The National Rainbow Coalition ( NARC ) is a political party in Kenya . As an alliance, it was in power from 2002 and 2005 when it collapsed due to disagreements between members over a constitutional referendum.
12-616: In preparation of the 2002 elections, the National Alliance Party of Kenya (Formerly NAK now NAPK) allied itself with the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to form the National Alliance of Rainbow Coalition ( NARC ). On December 27, 2002, NARC won a landslide victory over KANU . NARC presidential candidate Mwai Kibaki got 62% of the votes in the presidential elections, against only 31% for
24-614: A steady flow of defections from politicians across political parties, hoping to win various seats in Kenya's 2013 general elections. In December 2012 Uhuru Kenyatta, TNA's presumed presidential candidate, William Ruto of the URP and several other prominent politicians signed a pre-election deal outlining how the parties would share seats in a coalition government, later forming the Jubilee Alliance , which supported Kenyatta's bid for
36-727: Is the headquarters of the newly created Murang'a North District. Murang'a North is a heavily populated district of the Central Province and it covers a vast portion of the Aberdare Ranges . The economic mainstay for Kangema is agriculture, most of the land being under Tea, Coffee, wattle and subsistence food crops. There is vibrant trade of consumer goods in the township and the adjacent towns of Gakira, Gitugu, Kiairathe Kanyenya-ini and Rwathia. Nascent industry includes milk, tea and coffee processing factories. The area
48-511: The December 2007 general election ;. She initially said that she was remaining in the government, despite backing Kibaki's main rival. However, her dismissal from the government by Kibaki was announced on October 6. While supporting ODM, Ngilu defended her parliamentary seat on NARC ticket. Under Ngilu, NARC won 3 seats in the new Kenyan parliament altogether. After briefly running her own campaign, Ngilu initially opted to support Raila Odinga for
60-655: The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM). Together with affiliated parties, however, it could command around 78 members of parliament. On February 28, 2008 through a mediation team headed by former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan , the PNU government reached a deal with the ODM to share power. ODM is headed by Raila Odinga. The power sharing deal was the first one of its kind in Africa. The National Alliance party of Kenya
72-414: The Orange Democratic Movement , a coalition of opposition politicians. Later, NARC members loyal to Kibaki founded a new party, NARC – Kenya . Consequently, the original NARC was left in the hands of its chairperson Charity Ngilu who also served as the minister of health. On 5 October 2007, Ngilu announced her support for the Orange Democratic Movement and its presidential candidate, Raila Odinga , in
84-585: The KANU candidate, Uhuru Kenyatta . On December 30, 2002, Mwai Kibaki was sworn in as the third President of Kenya . Despite its initial popularity, the NARC-led government has been troublesome. The friction between LDP and those loyal to Kibaki became apparent. After the Kenyan constitutional referendum in 2005 , all LDP members were thrown out of the government. Subsequently, LDP became an opposition party, forming
96-517: The presidency in 2013, signing a coalition agreement involving NARC, ODM, Wiper Democratic Movement and FORD – Kenya , before walking out at the last minute to join the Jubilee Alliance . National Alliance Party of Kenya The National Alliance ( TNA ) was a political party in Kenya . It took on its current identity when Uhuru Kenyatta assumed control and renamed it as the vehicle for his 2012 presidential campaign. The National Alliance
108-692: The presidency. In the 2013 general elections Kenyatta was elected president and the National Alliance In the parliamentary elections the National Alliance received the most votes but won fewer seats than the ODM. In 2016 the party merged into the Jubilee Party . Kangema Constituency Kangema Constituency is an electoral constituency in Muranga County , Kenya . It encompasses Kangema township which
120-664: The presidential elections, with NARC also winning a majority of seats in the National Assembly, with the National Alliance Party taking six of the coalition's 125 seats. On 13 September 2007 the NAK joined Mwai Kibaki and other political parties in the formation of the Party of National Unity (PNU) . PNU fared poorly in the parliamentary elections 2007 reaching only 43 seats against nearly 99 for its main rival,
132-606: Was founded as the National Alliance Party of Kenya on 3 July 2000. The leaders of the communities represented at the inaugural meeting subsequently approached Lawrence Nginyo Kariuki, a prominent businessman and politician to be the founding chairman of the Alliance and Kariuki consented. Prior to the 2002 general elections , the party joined the National Rainbow Coalition (NARC) alliance. NARC nominated Mwai Kibaki as its presidential candidate. Kibaki won
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#1732764649151144-612: Was re-registered in 2008 under the new Political Parties Act 2007 as an independent party from its previous mother PNU. It functioned for a while under the leadership of the former chairman Nginyo Kariuki. In April 2012 the Party also changed its initials from NAK to NAPK and taken over by forces allied to Uhuru Kenyatta. It immediately began making waves in Kenya's political scene winning the Kangema and Kajiado North by elections as well as several county council wards. The outcome sparked
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