PREMIUM Linda Mwananchi Party? Registrar's ‘U-turn’ sparks fresh legal storm Politics Just now

The latest development comes barely a day after Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna and a team of politicians aligned to the Linda Mwananchi movement held a closed-door meeting with Registrar of Political Parties John Cox Lorionokou and later announced that the office had agreed to review an earlier decision rejecting reservation of the party name.

Sifuna and team held meeting with Registrar of Political Parties and later announced that the office had agreed to review an earlier decision rejecting reservation of the party name.

In a letter received by the Registrar’s office on Wednesday August 5, lawyers Wanzau, Odhiambo and Associates argued that Mr Wanyonyi was the first person to apply for reservation of the name "Linda Mwananchi Party of Kenya" on February 24, 2026, and therefore remains the principal party in any review of the Registrar's decision.