List of political parties in Kenya as per 17 March 2002
Chama Cha Mapinduzi
Democratic Assistant Party
Democratic Party of Kenya
Economic Independent Party
Federal Part of Kenya
Ford Asili
Ford Kenya
Ford People
Green African Party
Kenya Africa National Union (KANU)
Kenya National Congress
Kenya National Democratic Alliance
Kenya Peoples Democratic Party
Kenya Republican Reformation Party
Kenya Social Congress
Kenya Socialist Party
Labour Party Democracy
Labour Party of Kenya
Liberal Democratic Party
Liberal Greens Party of Kenya
National Rainbow Coalition
National Democratic Independent Union
National Development Party (NDP)
National Labour Party
New Peoples Democratic Party
Party of Independent Candidates of Kenya
Peoples Democratic Union of Kenya
Peoples Party of Kenya
Reform of Political and Kenya Union
Reform Party of Kenya
Safina
Shirikisho Party of Kenya
Social Democratic Party of Kenya
Social Party for Advancement and Reforms-Kenya
The Peoples Solidarity Union of Kenya SOC/36694
The Union Party
United Democratic of Peace Integrity in Kenya
United Kenya Citizen Party
United Patriotic Party of Kenya
UMMA-Patriotic Party of Kenya

Quick summary of pre-selection mergers
The need for unity and harmony by a number of political leaders , and the quest to consolidate political power has inevitably seen party mergers.

Notably merger was realised when the ruling party KANU and National Development Party [NDP] finally turned their political co-operation into a merger on the 18 March 2002, effectively leading to dissolution of the former ,and significantly leading to formation of New KANU.

Other merger also involved New KANU and little known Shirikisho Party of Kenya, a coast-based political party, effectively leading to its dissolution on same day 6 May 2002.

As a result of the mergers , new party positions was created to accommodate the NDP especially. The top office bearers included:
Chairman-President DT Moi
V-C-Uhuru Kenyatta
V-C-Musalia Mudavadi
V-C-Kalonzo Musyoka
V-C-Noah Katana Ngala
Sec. Gen-Raila Odinga
Org. Sec-Nicholas Biwott

Coalitions
As a response to the KANU-NDP merger several amorphous opposition parties engaged in coalition attempts. Ford-people's endorsement of Hon Simion Nyachae as its Presidential flag-bearer saw both Hon. Muite of Safina and Hon. Nyachae teaming together by way of collusion. Their catch, the embattled immediate former Mombasa Mayor, Cllr. Mwalimu Mwahima since declared interest for a Parliamentary seat and Labour Party of Kenya's Kennedy Kiliku.

Alliance
In a swift rejoinder Official leader of Opposition, Hon. Mwai Kibaki of Democratic Party of Kenya, the DP, Hon. Wamalwa Kijana of Ford-Kenya, Hon. Charity Ngilu of National Party of Kenya under The National Alliance for Change, NAC, ganged up together to form an alliance of substance. A single Opposition candidate under a United Opposition was their ultimate goal for the general elections at the end of the year 2002. The candidate of choice became Hon. Mwai Kibaki. The alliance became a huge success and Kibaki became Kenya's third president.

Civil Societies and Pressure Groups in Kenya
Some of the ACTIVE civil societies and pressure groups in Kenya include:
1.Kenya Human Rights Society
2.Federation of Kenya Women Lawyers[FIDA]
3.People Against Torture
4.Green Belt Movement
5.Release Political Prisoners
6.Kenya Anti-Rape Society
7.Muungano Wa Mageuzi
8.National convention Executive Committee [NCEC]

Political pressure groups and leaders: human rights groups; labor unions; Muslim organizations; National Convention Executive Council or NCEC, a proreform coalition of political parties and nongovernment organizations [Kivutha KIBWANA]; Protestant National Council of Churches of Kenya or NCCK [Mutava MUSYIMI]; Roman Catholic and other Christian churches; Supreme Council of Kenyan Muslims or SUPKEM [Shaykh Abdul Gafur al-BUSAIDY, chairman]

International organization participation: ACP, AfDB, C, CCC, EADB, ECA, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD, ILO, IMF, IMO, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, MINURSO, MONUC, NAM, OAU, OPCW, UN, UNAMSIL, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNIKOM, UNMIBH, UNMIK, UNMOP, UNU, UPU, WCL, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO

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