Registrar of Political Parties Ann Nderitu has announced allocations to various political outfits in the Financial Year 2023/2024, with the ruling United Democratic Alliance (UDA) set to pocket the lion’s share with a disbursement of slightly over Ksh.316 million. Ms. Nderitu, in a gazette notice published on Friday, announced that the new allocation of the Political Parties Fund was occasioned by the second revision of the Supplementary Estimates. The Registrar had slashed funds allocated to the political parties in the first revision in January 2024, in which the UDA was supposed to receive Ksh.237 million. The Registrar had slashed funds allocated to the political parties in the first revision in January 2024, in which the UDA was supposed to receive Ksh.237 million. The opposition Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party’s funds were increased from the Ksh.127 million allocated in January to Ksh.168 million in the June allocation. The Jubilee party has been allocated Ksh.74 million up from Ksh.55 million, while the Wiper Democratic Movement’s funds shot up from Ksh.29 million to Ksh.39 million. The Kenya African National Union (KANU) also received Ksh.13 million from the initial Ksh.9 million. “In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 23, 25 and 34 of the Political Parties Act, 2011 and Regulation 6 of the Political Parties (Funding) Regulations 2019, the Registrar of Political Parties gives notice that Political Parties Fund (PPF) allocation has been revised during Supplementary Estimates No. 2 of FY 2023/24 and this has necessitated review of the distribution of the Fund,” read the gazette notice in part. According to the notice, the allocated funds will be distributed upon receipt from the National Treasury. The June allocations, despite being increases from what was initially set out in January, are significant decreases from those of the Financial Year 2022/2023. During the November 2022 allocation, the UDA party received over half a billion shillings while ODM got Ksh.38 million, Jubilee (Ksh.135 million), and Wiper (Ksh.72 million). In line with Section 25 of the Political Parties Act, 95 per cent of the Fund is allocated to the total number of votes secured by each political party in the preceding General Election and 5 per cent accounts for the administration expenses of the Fund. A party may however not receive funding if they fail to secure at least 5 per cent of the total number of votes in the previous General Election. Further, a party will be denied funding if more than two-thirds of its registered office bearers are of the same gender.