UDA Grassroots Polls: 18 Counties Set to Elect New Officials Tomorrow
NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 13 – United Democratic Alliance (UDA) In a final push to ensure a seamless exercise,Secretary General Sen. Hassan Omar Hassan, alongside National Elections Board (NEB) Chairperson Anthony Mwaura, addressed the media to affirm party’s readiness for the Repeat Phase III Grassroots Elections scheduled for Saturday, March 14, 2026.
Flanked by senior Party Directors at the party headquarters, the leadership emphasized their commitment to a transparent and credible process, noting that all logistical arrangements from digital polling kits to security protocols have been finalized to accommodate thousands of party members across the designated regions.
The exercise is scheduled to commence at 8:00 AM and conclude at 5:00 PM across eighteen (18) counties and across 8,819 polling centers.
The process has attracted over 500,000 candidates who are contesting twenty (20) available positions in every Polling Center to represent a diverse range of groups, including youth, women, farmers, religious groups, professionals, Special Interest Groups, MSMEs and traders, alongside two members from either gender.
To ensure a seamless and transparent process, the party has deployed end-to-end technology, utilizing 9,000 electronic voting tablets for real-time management.
A total of 180,000 grassroots officials will be elected through this exercise, drawing a direct mandate from the people and establishing the largest political architecture with the results streamed live on the official party website.
Among the counties set to conduct the exercise include Samburu, Trans Nzoia, Vihiga, Elgeyo Marakwet, Baringo, Uasin Gishu, Nandi, Kericho, Bomet, Nyandarua and Laikipia. Others are Meru, Tharaka Nithi, Embu, Kirinyaga, Nyeri, Murang’a and Kiambu.
The rulling party noted that it remains committed to deepening internal democracy to enhance the legitimacy of those who speak on behalf of the party at all levels, in line with our ideology of bottom up economic empowerment of the people.
The grassroots polls are part of UDA’s internal structures aimed at organising its membership and strengthening its political base ahead of future electoral contests.
Additionally, UDA has been conducting grassroots elections in phases across different counties as it seeks to establish leadership structures from the polling station level to the national level.
The party has maintained that the process is designed to empower members at the grassroots and ensure leaders are directly accountable to party supporters.
Grassroots election is mandatory to every political party and similarily other political parties have also been conducting their grassroots elections ahead of the 2027 polls.
