Farmers Party Leader Irungu Nyakera
By: John Kariuki
The Farmers Party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) met in Nairobi and reiterated that the party is intact as an independent legal body, contrary to misleading and confusing media reports that the party has merged with United Democratic Alliance (UDA).
After the party’s NEC meeting, the Party Leader, Irungu Nyakera, expressed regret that, after meeting the new UDA Secretary General, Cleophas Malala, on February 17, 2023, a misleading media communiqué was issued saying that the Farmers Party was one of six Kenya Kwanza affiliate parties that had dissolved to join UDA.
To the contrary, during the parley with UDA, discussions centred on areas of partnerships among Kenya Kwanza parties and not on mergers or dissolution of the partners. As such, whatever the media reported or was informed of is untrue as Farmers Party will NOT be dissolving.