Azimio la Umoja
{{Infobox political party
| name = Azimio la Umoja
| native_name =
| logo = Logo of the Azimio La Umoja.png
| logo_size = 125px
| colorcode = {{Party color|Azimio la Umoja}}
| leader = Raila Odinga
| general_secretary = Junet Mohammed
| website = [https://azimio.ke/ azimio.ke]
| country = Kenya
| leader1_title = Deputy Leader
| leader1_name = Martha Karua
| leader2_title = Patron
| leader2_name = Uhuru Kenyatta
| predecessor = National Super Alliance
| colours = {{color box|{{Party color|Azimio la Umoja}}|border=darkgray}} Blue
{{color box|#FE5F01|border=darkgray}} Orange
| ideology =
| position = Big tent
| affiliation1_title = Members
| affiliation1 = Jubilee, ODM, Wiper, KANU, NARC, MP, CCU and others
| seats1_title = National Assembly
| seats1 = {{Composition bar|173|349|hex={{Party color|Azimio la Umoja}}}}
| seats2_title = Senate
| seats2 = {{Composition bar|33|67|hex={{Party color|Azimio la Umoja}}}}
| seats3_title = Governors
| seats3 = {{Composition bar|22|47|hex={{Party color|Azimio la Umoja}}}}
}}
Azimio la Umoja–One Kenya Coalition Party, popularly referred to as Azimio la Umoja (Swahili for "Resolution for Unity"),{{Cite web|url=https://english.news.cn/20220808/d231630f01104274a111deaacbc755a4/c.html|title=Backgrounder: Facts about Kenya's 2022 general elections|date=8 August 2022|website=Xinhua}} or simply Azimio, is a Kenyan political alliance and party headed by Raila Odinga. It is composed of the Orange Democratic Movement, the Jubilee Party, NARC–Kenya, KANU, and other parties.{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://azimio.ke/ |website=Azimio La Umoja}} Former president Uhuru Kenyatta is the party's patron.{{cite web |date=13 April 2022 |title=Kenya: Who's who in Raila Odinga's Azimio la Umoja alliance? |url=https://www.theafricareport.com/186452/kenya-whos-who-in-raila-odingas-azimio-la-umoja-alliance/}} The alliance fielded Odinga as its presidential candidate and Martha Karua as its deputy presidential candidate in the 2022 Kenyan election, which they lost.{{Cite web |last=Owino |first=Winfrey |title=Raila Odinga picks former Gichugu MP Martha Karua as running mate in August polls. |url=https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/national/article/2001445575/raila-picks-karua-as-running-mate-in-august-polls |access-date=2022-05-17 |website=The Standard |language=en}}
History
The alliance unveiled their manifesto at Nyayo National Stadium in June 2022.{{cn|date=May 2023}}
On 18 August 2022, 7 MPs, 2 senators, and two governors left Azimio and joined the rival Kenya Kwanza alliance of president-elect William Ruto.{{cite news |author=Irene Mwang |date=18 August 2022 |title=Kenya: Azimio Titters as UDM Party Moves to Kenya Kwanza |work=Capital FM |place=Nairobi |url=https://allafrica.com/stories/202208190039.html |access-date=25 August 2022 |via=AllAfrica}} The next day, 2 more MPs, one from the UPIA and another from the DAP-K, switched to Kenya Kwanza as well.{{Cite web |title=Two more MPs join Ruto's Kenya Kwanza |url=https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2022-08-19-two-more-mps-join-rutos-kenya-kwanza/ |website=The Star}}
After losing the 2022 elections to Kenya Kwanza, Azimio la Umoja became the main opposition alliance.
On 4 October 2022, Ruto lifted the ban on genetically modified crops, making Kenya the second country in Africa to approve them. Wiper Democratic Movement leader Kalonzo Musyoka has asked the president to reconsider the ban and also urged the clergy to intervene in the matter.{{Cite web |title=Reconsider stand on GMO for Kenya's sake, Kalonzo tells Ruto |url=https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/realtime/2022-10-11-reconsider-stand-on-gmo-for-kenyas-sake-kalonzo-tells-ruto/ |access-date=2022-10-12 |website=The Star |language=en-KE}}
Composition
See also
References
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