Sossion: UDA and ODM remain Kenya’s strongest political parties
Former Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) Secretary-General Wilson Sossion has stated that the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) and Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) remain Kenya’s most dominant and institutionalised political parties.
His remarks follow the release on Wednesday, September 24, 2025, of national TIFA survey findings that revealed UDA is the most popular party in the country.
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Speaking at a local TV station on Thursday, September 2025, Sossion noted that both UDA and ODM continue to espouse issue-based politics and have the organisational strength to shape the country’s democratic future.
“For me, looking at Vision 2030 and the political pillar, the two parties espouse politics of issues. When we get to the right time, political parties will flex their workings,” he said.
Sossion pointed to the recent by-elections as evidence of the parties’ strength, citing UDA’s secret ballot nomination process in Baringo County, which brought together multiple constituencies and produced a nominee democratically.
Similarly, he said ODM has demonstrated its organisational capacity in various electoral contests.
“For me, the two parties, UDA and ODM, remain very strong; the figures may be down, but of course, the only strong political parties that are institutionalised with wider representation and with the opportunity to overcome the challenges of our time,” he emphasised.
TIFA Findings
According to the survey, UDA is followed by the Orange Democratic Movement Party at 13 per cent, with the two political parties occupying 34 per cent of the political space.
However, there is a population that does not support any of the political parties; according to TIFA, they hold 31 per cent, nearly half of the UDA’s popularity.
“UDA remains the most popular political party, though the level of support expressed for it (16%) is only half that expressed for no political party at all (31%), the survey shows. Combined with those who indicate they are currently “undecided” as to which party they support, the survey reads.
Additionally, despite UDA being the most popular party, its coalition does not influence that of ODM. The survey indicates that the Azimio coalition has a popularity of 5 per cent compared to Kenya Kwanza at 3 per cent.
Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua’s Democracy for Citizens Party (DCP) is the third most popular party at nine per cent despite its short stay in the political space. Kalonzo Musyoka’s Wiper Patriotic Front follows it at 5 per cent.
Notably, according to the survey, four out of ten Kenyans currently express support for no party at all, the highest such figure ever obtained from this question since political polling returned to Kenya in the late 1990s.
“At the same time, the combined figure of supporters of the parties whose leaders are most closely associated with the broad-based (UDA, ODM, and Ford-Kenya) comprises less than one-third of all Kenyans (30%),” the survey shows.
