The United Democratic Forum Party (UDF) was a political party in Kenya.

History

The party was founded in 2012, by a cross section of younger members of Kenya's 10th parliament under the premise of steering reforms to Kenya's governance and boosting economic growth. Its members included Deputy Prime Minister

Musalia Mudavadi Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi (born 21 September 1960) is a Kenyan politician and land economist who is currently serving as the Prime Cabinet Secretary of Kenya. Until October 2022, he was also the party leader of the Amani National Congress (ANC ...

. Prior to the 2013 general elections the party joined the

Amani Coalition The Amani Coalition was a political party alliance in Kenya. History The alliance was established to support the candidacy of Musalia Mudavadi in the 2013 general elections. Its members were the United Democratic Forum Party (UDF), KANU and N ...

, which nominated the Mudavadi as its presidential candidate. In the elections Mudavadi came third in the presidential contest with 4% of the vote, whilst the UDF won three seats in the

Senate A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...

and twelve in the

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. In 2015 Mudavadi broke away from the UDF to form the

Amani National Congress The Amani National Congress (ANC) is a social-liberal political party in Kenya. History The party was established by Musalia Mudavadi in 2015 after he left the United Democratic Forum Party, with around 300 UDF members from Nairobi joining th ...

. In 2016 the party merged into the Jubilee Party.13 parties wind up today for Jubilee merger
Daily Nation, 8 September 2016

References

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