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Azimio la Umoja
Leader	Raila Odinga
General Secretary	Junet Mohammed
Deputy Leader	Martha Karua
Patron	Uhuru Kenyatta
Founded	12 March 2022 (2022-03-12)
Preceded by	National Super Alliance
Political position	Big tent
Members	Jubilee, ODM, Wiper, KANU, NARC, MP, CCU and others
Colours	Blue   Orange
National Assembly	173 / 349
Senate	33 / 67
Governors	22 / 47
Website
azimio.ke
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Azimio la Umoja–One Kenya Coalition Party, popularly referred to as Azimio la Umoja (Swahili for "Resolution for Unity"), or simply Azimio, is a Kenyan political alliance and party headed by Raila Odinga. It is composed of the Orange Democratic Movement, the Jubilee Party, NARC–Kenya, KANU, and other parties. Former president Uhuru Kenyatta is the party's patron. The alliance fielded Odinga as its presidential candidate and Martha Karua as its deputy presidential candidate in the 2022 Kenyan election, which they lost.

History

The alliance unveiled their manifesto at Nyayo National Stadium in June 2022.

On 18 August 2022, 7 MPs, 2 senators, and two governors left Azimio and joined the rival Kenya Kwanza alliance of president-elect William Ruto. The next day, 2 more MPs, one from the UPIA and another from the DAP-K, switched to Kenya Kwanza as well.

After losing the 2022 elections to Kenya Kwanza, Azimio la Umoja became the main opposition alliance.

On 4 October 2022, Ruto lifted the ban on genetically modified crops, making Kenya the second country in Africa to approve them. Wiper Democratic Movement leader Kalonzo Musyoka has asked the president to reconsider the ban and also urged the clergy to intervene in the matter.

Composition

On 12 April 2022, the alliance consisted of mainly 23 parties:

See also

• Kenya Kwanza

References

1. "Azimio La Umoja Unveils ODM Leader Raila Odinga As Its Presidential Flag Bearer". Archived from the original on 2022-08-15. Retrieved 2022-08-01.
2. "Backgrounder: Facts about Kenya's 2022 general elections". Xinhua. 8 August 2022.
3. "Home". Azimio La Umoja.
4. "Kenya: Who's who in Raila Odinga's Azimio la Umoja alliance?". 13 April 2022.
5. Owino, Winfrey. "Raila Odinga picks former Gichugu MP Martha Karua as running mate in August polls". The Standard. Retrieved 2022-05-17.
6. Irene Mwang (18 August 2022). "Kenya: Azimio Titters as UDM Party Moves to Kenya Kwanza". Capital FM. Nairobi. Retrieved 25 August 2022 – via AllAfrica.
7. "Two more MPs join Ruto's Kenya Kwanza". The Star.
8. "Reconsider stand on GMO for Kenya's sake, Kalonzo tells Ruto". The Star. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
9. Ayega, Davis. "Kenya: 23 Parties Within the Azimio La Umoja One-Kenya Coalition Political Party". AllAfrica. Retrieved 14 August 2022.

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