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Communist Party Marxist Kenya | |
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| Chairperson | Mwaivu Wa Kaluka |
| General Secretary | Booker Omole |
| Founded | 1992 |
| Newspaper | Itikadi |
| Membership (2022) | 46,700[1] |
| Political orientation | Marxism-Leninism Pan-Africanism |
| International affiliation | ICOR, I.L.P.S |
| Website | |
| https://www.communistpartyofkenya.org/ | |
The Communist Party Marxist Kenya (CPM-K) is a Marxist-Leninist political party in Kenya. The party was founded in 1993 as the Social Democratic Party (SDP), subscribing to a social democratic ideology. In 2013, the party officially adopted Marxism-Leninism as its guiding ideology, and rebranded itself into the Communist Party of Kenya (CPK).[2] In 2024, the party renamed itself again, adopting its current name.[3]
History[edit | edit source]
The CPK held its 2nd National Congress in November 2024 and adopted a new name. The Congress had 126 delegates representing all 47 of Kenya's counties. A week after the Congress, police arrested National Chairperson Mwaivu Wa Kaluka and Organizing Secretary Kinuthia Ndung'u.[3]
Membership[edit | edit source]
As of 2022, 30% of CPK members are workers, 44% are peasants, 10% are students, and 4% are soldiers.[4]
Electoral results[edit | edit source]
The party briefly held political office in 1997, winning 15 seats in the National Assembly out of 188. That same year, Charity Ngilu ran for president of Kenya with the party, receiving 7.9% of the vote. After losing this election, Ngilu left the party, and James Orengo succeeded her as party chairman. Orengo ran as the party's presidential candidate in the 2004 elections, only receiving 0.4% of the vote. The party also lost their 15 National Assembly seats from the 1997 election in 2004.
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- ↑ "The Basic National Conditions of Kenya" (2023-02). Itikadi. Archived from the original on 2023-03-31.
- ↑ “The Social Democratic Party of Kenya (SDP) has changed its name to Communist Party of Kenya (CPK).”
Brian Ukaya. "Social Democratic Party of Kenya changes name to Communist Party of Kenya" The Standard. - ↑ 3.0 3.1 Nicholas Mwangi (2024-11-22). "Communist Party Marxist Kenya charts a new way forward for a “for a truly independent socialist Kenya”" Peoples Dispatch. Archived from the original on 2024-11-22.
- ↑ "The Basic National Conditions of Kenya" (2023-02). Itikadi. Archived from the original on 2023-03-31.