union (KANU) - Sh23,938,039 Devolution Empowerment Party (DEP) - Sh13,781,840 Maendeleo Chap Chap (MCC) - Sh12,666,731 Pamoja African Alliance (PAA) - Sh11,501,302 The Service Party (TSP) - Sh10,554,051 Movement for Democratic Growth (MDG) - Sh9,798,978 Kenya Union Party (KUP) - Sh9,505,566 United Party of Independent Alliance (UPIA) - Sh9,968,11 United Progressive Alliance (UPA) - Sh8,677,952 Chama Cha Mashinani (CCM) - Sh8,113,606 Tujibebe Wakenya Party (JIBEBE) - Sh7,581,022 Muungano Party (MP) - Sh6,743,290 Chama Cha Kazi (CCK) - Sh6,533,345 Democratic Party of Kenya (DP) - Sh5,485,815 United Democratic Party (UDP) - Sh5,374,364 National Rainbow Coalition (NARC) - Sh5,153,865 Party of National Unity (PNU) - Sh4,462,017 Chama Cha Uzalendo (CCU) - Sh3,923,355 National Reconstruction Party (NRA) - Sh3,399,792 Progressive Party of Kenya (PPOK) - Sh3,153,535 Safina Party (Safina) - Sh3,138,585 National Agenda Party of Kenya (NAP-K) - Sh2,238,311 Ubuntu People's Forum (UPF) - Sh1,998,602 Kenya National Congress (KNC) - Sh1,852,839 National Ordinary People Empowerment Union (NOPEU) - Sh1,352,449 Federal Party of Kenya (FPK) - Sh1,257,686 Kenya Social Congress (KSC) - Sh1,217,909 Communist Party of Kenya (CPK) - Sh1,047,848 People's Trust Party (PTP) - Sh842,763 People's Empowerment Party (PEP) - Sh837,622 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) - Sh795,008 Shirikisho Party of Kenya (SPK) - Sh687,791 Mabadiliko Party of Kenya (MPK) - Sh638,844 Green Thinking Action Party (GTAP) - Sh582,538 Maendeleo Democratic Party (MDP) - Sh582,101 Kenya African Democratic Union Asili (KADU-Asili) - Sh479,832 Grand Dream Development Party (GDDP) - Sh466,800 Justice and Freedom Party of Kenya (JFP) - Sh277,033