Win for Sifuna team as Tribunal orders Registrar to reserve Linda Mwananchi Party name

The Political Parties Disputes Tribunal (PPDT) has set aside the decision by the Registrar of Political Parties declining to reserve the name Linda Mwananchi Movement and ordered the Registrar to reserve the name within seven days.

Pauline Njoroge with Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna (L), and Embakasi East MP Babu Owino during a Linda Mwananchi tour in Githurai, Kiambu County on July 14, 2026.

In its orders, the Tribunal found that the Registrar’s decision to decline the reservation of the name was without legal justification and amounted to a denial of the applicants’ right to form or participate in the formation of a political party.

“The decision by the Registrar declining to reserve the name Linda Mwananchi is hereby set aside,” the Tribunal ordered.

The Registrar has consequently been directed to proceed with the reservation of the name within seven days of the Tribunal’s decision.

The orders followed a dispute involving Caroli Omondi, Pauline Njoroge and Faith Odhiambo, who identify themselves as founders of the Linda Mwananchi Movement.

Source: Citizen Digital