Centre for Multiparty Democracy Kenya

The CMD-Kenya is a body founded by political parties in Kenya, who are also its members, and registered as a trust early 2004. The formation was informed by the need to form an all-inclusive political party forum for discussing the needed reforms and for developing parameters along which future bilateral assistance to political parties could be managed. CMD-Kenya’s basic quest is to promote the institutionalization of vibrant and democratic political parties capable of enhancing and perpetuating multiparty democracy in Kenya. Since formation, CMD-Kenya has worked closely with the Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy (NIMD). In subsequent years close partnerships have developed with the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (UN-Women), the Danish Institute for Parties and Democracy (DIPD), Danish Liberal Democracy Programme (DLDP), the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Ford Foundation and USAID.