{"id":9899,"date":"2026-01-07T19:25:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T19:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/9899\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T19:25:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T19:25:17","slug":"uda-grassroots-elections-draw-over-310000-candidates-3-million-members-expected-to-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/9899\/","title":{"rendered":"UDA grassroots elections draw over 310,000 candidates, 3 million members expected to vote"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Citizen<\/a> By
\n
\n Citizen Reporter
\n <\/a>
\n Published on: January 07, 2026 07:47 (EAT)
\n \"UDA <\/p>\n

UDA Secretary-General Hassan Omar speaking during a UDA delegates\u2019 meeting in Vihiga on Friday, November 15, 2025. PHOTO | COURTESY<\/p>\n

\"Vocalize <\/p>\n

Audio By Vocalize<\/p>\n

The United Democratic Alliance Party (UDA) is preparing to hold what could
\nbe one of the largest
\ngrassroots party elections in
\nthe country this Saturday, with significant participation expected
\nacross the country.<\/p>\n

According to official party data, 310,651
\ncandidates have registered to contest various grassroots positions in 20 counties,
\nexceeding the 237,940 party offices available. The exercise will take place in
\n12,000 polling centres nationwide.<\/p>\n

An estimated three million UDA members are
\nexpected to vote, averaging about 250 voters per polling centre.<\/p>\n

The Mt Kenya region has emerged as a major
\nfocus for the elections, with several counties reporting high candidate
\nnumbers. Meru County leads with 35,343 candidates against an initial projection
\nof 21,000. Kiambu registered 21,000 candidates, Murang\u2019a 20,880, Nyandarua
\n18,665, Nyeri 16,448, Kirinyaga 14,000, and Embu 15,881.<\/p>\n

In the Rift Valley, Nakuru County recorded
\n30,010 candidates, Laikipia 2,958, and Bomet 25,350. Other counties in the
\nregion include Nandi with 15,220, Uasin Gishu 13,570, Kericho 5,967, Baringo
\n11,842, Samburu 4,386, and Elgeyo\/Marakwet 7,236.<\/p>\n

Western Kenya also saw strong participation,
\nwith Kakamega registering 32,677 candidates, Vihiga 7,327, and Trans Nzoia
\n7,825.<\/p>\n

Overall, 223,425 candidates will face
\ncontests, while 80,038 are unopposed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Citizen Reporter Published on: January 07, 2026 07:47 (EAT) UDA Secretary-General Hassan Omar speaking during a UDA…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9900,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6971,80,780],"class_list":{"0":"post-9899","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kenya","8":"tag-grassroots-elections","9":"tag-kenya","10":"tag-uda"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9899\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}