{"id":101,"date":"2026-10-01T15:15:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T15:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jicholahabari.co.ke\/?p=101"},"modified":"2026-10-01T15:15:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T15:15:18","slug":"sifunas-linda-mwananchi-movement-gets-registration-boost-but-faces-tight-deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jicholahabari.co.ke\/?p=101","title":{"rendered":"Sifuna\u2019s Linda Mwananchi Movement Gets Registration Boost but Faces Tight Deadline"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Jaqueline Ngatia <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"554\" height=\"554\" data-id=\"102\" src=\"https:\/\/jicholahabari.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1001429339.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jicholahabari.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1001429339.jpg 554w, https:\/\/jicholahabari.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1001429339-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jicholahabari.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1001429339-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 554px) 100vw, 554px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Nairobi senator Edwin Sifuna\u2019s Linda Mwananchi Movement has received a legal boost in its efforts to become a registered political party, but the group faces a race against time to meet electoral requirements ahead of the October 15 deadline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Political Parties Disputes Tribunal (PPDT) ruled in favour of the movement\u2019s bid to reserve its name, allowing it to proceed with the registration process through the Office of the Registrar of Political Parties (ORPP).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, the movement must complete several legal and administrative steps before it can operate as a fully registered political party. These include securing its name, identifying authorised officials and submitting the required documents.Under the registration process, a provisional certificate is valid for 180 days. During this period, a party must recruit at least 1,000 registered voters in no fewer than 24 counties and establish offices in the required locations before qualifying for full registration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The registrar then examines the submitted documents and may issue a full registration certificate once all legal requirements have been met.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ruling resolves an immediate obstacle for Sifuna\u2019s movement, but further administrative requirements remain. The group will need to organise its leadership, complete the registration process and meet the relevant electoral deadlines before it can participate as a fully registered party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, divisions have reportedly emerged within the movement over its political direction and the choice of a party through which its members intend to contest future elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jaqueline Ngatia Nairobi senator Edwin Sifuna\u2019s Linda Mwananchi Movement has received a legal boost&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jicholahabari.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jicholahabari.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jicholahabari.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jicholahabari.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jicholahabari.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=101"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jicholahabari.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103,"href":"https:\/\/jicholahabari.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101\/revisions\/103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jicholahabari.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jicholahabari.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jicholahabari.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}