Political Parties Act

8. Parties with certain names not to be registered

Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force

8. Parties with certain names not to be registered

The Registrar may refuse an application for the registration of a political party if the name of the political party, the abbreviation of the name, the slogan or the symbol that it wishes to use for the purposes of this Act—

(a)is obscene or offensive;

(b)is the name or is an abbreviation of another political party that is registered under this Act;

(c)so nearly resembles the name, slogan or symbol, or an abbreviation of the name of another political party registered under this Act or any other legal entity registered under any other written law;

(d)is similar to, or associated with, a group or association that has been proscribed under any written law; or

(e)is against the public interest.

[Act No. 2 of 2022, s. 8.]

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Source: Kenya Law