United Republican Party (Kenya)

United Republican Party
URP
LeaderWilliam Ruto
ChairpersonFrancis Ole Kaparo
Secretary-GeneralFred Muteti
FounderCharles Keter
Founded15 January 2012
Dissolved8 September 2016
Merged intoJubilee Party
HeadquartersNairobi
IdeologyLiberalism
National affiliationJubilee Alliance
SloganKusema na kutenda
Website
www.urp.co.ke

The United Republican Party (URP) was a political party in Kenya.

History

The party was launched by William Ruto, in conjunction with several Kenyan politicians allied to a faction of Orange Democratic Movement opposed to Raila Odinga, as their vehicle for the March 2013 general elections. The party's launch was announced after a week of meetings on 15 January 2012. In December, Ruto and the leaders of several other political parties signed a pre-election coalition deal, in which he became a running mate for Uhuru Kenyatta and URP received half the spoils of an election victory. The party subsequently joined the Jubilee Alliance, which nominated Kenyatta for the presidency. In the elections Kenyatta was elected president, whilst the URP emerged as the third-largest party in Parliament, winning 12 seats in the Senate and 76 in the National Assembly.

In 2016 the party was dissolved by Secretary-General Fred Muteti and William Ruto merging into the Jubilee Party.


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