{"id":113257,"date":"2025-04-08T13:05:23","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T13:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/04\/08\/waititus-farmers-party-gives-30-day-notice-to-exit-kenya-kwanza-citing-dishonesty\/"},"modified":"2025-04-08T13:05:23","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T13:05:23","slug":"waititus-farmers-party-gives-30-day-notice-to-exit-kenya-kwanza-citing-dishonesty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/waititus-farmers-party-gives-30-day-notice-to-exit-kenya-kwanza-citing-dishonesty\/","title":{"rendered":"Waititu\u2019s Farmers Party Gives 30-Day Notice to Exit Kenya Kwanza, Citing Dishonesty"},"content":{"rendered":"

NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 8 \u2013 The Farmers Party of Kenya, associated with former Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu, has issued a formal 30-day notice to withdraw from the Kenya Kwanza Coalition, citing \u2018profound dishonesty\u2019 and \u2018unilateral decision-making\u2019 within the alliance\u2019s leadership.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In a letter addressed to the Registrar of Political Parties, the Farmers Party declared that its continued membership in the coalition had become \u201cuntenable\u201d following the signing of the Broad-Based Government (BBG) agreement without consultation with constituent parties.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were not privy to the negotiations nor signatories to the BBG agreement. This lack of transparency and inclusion violates the founding principles of the Kenya Kwanza Coalition,\u201d the letter read.<\/p>\n

Farmers Party was formed by Irungu Nyakera who was recently fired as the Kenyatta International Convention Chairperson in the recent gazetted changes but was acquired by the Former Kiambu Governor.<\/p>\n

The party accused senior leadership of sidelining affiliate members in decision-making, noting that several recent moves including appointments and policy shifts have been made without prior consensus or notification.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe actions of the principal party in the coalition, namely UDA, amount to political dishonesty and are a blatant disregard of the coalition agreement deposited with your office,\u201d read the letter in part.<\/p>\n

The Farmers Party further pointed to the ongoing economic challenges and governance issues affecting ordinary Kenyans, especially in the agricultural sector, as a sign that Kenya Kwanza had strayed from its original reform agenda.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is our considered position that the interests of farmers and the ordinary citizens of this country are no longer represented in the current formulation of government,\u201d the letter stated.<\/p>\n

The Farmers Party emphasized its commitment to independently advocating for farmers\u2019 rights and pushing for better policy frameworks outside the Kenya Kwanza framework.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe shall, henceforth, pursue our vision through independent engagements and alliances that prioritize the people over politics,\u201d the letter read.<\/p>\n

On April 12, 2022, the Farmers Party formalized this alliance by signing the official coalition agreement during a ceremony at Ngong Racecourse in Nairobi. This event saw the inclusion of several other parties into Kenya Kwanza, with each retaining its distinct identity while supporting the President William Ruto\u2019s candidature.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 8 \u2013 The Farmers Party of Kenya, associated with former Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu, has issued a formal 30-day notice to withdraw from the Kenya Kwanza Coalition, citing \u2018profound dishonesty\u2019 and \u2018unilateral decision-making\u2019 within the alliance\u2019s leadership. In a letter addressed to the Registrar of Political Parties, the Farmers Party declared that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113257\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}