United Democratic Movement (Kenya)

United Democratic Movement
AbbreviationUDM
LeaderPhilip Murgor
ChairmanGeneral (Rtd) John Koech
Secretary-GeneralGeorge Ouma
Organising secretary generalPaul R. Cheboi
Founded1999
Split fromKANU
HeadquartersNairobi, Kenya
Colorsyellow
National Assembly
7 / 349
Senate
2 / 67
Website
udmkenya.com

The United Democratic Movement (UDM) is a political party that was founded in 1999 by politicians who were at the time considederd to be renegades from the then ruling party Kenya African National Union[1] but was denied registration by the then head of state Daniel Toroitich Arap Moi and most of its then leaders went to other parties by the time of the 2002 general elections.

  1. ^ "Kenya Leader Orders Ban on New Parties; Africa". Pqasb.pqarchiver.com. Retrieved 25 January 2012.