UDA extends registration deadline for candidates of grassroots elections
The United Democratic Alliance (UDA) has extended the registration deadline for candidates participating in the second phase of its grassroots elections.
National Election Board (NEB) Chairman Anthony Mwaura announced on Saturday, March 22, that the registration period has been pushed from March 21 to March 26, at midnight.
“The National Elections Board of the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) hereby issues an official notice regarding the Extension of the candidate registration period for the upcoming Phase II elections," he stated.
"The registration deadline has been extended from March 21, 2025, to March 26, 2025, midnight.”
He urged aspirants to take advantage of the extension to secure their participation in the elections, which are set for April 11 and 12, 2025.
Despite the extension, Mwaura confirmed that elections will proceed as planned in 22 counties.
The first phase, scheduled for Friday, April 11, will take place in Kitui, Machakos, Makueni, Kajiado, Turkana, Kisii,
Nyamira, Bungoma, Migori, Siaya, and Kisumu counties.
The second phase, on Saturday, April 12, will cover Garissa, Wajir, Mandera, Marsabit, Isiolo, Taita Taveta, Kwale, Mombasa, Kilifi, Lamu, and Tana River counties.
The extension comes months after UDA postponed grassroots elections in 14 counties due to the anti-finance bill protests that shook the country in June and July 2024.
“The National Election Board of the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) hereby issues this formal notice regarding the grassroots election originally scheduled to occur on the 28th and 29th of June, 2024,” read a notice issued at the time.
“Due to unavoidable circumstances, the Board has determined that it is necessary to postpone the aforementioned grassroots election,” it added.
Among the affected counties were Mombasa, Uasin Gishu, Nyandarua, Tharaka Nithi, Machakos, Kisii, Bungoma, Siaya, Taita Taveta, Wajir, Kwale, Kitui, and Garissa.
In last year’s grassroots elections held in April, the party faced challenges, including system failures, despite spending Sh200 million on the process.